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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is an Indian actress and former model.[1][2] Rai was the first runner-up at Femina Miss India in 1994 who also represented and won the Miss World 1994, as the winner of the Femina Miss India Sushmita Sen represented at Miss Universe 1994 and was crowned earlier that year.[3][4] She is the recipient of over 145 accolades. In 2009, she was awarded a Padma Shri for her contribution to Indian cinema. Rai has also received two Filmfare Awards awards for Best Actress, and has been honoured numerous times at Screen Awards and IIFA Awards ceremonies for her on-screen performances. She has won numerous awards at the International Indian Film Academy Awards, Star Screen Awards and Zee Cine Awards, among other ceremonies.
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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.[5] She followed with Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya, which marked her Bollywood debut, and Jeans, her first commercial success.[6] The latter was India's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for the year 1998.[7]
In 1999 Rai received critical acclaim and several Best Actress awards for her performances in Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and Taal; both films earned her a Filmfare Award for Best Actress nomination, with the former fetching her the award.[8] The following year, she starred in Aditya Chopra's musical romantic drama Mohabbatein, which earned her a Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination—her only nomination in the category until date—and was the highest-grossing film of the year. Rai received her second Filmfare Award for Best Actress for her role as "Parvati" in the period romantic drama Devdas (2002). 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.[9]
After a brief hiatus, Rai acted in the heist thriller Dhoom 2 (2006). The film featuring an ensemble cast was her first major commercial success post the release of Devdas. She won Most Glamorous Star of the Year along with Hrithik Roshan for Dhoom 2 in 2007. In the same 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 Filmfare Award for Best Actress nomination. Rai Bachchan's portrayal as Jodhaa Bai in the 2008 epic film Jodhaa Akbar earned her another Filmfare nomination for Best Actress. She won the Outstanding Achievement in International Cinema at Awards of the International Indian Film Academy in 2009. In 2009, Rai Bachchan was awarded the Padma Shri, the fourth-highest Indian civilian award, for her contributions to Indian cinema.[10][11] Later that year, she was declared the Female Star of The Decade at the 10th IIFA Awards, held in Macau.[12]
In 2010, she made a comeback to Tamil film industry through Mani Ratnam's Raavanan and Shankar's science fiction film Enthiran.[Note 1] Rai Bachchan was nominated for the Best Actress for the ninth time for her performance in Guzaarish (2010); her third collaboration with Sanjay Leela Bhansali.[14] In December 2010, she was declared the Actress of the Decade at the BIG Star Entertainment Awards.[15] In March 2011, Rai Bachchan was honoured by Karnataka Chief Minister B. S. Yeddyurappa at World Kannada Meet (Vishwa Kannada Sammelana) for her contributions to the arts.[16] Later that month, she was presented with the Decade of Global Achievement Honour by FICCI.[17]
In 2012, she finally accepted the second-highest Order of France, Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.[10][18] Earlier, she refused it because her father was suffering from a serious illness, and she wanted her whole family to attend the award ceremony.[18][19] In a poll conducted by HollywoodBuzz to find "Top 30 World's Most Beautiful Women of 2014", Rai Bachchan made it to the fourth position winning over 4 million votes from around the globe.[20] During the Miss World 2014 award ceremony, Rai Bachchan was presented with a special Lifetime Beauty with a Purpose award for charitable work.[21]
Miss World is "The World's Oldest Running International Beauty Pageant". It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951. Since Morley's death in 2000, Morley's widow, Julia Morley, has co-chaired the pageant.[66] This pageant is one of the Big Four international beauty pageants—the most coveted beauty titles when it comes to international pageant competitions.[67][68][69]
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Miss India or Femina Miss India is a national beauty pageant in India that annually selects representatives to compete in Miss World, one of the Big Four major international beauty pageants.[78] It is organised by Femina, a women's magazine published by The Times Group. Since 2013, Femina also organizes Miss Diva separately which sends representatives to Miss Universe.[79]
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Anandalok Puraskar Awards or Anandalok Puraskar (Bengali: আনন্দলোক পুরস্কার )[80] ceremony is one of the most prominent film events given for Bengali Cinemas in India.[80] The Anandalok, only film magazine in Bengali language, published from Ananda Publishers and Ananda Bazar Patrika presents this Award (Puraskar).
