Aishwarya Rai: Evergreen Diva

Aishwarya Rai, the winner of Miss World pageant in 1994 has become a brand ambassador for beauty in later years. During 2000's and 2010's she was considered as the most beautiful woman in the world. Aishwarya with her unmatched popularity became an actress in films and worked prominently in Hindi and Tamil languages. She was honoured with the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2009 and the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the Government of France in 2012.

Aishwarya Rai was crowned as Miss World 1994, after which she began receiving offers to act in films. She made her acting debut in Mani Ratnam's 1997 Tamil film Iruvar opposite Mohan Lal. The film is a biopic of key people in Tamil Nadu politics, MG Ramachandran, Karunanidhi and Jayalalitha where Aishwarya played as Jayalalitha in the film. Her Hindi film release in Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya that same year. 

Aishwarya Rai scored her first commercial success with Tamil romantic drama Jeans (1998), which was the most expensive Indian film at the time. She attained stardom with Sanjay Leela Bhansali's romantic dramas Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999) and Devdas (2002). Aishwarya became synonym of beauty with elegance with these films for which she even won Filmfare awards as best actress. Her latest film Ponniyin Selvan in Mani Rathnam's direction has once again showcased her elegance.

Aishwarya Rai did Bengali, British and Hollywood films too. She got married to Abhishek Bachchan in 2007. The couple have one daughter, Aradhya. Aishwarya also acted as brand ambassador for several charity organisations and campaigns. She is a Goodwill Ambassador for the Joint United Nations Programme on AIDS (UNAIDS). In 2003, she was the first Indian actress to be a jury member at the Cannes Film Festival. 

CineJosh wishes Aishwarya Rai Bachchan a Happy Birthday and success, health and happiness ahead.