Aishwarya Rai Bachchan filmography

Aishwarya Rai smiles at the camera
Rai at a promotional event for Enthiran in 2010

Indian actress Aishwarya Rai, credited as Aishwarya Rai Bachchan after her marriage, has appeared in over forty films in five languages, predominantly Hindi, Tamil and English. She made her acting debut in 1997 with a dual role in Mani Ratnam's Tamil political drama film Iruvar, and her Bollywood debut that same year in the romantic comedy Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya opposite Bobby Deol.[1][2] Rai followed it with a leading role in Jeans (1998), a high profile Tamil film that was submitted as India's official entry to the Academy Awards.[3][4] She won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for her breakthrough role in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's romantic drama Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999).[5][6][7] Rai then starred as a singer in her second successful film of 1999—the musical drama Taal.[8]

Rai had six film releases in 2000, including Kandukondain Kandukondain, a Tamil language adaptation of Jane Austen's novel Sense and Sensibility, and Aditya Chopra's romantic drama Mohabbatein.[9][10] Her only screen appearance of 2001 was in the box office flop Albela.[11] In 2002, Rai played opposite Shah Rukh Khan and Madhuri Dixit in Bhansali's period romance Devdas, an adaptation of the novel of the same name.[12] Her performance in the top-grossing production earned her a second Best Actress award at Filmfare.[6][13] In 2003, Rai played the protagonist of Rituparno Ghosh's Bengali film Chokher Bali, an adaptation of the novel of the same name which proved to be a success.[14][15] However, the failure of her two Hindi film releases of the year—Dil Ka Rishta and Kuch Naa Kaho—led to a setback in her Bollywood career.[16][17] 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, an English language British production directed by Gurinder Chadha.[18] Also in 2004, she reunited with Ghosh to play a depressed woman opposite Ajay Devgan in the drama Raincoat.[19] Her only successful screen appearance of 2005 was in an item number in the comedy Bunty Aur Babli.[20]

In 2006, Rai featured as a thief in the action-thriller Dhoom 2, her first major commercial success since Devdas.[17] She followed it by playing the leading lady opposite Abhishek Bachchan in Ratnam's semi-biographical drama Guru (2007), a box office hit.[21] Also in 2007, Rai appeared in her first Hollywood production—the historical drama The Last Legion—co-starring Ben Kingsley and Colin Firth.[22] However, the film proved to be a critical and commercial failure.[23][24] She subsequently portrayed the Rajput princess Jodhaa Bai opposite Hrithik Roshan's Akbar in the historical drama Jodhaa Akbar (2008).[25][26] In 2009, Rai played a criminology expert alongside Steve Martin in the spy comedy The Pink Panther 2, a critical disappointment.[27] She had five film releases in 2010, including the ₹2.5 billion (US$37 million)-grossing science fiction film Enthiran co-starring Rajinikanth.[28] She also played the role of a long suffering nurse to a quadriplegic in Bhansali's acclaimed drama Guzaarish.[29][30] After taking a sabbatical from film acting in 2010, Rai made a comeback five years later with the role of a lawyer in Jazbaa (2015), a remake of the South Korean film Seven Days.[31]

