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[[File:Aishwarya Rai Bachchan attends L'Oréal Paris' latest campaign (cropped).jpg|thumb|Rai Bachchan in 2023]]
[[Aishwarya Rai Bachchan]] is an Indian actress who has appeared in 48 films in five languages, predominantly in [[Hindi]] and [[Tamil language|Tamil]].
[[Aishwarya Rai Bachchan]] is an Indian actress who has appeared in 48 films in five languages, predominantly in [[Hindi]] and [[Tamil language|Tamil]]. She made her acting debut in 1997 with dual role in [[Mani Ratnam]]'s [[Tamil cinema|Tamil]] political drama film ''[[Iruvar]]'', and her [[Bollywood]] debut that same year in the romantic comedy ''[[Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya]]'' opposite [[Bobby Deol]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/sep/03mohan1.htm |title=25 years, 25 landmarks |work=[[Rediff.com]] |author=Warrier, Shobha |date=3 September 2003 |access-date=2 April 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160121020441/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/sep/03mohan1.htm |archive-date=21 January 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Roy |first=Gitanjoli |title=Who is Aishwarya Rai Bachchan? |url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/people/who-is-aishwarya-rai-bachchan-217018 |date=1 November 2012 |publisher=[[NDTV]] |access-date=17 November 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121116145019/http://www.ndtv.com/article/people/who-is-aishwarya-rai-bachchan-217018 |archive-date=16 November 2012 }}</ref> Rai followed it with a leading role in ''[[Jeans (film)|Jeans]]'' (1998), a high-profile Tamil film that was submitted as [[List of Indian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|India's official entry to the Academy Awards]].<ref>{{cite web |author=Rajitha |title=Wonder of wonders |url=http://www.indiaabroad.rediff.com/entertai/1998/apr/20sh.htm |work=Rediff.com |date=20 April 1998 |access-date=17 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303173034/http://www.indiaabroad.rediff.com/entertai/1998/apr/20sh.htm |archive-date=3 March 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.india-today.com/itoday/20010326/cinema.shtml |work=[[India Today]] |title=Waiting for the Oscar |author=Chopra, Anupama |date=26 March 2001 |access-date=9 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140818010521/http://www.india-today.com/itoday/20010326/cinema.shtml |archive-date=18 August 2014 }}</ref> She won the [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress]] for her breakthrough role in [[Sanjay Leela Bhansali]]'s romantic drama ''[[Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam]]'' and starred as a singer in the musical drama ''[[Taal (film)|Taal]]'' (both 1999).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/lf/2002/03/08/stories/2002030802690200.htm |title=Family values |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=8 March 2002 |access-date=1 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111019141043/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/lf/2002/03/08/stories/2002030802690200.htm |archive-date=19 October 2011 }}</ref><ref name="ffwin">{{cite news|url=http://www.filmfare.com/features/best-actor-in-a-leading-role-female-award-winners-down-the-years-11716.html |title=Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female) award winners down the years |work=[[Filmfare]] |date=31 December 2015 |access-date=15 April 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315102648/http://www.filmfare.com/features/best-actor-in-a-leading-role-female-award-winners-down-the-years-11716.html |archive-date=15 March 2016 }}</ref><ref name="Sharma2011">{{cite book|last=Sharma|first=Anu|title=Genius of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OFFWNqHeu6UC&pg=PT26|date=6 March 2011|publisher=Pinnacle Technology|isbn=978-1-61820-544-5|page=26}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Box Office India report of 1999|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/1999.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071221231737/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/1999.htm|archive-date=21 December 2007|publisher=[[Box Office India]]|access-date=20 November 2008}}</ref>▼
==Overview==
