- Title: FILE: Actor, former Miss World Aishwarya Rai Bachchan turns 50 on Nov.1
- Date: 31st October 2023
- Summary: CANNES, FRANCE (FILE - MAY 17, 2006) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** ACTOR ANDIE MACDOWELL, ACTOR KERRY WASHINGTON, AND RAI ON THE RED CARPET OF "THE DA VINCI CODE" AT THE CANNES FILM FESTIVAL LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (FILE - AUGUST 14, 2007) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) RAI AND HER HUSBAND, BOLLYWOOD ACTOR ABISHEK BACHCHAN
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- Keywords: Aishwarya Rai Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Bollywood L'Oreal global ambassador Miss World 1994 actor husband Abhishek Bachchan
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- Story Text: Indian actor Aishwarya Rai Bachchan turns 50 on Wednesday (November 1).
Born in 1973 in Mangalore, India, Rai Bachchan is the youngest of two children. She was an architecture student but decided to pursue a career in modelling. She would later enter the world of beauty pageants and be named Miss World in 1994.
Rai Bachchan's Bollywood career includes notable films "Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam" and the critically acclaimed "Devdas", alongside famed Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan. The latter was nominated in the best foreign language film category at the 2003 BAFTA Awards.
Rai Bachchan became the first Indian actor to be a member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 2003.
She went onto to star in the 2004 Bollywood-style adaptation of Jane Austen's novel "Pride & Prejudice", directed by British director Gurinder Chadha of "Bend It Like Beckham" fame. She also starred in "The Pink Panther 2" in 2009, opposite Hollywood star Steve Martin.
Rai Bachchan has often featured on 'most beautiful' lists by various international publications and is one half of a Bollywood power couple with actor husband Abhishek Bachchan, son of Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan. The couple have a 12-year-old daughter called Aaradhya.
The former Miss World winner is also a brand ambassador for multinational companies including L’Oreal.
In 2023, Rai Bachchan returns as Oomai Rani in part two of the Indian action adventure "Ponniyin Selvan", set in the historic Chola empire of south India, and directed by Mani Ratnam.
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