Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s Birthday: 10 Interesting Facts We Bet You Didn’t Know About Her

Nov 1, 2022 || Source: Instagram

Aishwarya was only in the 9th grade when she starred in her first-ever commercial

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She was the first Indian actor to be on the Cannes Film Festival jury

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Her acting debut was in 1997’s Tamil flick, Iruvar, and She was seen in a Bollywood film alongside actor Bobby Deol in "Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya" the same year.

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She was honoured with Padma Shri in 2009. She was also awarded Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government in 2012

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Back in 2019, The actor told media that she wants to venture into direction someday

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She was the first Indian to be invited to the Oprah Winfrey show, and the first female to have Madame Tussaud’s statue.

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In 2005, a special variety of tulips in the famous Keukenhof garden in the Netherlands was named after Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

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She initially wanted to pursue a career in medicine, and her favourite subject was zoology

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In her two-decade-long career, she has been part of over 45 films.

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Before winning the title of Miss World in 1994, Aishwarya starred in the Pepsi ad along with Mahima Chaudhary and Aamir Khan.

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