印度第一美女 Aishwarya Rai 轉戰好萊塢 擴大寶萊塢電影版圖
艾西瓦婭曾是環球小姐的艾希娃亞蕾有「印度的安潔莉娜裘莉」之稱，
1994年在南非舉辦的“世界小姐”選美賽中一舉奪魁，
隨後走上演藝道路，多次獲得表演獎，並曾受邀擔任了 2003年的法國“戛納電影節”評委，
也是印度史上第一位國際電影節評委，並被英國《HELLO》雜誌評為“世界最具魅力的女人”，
還入選《人物》雜誌評選的“世界最美麗的100人”。
美國好萊塢舉世聞名，而印度最大的電影製片場「寶萊塢」(Bollywood)其規模陣容和產值也不遜色。最近印度第一美女艾希娃亞蕾打算將寶萊塢帶入美國，與先生一同到好萊塢發展，讓全世界見識寶來塢與印度第一美女的魅力。
以電影【寶萊塢生死戀】聲名大噪，
同時也是印度寶萊塢之寶，最近她將與先生一同赴美發展，將寶萊塢的魅力帶進美國好萊塢。對此，一位寶萊塢男星表示，「我們現在面對的是世界上最大的電影工業，賣出最多的電影票。」
據了解，寶萊塢是印度孟買成立最大的電影製片場，每年有超過800部的電影出片紀錄，還曾創下印度每天2千萬人次排隊看寶萊塢電影的紀錄；寶來塢為了揚名世界與擴大版圖，現在不只是不只是演員要往好萊塢發展，寶萊塢就連製片商都積極與好萊塢合作。
目前印度娛樂公司正與好萊塢夢工廠談合作，計劃投資15億美元共組一家新的電影公司；另外，像是麥克道格拉斯以及許多大牌巨星，也都受邀演出寶萊塢電影。娛樂公司尼爾森蓋同指出，「很多印度製片，都希望寶萊塢能成為未來的好萊塢。」
財力雄厚的印度公司對好萊塢來說像是個大金庫，而雙方的合作也幫助了寶萊塢推廣印度文化。印度寶萊塢製片表示，「印度希望能夠藉由這種方式教導美國的青少年，讓他們能了解印度文化。」
印度資金挹注 好萊塢變寶萊塢
美國經濟不景氣，連電影業也受到衝擊，不過印度寶萊塢的電影業者卻大筆投資好萊塢，希望藉由合作讓印度的電影升級，打開國際知名度. 曾經當選環球小姐的艾希娃亞蕾有「印度的安潔莉娜裘莉」之稱. 她以電影「寶萊塢生死戀」聲名大噪，成為印度最閃亮的明星，最近她和老公一起赴美發展，在好萊塢掀起一陣旋風。印度不但電影產量全球第一，4年之後拍片數量還會倍增，如今寶萊塢積極投資美國電影，剛好為經濟不景氣缺乏資金的好萊塢注入活水. 印度的信任娛樂集團不但和大導演史蒂芬史匹柏洽談一項五億美元的合作計劃，還準備投資湯姆漢克斯，金凱瑞，和喬治克隆尼等大咖主演的電影. 寶萊塢挾帶雄厚的資金前進好萊塢，希望打開國際市場，共創雙贏。
Aishwarya Rai (Ash) is one of Bollywood’s pre-eminent leading ladies. This Indian darling burst upon the world stage when her striking beauty, poise and commanding intelligence won her the Miss World crown in 1994. This former architecture major soon became one of India’s most famous models landing a prestigious Pepsi campaign and appearing in Vogue Magazine. India’s top Bollywood directors were soon lining up to work with Ash. Her film debut in Mani Rathnam’s ‘Iruvar’ (1997) received critical acclaim and her performance in Aur Paar Ho Gaya’ (1997) directed by Rahul Rawail garnered her the Best Female Debutante Award. In 2000 she was awarded Best Actress by FilmFare and Zee Cine for her work in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s “Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam”, in that same year, nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her special appearance in Aditya Chopra’s Mohabbatein (2000). In 2001 Ash was nominated for FilmFare’s Best Actress Award for Satish Kaushik’s “Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai”.
Ash’s star continued to rise in 2002 working again with Sajay Leela Bhansali in ‘Devdas’. ‘Devdas’ is the most ambitious and most successful film in Bollywood history. It became the first Bollywood picture to ever receive a special screening at this year’s Cannes Film Festival and broke box-office records in India and the United States.
2003 brought even more exciting opportunities. Ash became the first Indian actor to be a member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival. She is also the latest member of the elite L’Oreal Dream Team, joining beauties Catherine Deneuve & Andie MacDowell as their international ambassador. She graced the covers of India Today and the prestigious TIME Magazine. Time Magazine has also listed her on their list of the “100 Most Influential People in the World Today”. She has graced numerous covers worldwide including USA, UK, China, Russia, Israel, United Emerites, Italy, Spain and France. Ash was also listed on Rolling Stone Magazine’s annual “Hot List”, Hello Magazine’s Most Attractive Women in the World”, Stuff Magazine, FHM magazine, V-Life from Variety Magazine, GQ Magazine, New York Times Magazine, Harper’s & Queen and countless others.
2004 saw Aishwarya take on the leading role in her first English language film for Gurinder Chadha in “Bride & Prejudice”. She also became the first Indian female to be immortalized in wax at the world famous Madame Tussaud’s wax museum in London.
Ash finally launched her “Official Website”
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2005 started with appearances on “60 Minutes”, “David Letterman Show” and the most watched television program in the world the “Oprah Winfrey Show”. Aishwarya’s career continues to grow even stronger - she will soon be seen in Mistress of Spices for director Paul Berges, Jag Mundhra’s Provoked, Sanjay Gadhvi’s Dhoom 2 and legendary film producer Dino De Laurentiis’s The Last Legion opposite Colin Firth and Sir Ben Kingsley. The Queen of Bollywood is already becoming the talk of tinseltown and is currently in negotiations on two major motion pictures.
Bollywood hearthrob, Aishwarya Rai, and actor Abhishek Bachchan got engaged to each other at a quiet ceremony here, setting the stage for the marriage of the film industry’s most talked-about couple.
The engagement between Abhishek who turns 31 on February 5 next, and 33-year-old Aishwarya Rai, was held at the residence of the Bachchans in suburban Juhu.
