Former Miss World and Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is celebrating her birthday on Wednesday. Touted to be among the most beautiful women in the world, Aishwarya Rai always enjoys a special status in the world of showbiz.
Apart from being the bride of the Bachchan family, she has invariably maintained her grace and elegance in choosing films and appearing at the international fora.
After her debut in the Mani Ratnam film, Iruvar, she went on to don the lead roles in several films in various Indian languages and in English.

Though there were several Indian actors who made forays into Hollywood, Aishwarya's was a big splash. Gurinder Chadha's British film Bride and Prejudice, Harald Zwart-directed spy comedy The Pink Panther 2, The Last Legion, The Mistress of Spice are some examples.
At one point, actor Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai were the most famed star couple even in the international circles.
Jodhaa Akbar, Guru, Sarkar Raj, Raavan, Enthiran, Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya, Jeans, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Taal, Kandukondain Kandukondain, Mohabbatein, are few of the are some of her most noted films.
Rai played the lead role in Rituparno Ghosh's Bengali film Chokher Bali, an adaptation of the novel of the same name, and again played a depressed woman in Raincoat by the same director. But her biggest commercial success was Devdas.
She had last appeared in Karan Johar film Ae Dil Hai Mushkil released in 2016. Fanney Khan is her upcoming project.

Anything and everything about Aishwaraya and Abhishek and their daughter Aaradhrya attract media attention. Friends, kin, and fans across the globe wish Aishwarya Rai a happy birthday.