Films

Key
Films that have not yet been released Denotes films that have not yet been released
Film Year Language Role Director(s) Notes Ref.
Iruvar 1997 Tamil Pushpavalli/Kalpana[I] Mani Ratnam Dubbed into Telugu as Iddaru [32]
Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya 1997 Hindi Ashi Kapoor Rahul Rawail [33]
Jeans 1998 Tamil Madhumitha/Vaishnavi[II] Shankar Dubbed into Telugu and Hindi with the same title [34]
Aa Ab Laut Chalen 1999 Hindi Pooja Walia Rishi Kapoor [35]
Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam 1999 Hindi Nandini Sanjay Leela Bhansali Filmfare Award for Best Actress [6]
[36]
Ravoyi Chandamama 1999 Telugu Unnamed Jayanth C. Paranjee Special appearance in song "Love to Live" [37]
Taal 1999 Hindi Mansi Subhash Ghai Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress [38]
[39]
Mela 2000 Hindi Champakali Dharmesh Darshan Special appearance [40]
Kandukondain Kandukondain 2000 Tamil Meenakshi Rajiv Menon Dubbed into Telugu as Priyuralu Pilichindi [41]
Josh 2000 Hindi Shirley Dias Mansoor Khan [42]
Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai 2000 Hindi Preeti Virat Satish Kaushik Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress [43]
[44]
Dhaai Akshar Prem Ke 2000 Hindi Sahiba Grewal Raj Kanwar [45]
Mohabbatein 2000 Hindi Megha Shankar Aditya Chopra Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress [44]
[46]
Albela 2001 Hindi Sonia Heinz Deepak Sareen [47]
Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam 2002 Hindi Suman K. S. Adhiyaman Guest appearance [48]
Hum Kisise Kum Nahin 2002 Hindi Komal Rastogi David Dhawan [49]
23 March 1931: Shaheed 2002 Hindi Unnamed Guddu Dhanoa Special appearance [50]
Devdas 2002 Hindi Parvati "Paro" Chakraborty Sanjay Leela Bhansali Filmfare Award for Best Actress [6]
[51]
Shakti: The Power 2002 Hindi Herself Pasupuleti Krishna Vamsi Special appearance in song "Ishq Kamina" [52]
Chokher Bali 2003 Bengali Binodini Rituparno Ghosh [53]
Dil Ka Rishta 2003 Hindi Tia Sharma Naresh Malhotra [54]
Kuch Naa Kaho 2003 Hindi Namrata Shrivastav Rohan Sippy [55]
Khakee 2004 Hindi Mahalakshmi Rajkumar Santoshi [56]
Kyun...! Ho Gaya Na 2004 Hindi Diya Malhotra Samir Karnik [57]
Bride & Prejudice 2004 English Lalita Bakshi Gurinder Chadha Dubbed into Hindi as Balle Balle! From Amritsar to LA [58]
Raincoat 2004 Hindi Neerja Rituparno Ghosh Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress [59]
[60]
Shabd 2005 Hindi Antara Vashist/Tammana[II] Leena Yadav [61]
The Mistress of Spices 2005 English Tilo Paul Mayeda Berges [62]
Bunty Aur Babli 2005 Hindi Unnamed Shaad Ali Special appearance in the song "Kajra Re" [63]
Umrao Jaan 2006 Hindi Umrao Jaan J.P. Dutta [64]
Dhoom 2 2006 Hindi Sunehri Sanjay Gadhvi Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress [65]
[66]
Guru 2007 Hindi Sujata Desai Mani Ratnam Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress [66]
[67]
Provoked 2007 English Kiranjit Ahluwalia Jag Mundhra Dubbed into Hindi with the same title [68]
The Last Legion 2007 English Mira Doug Lefler [23]
Jodhaa Akbar 2008 Hindi Jodhaa Bai Ashutosh Gowariker Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress [69]
[70]
Sarkar Raj 2008 Hindi Anita Rajan Ram Gopal Varma [71]
The Pink Panther 2 2009 English Sonia Solandres Harald Zwart [72]
Raavan 2010 Hindi Ragini Sharma Mani Ratnam [73]
Raavanan 2010 Tamil Ragini Subramaniam Mani Ratnam Dubbed into Telugu as Villain [74]
Enthiran 2010 Tamil Sana Shankar Dubbed into Telugu as Robo and Hindi as Robot [75]
Action Replayy 2010 Hindi Mala Vipul Amrutlal Shah [76]
Guzaarish 2010 Hindi Sofia D'Souza Sanjay Leela Bhansali Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress [77]
[78]
Jazbaa 2015 Hindi Anuradha Verma Sanjay Gupta [31]
Sarbjit Films that have not yet been released 2016 Hindi Dalbir Kaur Omung Kumar Post-production [79]
Ae Dil Hai Mushkil Films that have not yet been released 2016 Hindi Saba Taliyarkhan Karan Johar Filming [80]

