Aishwarya Rai

Aishwarya Rai turned heads in a floor sweeping Alberta Ferretti chiffon gown at GQ Men of the Year Awards 2010 at Hotel Grand Hyatt in Kalina, Mumbai on Sunday, September 26. She was accompanied to the event by husband Abhishek Bachchan.

AishwaryaRai Bachchan, wore a sleeveless gown with a draped skirt and fitted ruched bodice; it had jewel detail on the neck and shoulders. She accessorized with diamond stud earrings and a glittery clutch.

Her side swept hair, styled in structured waves, draped her left shoulder. She wore bronze lipstick, thick eyeliner and silver eye shadow.

Abhishek looked dapper in a three piece black suit, red and white tie and cropped hair.

The couple sat on the same table as John Travolta and bonded with each other. Aishwarya Rai presented John Travolta the GQ Legend award.

Abhishek Bachchan, who is on the cover of GQ’s latest issue, won the GQ Ultimate Man, while Aishwarya bagged the Excellence award.

Amitabh Bachchan started his day by sharing the news over twitter: “Abhishek and Aishwarya win GQ awards ..meet John Travolta ..found him humble and sweet ..they are off now on a flight ..and me on road”

Aishwarya Rai has been the brand ambassador of Longines for a long long time. It has been 10 years now. I recently posted about Aishwarya Rai at Rolland Garros stadium, watching French Open finals, etc etc. It all comes down to this day. Aishwarya Rai was a part of Longines Charity Dinner held in Rodin Museum in Paris, France on 7th June 2010.

Aishwarya Rai presented award to the retired ace tennis player, Gustavo Kuerten at the Longines Charity Dinner. Gustavo Kuerten born September 10, 1976 is a retired former World No. 1 tennis player from Brazil. He won the French Open three times between 1997 and 2001, and was the Tennis Masters Cup champion in 2000. After 12 years on the international tour, he retired from top-level tennis in May 2008. Kuerten was awarded for his work in favor of disadvantaged children. It’s a nice gesture from Longines to hold such Charity events and also award and recognize the people who do such a graceful work on their own.

This is the first time Aishwarya handed the award to someone at Longines Charity Dinner. Earlier this was done by the very famous Steffi Graf and Andre Agassi.

Anyways, Aishwarya looked very very graceful in a Black Elie Saab gown. Deep V neckline gown with a knotted chiffon drape in front….she surely looked pretty awesome. Which she usually do

Oh! Did i mention that there were some other celebrities at the function as well. The beautiful and popular but retired tennis star Stefi Graf was present but i don’t think her hubby and tennis rockstar (retired) Andre Agassi was present this time. Another tennis sensation, the sweet Mary Pierce was also present at the Dinner. Looked like an all tennis charity event to me

Aishwarya Rai now will be heading to some unknown place where she will join Abhishek Bachchan, just for vacations. I believe they are again going to Istanbul, Turkey but seriously not sure… After that the couple will head off to U.S.  for premier of Mani Ratnam’s movie “Raavan” on June 16th. The movie will be released worldwide on 18th June. Really looking forward to the release.

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!

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!