Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is an Indian actress and former Miss World Before starting her acting career she worked as a model and ultimately won the Miss World title in 1994 Rai has acted in over 40 movies in Hindi English Tamil and Bengali which include few international productions Often cited by the media as the most beautiful woman in the world Rai made her movie debut in Mani Ratnams Tamil film Iruvar 1997 and had her first commercial success in the Tamil movie Jeans 1998 She gained the attention of Bollywood through the film Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam 1999 directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali Her performance in the film won her the Filmfare Best Actress Award In 2002 she appeared in Bhansalis Devdas for which she won her second Filmfare Best Actress Award After a setback in her career during 20032005 she appeared in Dhoom 2 2006 which turned out to be her biggest commercial success in bollywood She later appeared in films like Guru 2007 Jodhaa Akbar 2008 and Enthiran 2010 which were commercially successful and critically acclaimed Rai thus established herself as one of the leading actresses in Bollywood In 2009 she was honored with the Padma Shri by the Government of India