Aishwarya Rai

Aishwarya Rai made the Bachchan and Rai family proud on 31st March’2009 when she was presented with Padma Shri Award 2009. Not only the families but i guess this is a proud moment for every fan follower of Aishwarya Rai. At least i am pretty happy for her. Padma Shri Award was presented by Pratibha Patil at the function in the Ashoka Hall of Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Aishwarya Rai

The Bachchan family seems to have all the reason to be happy. After all, the tag of the Padma Awards seems hard to be leaving from the family. Amitabh Bachchan himself is an awardee of Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan. His wife, Jaya Bachchan, is an awardee of Padma Shri, and father, Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan, had been conferred with Padma Bhushan. And now Ash simply adds another feather to the cap. Ahem! now that’s Bachchan’s family for you.

Besides Aishwarya Rai, our Bolywood’s real king, Akshay Kumar also got Padma Shri award 2009. He and wife, Twinkle, certainly had a great joy as well. Veteran actress and dancing queen of yester-years, Helen, was also bestowed with the Padma Shri for her contribution to art and cinema. Famous playback singer of yester-year, Shamshad Begum, and director of the central board of Reserve Bank of India, Ashok Shekhar Ganguly were among other prominent persons to get the prestigious award from the president.

Dr. Kakodkar received the Padma Vibhushan awards for his contribution to the field of nuclear science and technology.

Padma Awards, that is to say, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri aka Padmashree are given for exceptional and distinguished service in any field including service rendered by Government servants.

Our heartiest congratulations to our queen of hearts, Aishwarya Rai and kind Akshay Kumar for this achievement. Truly well deserved.

Update:I did manage to get some scans of the beautiful actress being awarded the Padma Shri award. And some sphotos of others moments from the function as well. Hope you enjoy ‘em.

Desirable Aishwarya

Askmen.com is a free online destination for men, a men’s portal, designed to provide men with daily features on subject matter that interests the general male population. The latest feature on their website is about the top 99 desirable women in the world with Jessica Alba making it to the number one position.

But it won’t come as a surprise to know that Aishwarya Rai and Mallika Sherawat feature amongst the top 99 of the most desirable women on Askmen.com. Aishwarya Rai is placed on number 40. Last year, she featured on number 47. Not far behind is Mallika Sherawat on number 78.

With rising awareness of such contents and votings, you can expect more and more bollywood celebrities down the years. But remember, it was Aishwarya Rai who became the first from Bollywood! And that too deservingly.

With oodles of talent and jaw-dropping look, the two beauties have been reining Bollywood for some time now. They have not only become a household name in India but also are gaining international fame and accolades.

Aishwarya Rai has already created a niche for herself in the international market with loads of good work in her kitty. With her impending marriage with Abhishek Bachchan being much talked about, she is surely at the peak of her career right now. Mallika’s claim to fame was the film Murder, after which there was no stopping her! Both these stunning beauties were recently seen in Mani Ratnam’s Guru.

But the fact accepted by many is that Aishwarya came into the top 40 number with her sheer power of beauty and beauty alone! For me and many others, she is still the number one most desirable women in Bollywood indsutry!

Sexy Aishwarya Rai

Gorgeous Aishwarya Rai won the Star of the year award (female) at Max Stardust Awards held last night on February 18 in Mumbai.

Aishwarya got the award for her electrifying performance in Sanjay Gadhvi’s “Dhoom 2″.

Aishwarya’s would-be husband Abhishek Bachchan however need not feel undermined, as Jr. Bachchan received best actor award in supporting role for his powerhouse performance in Karan Johar’s “Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna”.

Besides Star of the year award (female), which went to Aishwarya Rai for “Dhoom 2″, its director Sanjay Gadhvi bagged Hottest Filmmaker Award for the film.

