List of awards and nominations received by Aishwarya Rai
 Rai at the Stardust Awards in 2015 |
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Aishwarya Rai (also known as Aishwarya Rai Bachchan) is an Indian film actress and former model. Widely acknowledged as the "most beautiful woman in the world", she won the Miss India and Miss World pageants in 1994. After a brief stint with modeling, Rai made her cinematic debut through the 1997 Tamil film Iruvar, a semi-biographical political drama, directed by Mani Ratnam. She followed with Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya, that marked her Bollywood debut and Jeans, her first commercial success. The latter India's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for the year 1998. As of March 2017, she has received two awards each at the Filmfare Awards, and numerous times at Screen Awards, and IIFA Awards ceremonies for her on-screen performances.
In 1999 Rai received critical acclaim and several awards in the "Best Actress" category for her performances in Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and Taal; both films earned her a Filmfare Best Actress nomination with the former fetching her the award. The following year, she acted in Yash Chopra's Mohabbatein. The film gained her a Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination—her only nomination in the category till date—and was among the highest-grossing films released that year. Rai received her second Best Actress (Filmfare Award) for her role as "Parvati" in the romantic drama Devdas. After a brief hiatus, she acted in Dhoom 2 (2006). The film featuring an ensemble cast was her first major commercial success post the release of Devdas. Rai was appointed the member of the jury of the 2003 Cannes Film Festival; she was the first Indian actress to represent her country as a jury member in the festival. The next year, she collaborated with Mani Ratnam for the second time in his biographical film, Guru. She portrayed the role of her future husband Abhishek Bachchan's wife gaining her a seventh "Best Actress" nomination. Rai's portrayal as "Jodha Bai" in the 2008 epic film Jodhaa Akbar earned her another Filmfare nomination. In 2010, she made a comeback to Tamil film industry through Mani Ratnam's Raavanan and Shankar's science fiction film Enthiran. Rai was nominated for the Best Actress for the ninth time when she was cast in Guzaarish; her third collaboration with Sanjay Leela Bhansali. The film remains her last film to date. In 2013, Rai was even chosen as the "most popular actress" in the 100 years of cinema issue by the prestigious and most popular Indian entertainment magazine, Filmfare. She was also the only actress to be listed in its list of top 5 'global Icon" at #2.
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