By Jilawatan

Aishwarya Rai is set to become the Indian face of Barbie. With this she joins a league of select Hollywood beauties who have been given Barbie their faces.

Aishwarya Rai is a leading Indian actress who was once called the most beautiful woman on earth. She was also a Miss World title winner.

Besides being one of the more successful actresses in Bollywood she has also won acclaim in Hollywood.

Her latest Hollywood release Pink Panthers has done relatively well at the box office. Barbie is a fashion doll manufactured by Mattel, Inc. and launched in March 1959.

American businesswoman Ruth Handler is credited with the creation of the doll using a German doll called Bild Lilli as her inspiration.

By Jilawatan

She’s a former Miss Universe, and one of the most popular Bollywood stars in India these days. She’s also one of the busiest, and often has to turn down western productions because of her hectic schedule. But one opportunity Aishwarya Rai wasn’t about to pass up was ”Pink Panther 2”. The 35-year-old beauty plays the romantic interest in the film, but of course, she’s not all that she seems. The film recently screened Out of Competition at the Berlin Film Festival. Rai along with Steve Martin and Jean Reno were in town to present the film. Gaynor Flynn reports.

You’re the beautiful bad girl in this film, how does it feel?

Well bad has never been so good.

What was your reaction when you first heard about the Pink Panther 2 role?

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After doing well in Bollywood, actress Aishwarya Rai has also managed to grab international attention with her international films like Mistress of Spices (2005), The Last Legion (2007) and the recently released Pink Panther 2.

Forbes magazine rated the actress as most bankable and ranked her ahead of veteran Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan and actors like Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan.Normally in the Indian film fraternity, the career graph shows a decline after tying knot, but the former Miss World proved it wrong.

Her stature in the film world bloomed to a great extent after her marriage with actor Abhishek Bachchan. Following her contribution to field of cinema, she was honored with the prestigious Padmashree award in January this year.

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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was all praises for A R Rahman. Addressing a press conference in Kolkata, she stated that she was overjoyed at Rahman’s double Oscar win.

The actress is currently in Kolkata participating in the shooting of her upcoming film Ravana. Ash is in fact the most fortunate as Rahman had composed for most of her films compared to any other actor or actress.

She was quoted as saying, “Working with Rahman has been an absolute pleasure. It’s not just from Taal to Guru, but it’s from ‘Iruvar’ till ‘Ravana’. In fact, maximum of my films have enjoyed the music of Rahman and as a music lover and fan, I have always admired his music and he is a gifted musician,” stated the former Miss World.

President Barack Obama may well be the  most famous person born in  an  Ox year.   He is joined by a host of celebrities like the handsome George Clooney and the lovely Bollywood star Aishhwarya Rai.

Aishwarya Rai was born India in 1973.  Graced with ethnic beauty, charm and suaveness, she catapulted on the world stage when she won  Miss World in 1994.

India has

experienced an economic boom in the past few years. As the middle class expands in India and the Indian communities grow larger in the US,  traditional Indian dress  influences  American fashion.

From  nose rings to tunics  to  saris to golden bangles ~ all  are becoming more common in pop culture and New York runways.  I  have been wearing all these for years…except for a sari.  I do have beautiful green one ~ I just haven’t found an appropriate  place to wear it yet.