Year | Film | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2010 | Raavan | Best Actress (Hindi) | Won | [81] |
Year | Film | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2023 | Ponniyin Selvan: I | Best Female Actor in a Negative Role | Won | [82] |
The BIG Star Entertainment Awards are presented annually by Reliance Broadcast Network Limited in association with Star India to honour personalities from the field of entertainment across movies, music, television, sports, theatre and dance. The award is touted to be a completely viewer driven award where in audience participation right from nominations to the final winners through SMS and online voting across the categories is used for deciding the winners.
Year | Film | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2010 | Guzaarish | Most Entertaining Film Actor – Female | Nominated | [83] |
— | Film Actor of Decade – Female | Won | [84] | |
2015 | Jazbaa | Best Actor in an Action Role – Male / Female | Nominated | [citation needed] |
2017[a] | Sarbjit | Most Entertaining Film Actor – Female | Nominated | [86] |
Most Entertaining Actor in a Drama Film – Female | Won | [citation needed] | ||
Ae Dil Hai Mushkil | Most Entertaining Actor in a Romantic Film – Female | Won | [citation needed] | |
The Bollywood Movie Awards was an annual film award ceremony held between 1999 and 2007 in Long Island, New York, United States, celebrating films and actors from the Bollywood film industry based in Mumbai, India.
Year | Film | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2000[b] | Taal | Best Actress | Won | [87] |
Best Actress in a Sensational Role | Won | [87] | ||
Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam | Best Actress (Critics) | Won | [87] | |
2001 | Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai | Best Actress | Nominated | [88] |
2003 | Devdas | Won | [89] | |
2007 | Dhoom 2 | Nominated | [citation needed] | |
The Filmfare Awards are presented annually by The Times Group to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals. The Filmfare ceremony is one of the oldest film events in India.[90][91][92] The awards were first introduced in 1954, the same year as the National Film Awards. Rai has won 2 awards from 11 nominations.
Year | Film | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2000 | Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam | Best Actress | Won | [93] |
Taal | Nominated | [94] | ||
2001 | Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai | Nominated | [95] | |
Mohabbatein | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | [96] | |
2003 | Devdas | Best Actress | Won | [97] |
2005 | Raincoat | Nominated | [98] | |
2007 | Dhoom 2 | Nominated | [99] | |
2008 | Guru | Nominated | [100] | |
2009 | Jodhaa Akbar | Nominated | [101] | |
2011 | Guzaarish | Nominated | [102] | |
2017 | Sarbjit | Nominated | [103] | |
The Filmfare Awards South are annual awards that honour artistic and technical excellence in the Telugu cinema, Tamil cinema, Malayalam cinema and Kannada cinema. They are presented by Filmfare magazine of The Times Group. When it was introduced in 1954, the Filmfare Awards initially only recognized achievements in the Hindi cinema.
Year | Film | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2023 | Ponniyin Selvan: I | Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil | Nominated | [104] |
2024 | Ponniyin Selvan: II | Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil | Nominated | [105] |
The Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) is an annual Indian film festival based in Melbourne, Australia. It is presented by Film Victoria and the State Government of Victoria, and produced by Mind Blowing Films, a Melbourne-based distributor of Indian cinema across Australia and New Zealand. Founded in 2010, the festival was previously called Bollywood & Beyond, and from 2012 was re-established as an initiative of the Victorian Coalition Government Victorian Government that aims to strengthen ties between the Indian film industry and Victoria.
Year | Film | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2017 | — | Westpac IFFM Excellence in Global Cinema | Won | [106] |
The International Indian Film Academy Awards (also known as the IIFA Awards) are a set of awards presented annually by the International Indian Film Academy to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in Bollywood, the Hindi language film industry. Instituted in 2000, the ceremony is held in different countries around the world every year. Rai has won 2 competitive awards out of 6 nominations; and has also won 4 non-competitive awards.[107]
Year | Film | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2000 | Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam | Best Actress | Won | [108] |
2003 | Devdas | Won | [109] | |
2005 | — | Global Indian Media Personality[c] | Won | [110] |
2007 | Dhoom 2 | Best Actress | Nominated | [111] |
— | Most Glamorous Star of the Year | Won | [112] | |
2008 | Guru | Best Actress | Nominated | [113] |
2009 | Jodhaa Akbar | Nominated | [114] | |
Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam & Devdas | Star of the Decade – Female | Won | [115] | |
— | Outstanding Achievement In International Cinema | Won | [115] | |
2011 | Guzaarish | Best Actress | Nominated | [116] |
The IIFA Utsavam rewards the artistic and technical achievements of the South Indian film industry. The ceremony is organised by Wizcraft International, the team behind the IIFA Awards.
