New Delhi: Bollywood's blue-eyed girl Aishwarya Rai celebrates her 35th birthday on Saturday.
The actress who continues to be at the helm of Bollywood is considered one of the most bankable stars in the film industry.
Aishwarya, now married to actor Abhishek Bachchan, was born in Mangalore to Krishnaraj Rai, a marine biologist, and Vrinda Rai, a writer.
After winning the Miss World title in 1994, Aishwarya took to acting in 1997 with a Tamil film Iruvar opposite southern superstar Mohanlal. She made her Bollywood debut in the same year opposite Bobby Deol in Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya.
Since then it has been a rollercoaster ride for the actress.
Post-marriage and a good career, Aishwarya is now excited about teaming up with hubby Abhishek Bachchan for Mani Ratnam's next film. But she is reluctant to reveal much about the movie.
"It's a really exciting thought for me and Abhishek to be coming together again with Mani Ratnam. All I can say about the film is that it goes into a completely different theme from Guru," Aishwarya told IANS.
"You can't expect Mani sir to go into the same space twice. Working with him is an exciting thought for any actor. The way he connects to his actors is very clear in the films that he makes. He creates magic on screen," she added.
The last couple of months have been very hectic for the actress.
"I had joined Abhishek in Jaipur where he was shooting for Dilli 6. Then I was with him in Miami for Dostana. I also packed in Cannes and Paris. Life is beautiful. It really is. You know, life is as special as you make it for yourself. Of course, you can't live your life in a bubble. There're people who want to rain on your parade. It's up to you how you protect your space," said Aishwarya who just finished the first lap of the Unfogettable Tour.
She is also doing Shankar's Robot and has teamed up with Tamil superstar Rajinikant in the movie. It got delayed because the film's writer passed away in February this year, thereby pushing the project back by some months.
"After Sujatha sir's sad demise, the project got delayed slightly. People chose this tragedy as an occasion to spread all kinds of rumours when the fact is death slowed down Robot. But we're back on track, though now we need to work on a tighter schedule,” she said.
Explaining why the film needs extra planning, she said, “Robot has loads of special effects. And the film will be using a lot of crew from overseas. All this needed re-scheduling."Robot wouldn't be the first FX driven film in Aishwarya's career.
"There was Dhoom 2. And right at the start of my career I did Jeans. And that too had very complicated special effects. And I had to do it in Tamil. So I learned a lot during Jeans, as I hope to do during Robot,” she said.
Clearing another misconception about Robot, she said, "People seem to think it's in Tamil and Hindi. But it's only in Tamil."
Tell her she's now equipped to direct a film, and Aishwarya laughs. "Everyone says that. I don't know, maybe one day."(With inputs from IANS)
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