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The winners of the Stardust Awards 2007 are as follows:

• Star of the Year (Male)  – Sanjay Dutt (Lage Raho Munnabhai)
• Star of the Year (Female) – Aishwarya Rai (Dhoom:2)
• Best Actor in a supporting role (Male) – Abhishek Bachchan (Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna)
• Best Actress in a supporting role (Female) – Ayesha Takia (Dor)
• Best Actor in a negative Role (Male) – Saif Ali Khan (Omkara)
• Superstar of Tomorrow (Male) – Shiney Ahuja (Gangster)
• Superstar of Tomorrow (Female) – Kangana Ranaut (Gangster)
• Breakthrough Performance Award (Male) – Kunal Kapoor (Rang De Basanti)
• Breakthrough Performance Award (Female) – Gul Panag (Dor)
• The New Menace – Shaad Randhawa (Woh Lamhe)
• Hottest Film Producer – Kumar Mangat (Omkara)
• The Dream Director Award – Rajkumar Hirani (Lage Raho Munnabhai)
• The Hottest Young Filmmaker – Sanjay Gadhvi (Dhoom:2)
• New Musical Sensation (Male) – Zubeen Garg (Ya Ali)
• New Musical Sensation (Female) – Rekha Bharadwaj (Namak Ishq Ka)
• Standout Performance by a Musical Director -  Mithoon (Bas Ek Pal)
• Standout Performance by a Lyricist – Virag Mishra (Zinda Hoon Main)
• Lifetime Achievement Award – Mithun Chakraborty

Well, Congratulations to Ms. Aishwarya Rai from all her fans for this award and we wish many more such awards in the future!

Aishwarya Rai

Way to go Aishwarya!!!!

The gorgeous Aishwarya Rai , who is all set to become the daughter-in-law of the Bachchan household, now has another reason to celebrate.

Ash, who got engaged to her Guru co-star Abhishek Bachchan on Sunday, is among 25 Indians who figure in this year’s list of 250 Global Young Leaders by the Geneva-based World Economic Forum.

Those chosen for the honour also include director Karan Johar, MPs Omar Abdullah, Jyotiraditya Scindia and Naveen Jindal, Managing Editor of NDTV Vikram Chandra, Chief Managing Editor of HT Media Raju Narisetti and Prince Shivraj Singh of Jodhpur.

The Forum selects young leaders from various fields every year based on their professional accomplishments, their commitment to society and their potential to contribute to shaping the future of the world. The selection committee is chaired by Queen Rainaof Jordan.

Also on the list are MP B G Pundlikrao, Chief Financial Officer of ICICI Bank Vishka Mulye, Vice President of Tata Sons Mukand Govind Rajan, Managing Director of Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Satish Reddy, Vice President Infosys Technologies Subhash Dhar and President of the Parks Hotels India Priya Paul.

The Young Global Leaders 2007 include 125 business leaders, as well as leaders from governments, academia, media and society at large from nearly 70 countries.

“This unique global network has the potential to tackle global challenges through knowledge sharing and leveraging horizontal networks of collaborative platforms. Together, they form a powerful international force for the global common good,” said Klaus Schwab, Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum in New York on Tuesday.

Schwab said The Forum of Young Global Leaders will be a voice for the future in global thought processes.

Co-founder of Ortel Communications Jagi Mangat Panda, Executive Director of Godrej Industries Tanya Dubash, Neeraj Bharadwaj of Apax Partners, Managing Director of PVR Cinemas Ajay Bijli, Amit Burman of Dabur India, Amit Chandra of DSP Merrill Lynch and Arvind Kejrival of Parivartan also find their names on the list.

Also included are G V Sanjay Reddy of GVK Industries, Ramesh Ramanathan, founder of Janaagraha, Jignesh Shah of Financial Technologies and Ruchir Sharma of Morgan Stanley Investments.

The new class represents all regions, including nominees from East Asia (50), Europe (50), Middle East and North Africa (25), North America (50), South Asia (30), sub-Saharan Africa (20) and Latin America (25).

The current community of 416 Young Global Leaders represents 90 countries and includes Larry Page and Sergey Brin, co-founders of Google; Mikheil Saakashvili, President of Georgia; Kumi Naidoo, Secretary-General and Chief Executive Officer, Civicus: World Alliance for Citizen Participat ion; Daniela Mercury, Singer, Brazil; and Michelle Guthrie, Chief Executive Officer, Star Group.