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Rai had six film releases in 2000, including ''[[Kandukondain Kandukondain]]'', a Tamil adaptation of [[Jane Austen]]'s novel ''[[Sense and Sensibility]]'', and [[Aditya Chopra]]'s romantic drama ''[[Mohabbatein]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Baskaran |first=S. Theodore |url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/2000/05/28/stories/09280223.htm |title=From the known to the unknown |date=28 May 2000 |access-date=22 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111019141252/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/2000/05/28/stories/09280223.htm |work=[[The Hindu]] |archive-date=19 October 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|publisher=Box Office India |title=Box Office 2000 |url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=206&catName=MjAwMA== |access-date=8 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922022216/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=206&catName=MjAwMA%3D%3D |archive-date=22 September 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2002, Rai starred opposite [[Shah Rukh Khan]] in Bhansali's period romance ''[[Devdas (2002 Hindi film)|Devdas]]'', an adaptation of the [[Devdas|novel of the same name]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Chowdhury |first=Souvik |url=http://hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/09/23/stories/2002092300860100.htm |title=Celebrating Devdas |date=23 September 2002 |access-date=1 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101129140212/http://hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/09/23/stories/2002092300860100.htm |work=[[The Hindu]] |archive-date=29 November 2010 }}</ref> Her performance in the top-grossing production earned her a second Best Actress award at [[Filmfare Awards|Filmfare]].<ref name="ffwin" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Box Office India report of 2002|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/2002.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071227015435/http://boxofficeindia.com/2002.htm|archive-date=27 December 2007|access-date=20 November 2008}}</ref> In 2003, Rai played a sexually repressed widow in [[Rituparno Ghosh]]'s [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengal]]i film ''[[Chokher Bali (film)|Chokher Bali]]'', a [[sleeper hit]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2003/11/13/stories/2003111300830200.htm|title=Alluring Ash|author=Pillai, Shreedhar|access-date=13 November 2003|date=13 November 2003|url-status=dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20031128224733/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2003/11/13/stories/2003111300830200.htm|work=[[The Hindu]]|archive-date= 28 November 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Saha|first=Sambit|url=http://www.rediff.com/money/2004/jan/10spec1.htm|title=Bengali films zoom in on profits|work=Rediff.com|date=10 January 2004|access-date=10 January 2004|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20040114064301/http://www.rediff.com/money/2004/jan/10spec1.htm|archive-date= 14 January 2004}}</ref> However, the failure of her two Hindi film releases of the year{{mdash}}''[[Dil Ka Rishta]]'' and ''[[Kuch Naa Kaho]]''{{mdash}}led to a setback in her Bollywood career.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Box Office India |title=Box Office 2003 |url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=209&catName=MjAwMw== |access-date=8 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014131904/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=209&catName=MjAwMw%3D%3D |archive-date=14 October 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="years">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/over-the-years-aishwarya-rai-bachchan/story-6qm1XYPdllZJYex4RVbkFO.html |title=Over the Years: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=16 September 2012 |access-date=27 July 2014 |author=Sharma, Neha |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160514032024/http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/over-the-years-aishwarya-rai-bachchan/story-6qm1XYPdllZJYex4RVbkFO.html |archive-date=14 May 2016 }}</ref> The following year, Rai played a character based on [[Elizabeth Bennet]] in a Bollywood-style adaptation of Austen's novel ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]'', entitled ''[[Bride and Prejudice]]'', a [[British film|British]] production directed by [[Gurinder Chadha]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/2005/02/11/movies/11boll.html |title=Mr. Darcy and Lalita, singing and dancing |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=21 October 2012 |date=11 February 2005 |first=Manohla |last=Dargis |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512204129/http://movies.nytimes.com/2005/02/11/movies/11boll.html |archive-date=12 May 2013 }}</ref> Also in 2004, she reunited with Ghosh to play an unhappily married woman in the drama ''[[Raincoat (film)|Raincoat]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Verma|first=Sukanya|url=http://in.rediff.com/movies/2004/dec/24rain.htm|title=Rain coat is simply beautiful|date=24 December 2004|access-date=9 March 2009|work=Rediff.com|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090406050743/http://in.rediff.com/movies/2004/dec/24rain.htm|archive-date= 6 April 2009}}</ref>
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