Documentaries

Title Year Language Role Director(s) Notes Ref.
Bollywood im Alpenrausch 2000 English
German		 Herself Christian Frei Swiss film
Uncredited; cameo appearance		 [81]
Bollywood: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told 2011 English
Hindi		 Herself Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
Jeff Zimbalist		 [82]

Footnotes

^[I] Rai played dual roles in the film.[83]
^[II] Rai played a single character who has two different names in the film.[84][85]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Warrier, Shobha (3 September 2003). "25 years, 25 landmarks". Rediff.com. Retrieved 2 April 2009.
  2. ↑ Roy, Gitanjoli (1 November 2012). "Who is Aishwarya Rai Bachchan?". NDTV. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
  3. ↑ Rajitha (20 April 1998). "Wonder of wonders". Rediff.com. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  4. ↑ Chopra, Anupama (26 March 2001). "Waiting for the Oscar". India Today. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  5. ↑ "Family values". The Hindu. 8 March 2002. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female) award winners down the years". Filmfare. 31 December 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  7. ↑ Sharma, Anu (6 March 2011). Genius of India. Pinnacle Technology. p. 26. ISBN 978-1-61820-544-5.
  8. ↑ "Box Office India report of 1999". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 21 December 2007. Retrieved 20 November 2008.
  9. ↑ Baskaran, S. Theodore (28 May 2000). "From the known to the unknown". The Hindu. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
  10. ↑ "Box Office 2000". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 26 January 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2008.
  11. ↑ "Box Office 2001". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 26 January 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  12. ↑ Chowdhury, Souvik (23 September 2002). "Celebrating Devdas". The Hindu. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
  13. ↑ "Box Office India report of 2002". Archived from the original on 27 December 2007. Retrieved 20 November 2008.
  14. ↑ Pillai, Shreedhar (13 November 2003). "Alluring Ash". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 28 November 2003. Retrieved 13 November 2003.
  15. ↑ Saha, Sambit (10 January 2004). "Bengali films zoom in on profits". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 14 January 2004. Retrieved 10 January 2004.
  16. ↑ "Box Office 2003". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 26 January 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2008.
  17. 1 2 Sharma, Neha (16 September 2012). "OVER THE YEARS: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  18. ↑ Dargis, Manohla (11 February 2005). "Mr. Darcy and Lalita, singing and dancing". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  19. ↑ Verma, Sukanya (24 December 2004). "Rain coat is simply beautiful". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 6 April 2009. Retrieved 9 March 2009.
  20. ↑ "Ten best Bollywood actresses of 2005". Rediff.com. 23 December 2005. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  21. ↑ "Box Office 2007". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 26 January 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2008.
  22. ↑ "Enter Hollywood". The Tribune. 10 July 2005. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  23. 1 2 "The Last Legion (2007)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  24. ↑ "'Superbad' delivers super debut with ,1.2 million debut". International Herald Tribune. 19 September 2007. Archived from the original on 31 January 2009. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
  25. ↑ Burgoyne, Robert (24 November 2010). The Epic Film in World Culture. Routledge. p. 104. ISBN 978-1-135-85535-2.
  26. ↑ "Box Office 2008". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 26 January 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
  27. ↑ "Pink Panther 2 trashed by critics". Hindustan Times. 5 February 2009. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
  28. ↑ Chopra, Anuj (26 December 2010). "Star turn for Indian entertainment". The National. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  29. ↑ D. Gupta, Pratim (20 November 2010). "Hrithik in wonderland". The Telegraph. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  30. ↑ "They should've shown my abs in 'Guzaarish': Hrithik". CNN-IBN. 17 January 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  31. 1 2 Kumar, Anuj (9 October 2015). "Jazbaa: Shockingly sloppy". The Hindu. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  32. ↑ Hunter, Nick (7 November 2013). Popular Culture. Raintree. p. 15. ISBN 978-1-4062-4032-0.
  33. ↑ "Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya (1997)". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  34. ↑ Srinivasan, V (21 March 1998). "Of Jeans and bottom lines". Rediff.com. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
