Lesser Known Facts about Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Bollywood eternal beauty Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has got enough to make millions go weak on their knees. Ash has been the essence of beauty and perfection. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has even crafted herself as one of those rare personalities who stands as motivation and inspiration for those who wants to achieve great in life.

Here are few unknown facts about Bollywood timeless beauty:

Aishwarya Rai, a middle class girl to a Diva

Aishwarya Rai never wanted to be an actress, the lady wanted to study medicine. She first came to the attention of the people after her Pepsi commercial with Mahima Chaudhary. Later, in 1994, Aishwarya Rai bagged the second place in Miss India pageant and went on to be crowned as Miss World at the tender age of 21. While on David Letterman’s show, Ash said, “I first went into modeling which happened by accident”.

Unforgettable achievements

Aishwarya Rai and Aamir Khan were invited to lunch with then US President George W Bush when he visited India in 2006. Ash could not attend because she was filming ‘Dhoom 2’ in Brazil.

She is the first Indian actress to be on the jury of the Cannes International Film Festival.

Tulips at the Keukenhof Gardens in the Netherlands have been named after Aishwarya Rai.

She was the first Bollywood actress to have her wax statue in Madame Tussauds museum with her father-in-law Amitabh Bachchan.

A limited edition range of Barbie dolls inspired by Aishwarya was released in Britain in 2005. The dolls were sold out within minutes and are now considered collectibles.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is the first Indian celebrity to participate in the well known American show Oprah Winfrey with husband Abhishek Bachchan in 2005.

Aishwarya Rai and Brad Pitt

Aish once refused to do a Hollywood film opposite the handsome hunk Brad Pitt. According to a report in Hindustan Times, Brad Pitt and Ash were to work together in ‘Troy’. The report further quoted Brad Pitt saying, “Given a chance, I would like to work with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan because she’s a versatile actor. She is one of the most popular actresses of Bollywood, who has achieved huge acclaim in the west for her style, beauty and acting skills. I think we missed an opportunity to be cast together for the movie Troy”.