Mumbai, January 29: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Akshay Kumar are amidst the Padma Shri award recipients this year for their contributions to the art and cinema.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has definitely been the ‘global’ face of India for the past few years. Not only has she represented Bollywood abroad by working in cross-over cinema with international artists but has also been the brand ambassador of various international cosmetic giants. We are definitely not ignoring the brilliant performances the actor has rendered in Devdas, Provoked, Raincoat, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Guru and the most recent Jodhaa Akbar but its her international fame, addition in international desirability lists of women that grabs our attention the most and why shouldn’t it… after all Ash was called as the ‘most beautiful woman’ in the world by Julia Roberts.