  35. ↑ "Aa Ab Laut Chalen (1999)". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  36. ↑ "Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999)". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  37. ↑ "Hansika strikes a big deal". The Times of India. 7 March 2009. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  38. ↑ "Taal (1999)". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  39. ↑ "Filmfare Awards by year: 1999 Nominations". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 19 November 2000. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  40. ↑ "Mela (2000)". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  41. ↑ Dow, Gillian; Hanson, Clare (18 September 2012). Uses of Austen: Jane's Afterlives. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 184. ISBN 978-0-230-31946-2.
  42. ↑ "Josh (2000)". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  43. ↑ "Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai (2000)". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  44. 1 2 "Annual Filmfare Awards 2000: The Nominations". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 31 March 2001. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  45. ↑ "Dhaai Akshar Prem Ke (2000)". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  46. ↑ "Mohabbatein (2000)". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  47. ↑ "Albela (2001)". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  48. ↑ "Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam (2002)". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  49. ↑ "Hum Kisise Kum Nahin (2002)". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  50. ↑ "23 March 1931 Shaheed (2002)". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  51. ↑ "Devdas (2002)". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  52. ↑ "Shakti — The Power (2002)". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  53. ↑ Elley, Derek (12 August 2003). "Chokher Bali: A Passion Play". Variety. Retrieved 12 August 2003.
  54. ↑ "Dil Ka Rishta (2003)". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  55. ↑ "Kuch Naa Kaho (2003)". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  56. ↑ "Khakhee (2004)". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  57. ↑ "Kyun! Ho Gaya Na (2004)". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  58. ↑ Ponzanesi, Sandra (14 May 2014). The Postcolonial Cultural Industry: Icons, Markets, Mythologies. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 133–134. ISBN 978-1-137-27259-1.
  59. ↑ "Raincoat (2004)". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  60. ↑ "50th Filmfare Awards: Actresses Nominated". Indiatimes. Archived from the original on 1 March 2005. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  61. ↑ "Shabd (2005)". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  62. ↑ Mannur, Anita (19 November 2009). Culinary Fictions: Food in South Asian Diasporic Culture. Temple University Press. p. 88. ISBN 978-1-4399-0079-6.
  63. ↑ "Bunty Aur Babli (2005)". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  64. ↑ "Umrao Jaan (2006)". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  65. ↑ "Dhoom 2 (2006)". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  66. 1 2 "Aishwarya Rai: Awards & nominations". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 6 August 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
  67. ↑ "Guru (2007)". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  68. ↑ "Provoked (2007)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  69. ↑ "Jodhaa Akbar (2008)". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  70. ↑ "54th Idea Filmfare Awards 2008 nominations". CNN-IBN. 18 February 2009. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  71. ↑ "Sarkar Raj (2008)". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  72. ↑ "Pink Panther 2 (2009)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  73. ↑ "Raavan (2010)". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  74. ↑ Rangan, Baradwaj (15 October 2012). Conversations with Mani Ratnam. Penguin Books Limited. p. 515. ISBN 978-81-8475-690-6.
  75. ↑ "Robot (Enthiran in Hindi) (2010)". Amazon.com. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  76. ↑ "Action Replayy (2010)". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  77. ↑ "Guzaarish (2010)". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  78. ↑ "Nominations for 56th Idea Filmfare Awards 2010". Bollywood Hungama. 14 January 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  79. ↑ "Response to my look in Sarbjit encouraging: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan". The Indian Express. 22 December 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  80. ↑ "Aishwarya Rai Bachchan starts shooting for ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’ with Ranbir Kapoor in Vienna". The Indian Express. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  81. ↑ "Bollywood im Alpenrausch – Indische Filmemacher erobern die Schweiz". Swiss Films. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
  82. ↑ Honeycutt, Kirk (15 May 2011). "Bollywood: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told: Cannes Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  83. ↑ Dawar, Ramesh (1 January 2006). Bollywood: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow. Star Publications. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-905863-01-3.
  84. ↑ Rajitha (15 May 1998). "An easy fit". Rediff. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  85. ↑ Verma, Sukanya (4 February 2005). "Sanju rocks in Shabd!". Rediff. Retrieved 27 July 2014.

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, April 25, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.