Year | Film | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2024 | Ponniyin Selvan: II | Best Actress – Tamil | Won | [117] |
The Producers Guild Film Awards (previously known as the Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Award) is an accolade given by the Apsara Producers Guild to recognize excellence in Indian film and television.[118] Aishwarya Rai won 2 awards and 3 nominations.
Year | Film | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2008 | Guru | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated | [119] |
2009 | Jodhaa Akbar | Nominated | [120] | |
2011 | Guzaarish | Nominated | [121] | |
Cinematic Excellence – Female | Won | [122] | ||
2013 | — | Hindustan Times Outstanding Contribution to Society (along with Abhishek Bachchan) | Won | [citation needed] |
The Screen Awards, is an annual awards ceremony held in India honouring professional excellence in the Bollywood Film Industry. The nomination and award selection is done by a panel of distinguished professionals from the industry.It was originally called the Screen Awards.[123] Aishwarya Rai won 7 awards from 18 nominations.
Year | Film | Category | Result | Ref. |
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1998 | Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya | Best Female Debut | Won | [124] |
2000 | Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam | Best Actress | Won | [125] |
Taal | Nominated | |||
2001 | Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai | Nominated | [126] | |
2003 | Devdas | Won | [127] | |
Jodi No. 1 (shared with Shah Rukh Khan) | Won | |||
2005 | Raincoat | Best Actress | Nominated | |
2007 | Dhoom 2 | Nominated | [128] | |
2008 | Guru | Nominated | [129] | |
2009 | Jodhaa Akbar | Nominated | [130] | |
Best Actress (Popular Choice) | Won | [131] | ||
2011 | Guzaarish | Jodi No. 1 (shared with Hrithik Roshan) | Won | [132] |
Best Actress | Nominated | [133] | ||
2017[d] | Ae Dil Hai Mushkil | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | |
South Indian International Movie Awards (also known as the SIIMA Awards) rewards the artistic and technical achievements of the South Indian film industry. It was launched in 2012 to appreciate and honour film makers from across the South Indian film industries.
Year | Film | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2024 | Ponniyin Selvan: II | SIIMA Critics Award for Best Actress – Tamil | Won | [134] |
The Stardust Awards is an award ceremony for Hindi movies, which is sponsored by Stardust magazine.[135] The first ceremony was held in 2004 for films released in 2003.[135] Aishwarya Rai won 4 awards and 9 nominations.
Year | Film | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2005 | Raincoat | Actor of the Year – Female | Nominated | |
2007 | Dhoom 2 | Won | [136] | |
2008 | Guru | Nominated | [137] | |
2009 | Jodhaa Akbar | Nominated | [138] | |
Sarkar Raj | Nominated | [138] | ||
2011 | Guzaarish | Nominated | [139] | |
Best Actress in a Drama | Won | [140] | ||
2015 | Jazbaa | Power–Packed Performance of the Year | Won | [141] |
2016 | Ae Dil Hai Mushkil | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | [142] |
Sarbjit | Performer of the Year – Female | Won | [143] | |
The Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards (WAFCA) is a group of film critics based in Washington, D.C. and founded in 2002. WAFCA is composed of nearly 50 DC-based film critics from television, radio, print, and internet.[144] Annually, the group gives awards to the best in film as selected by its members by vote.
Year | Film | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2005 | Bride and Prejudice | Best Breakthrough Performance | Nominated | [145] |
The Zee Cine Awards (ZCA) is an awards ceremony for the Hindi film industry. Aishwarya Rai won 6 awards and 10 nominations.
Year | Film | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2000 | Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and Taal | Lux Face of the Year | Won | [146] |
Taal | Best Actor – Female | Nominated | [147] | |
Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam | Won | [148] | ||
2001 | Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai | Nominated | [149] | |
2003 | Devdas | Won | [150] | |
— | True Indian Beauty Award | Won | [150] | |
2005 | Raincoat | Best Actor (Critics) – Female | Won | [151] |
2007 | Umrao Jaan | Best Actor – Female | Nominated | [152] |
2008 | Guru | Nominated | [153] | |
2011 | Guzaarish | Nominated | [154] | |
Best Actor (Critics) – Female | Won | [155] | ||
— | International Female Icon | Nominated | [154] | |
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