Overview
- Times Now republishes an old Vogue India interview in which Aishwarya Rai says she would have debuted with Aamir Khan in Raja Hindustani if she had not entered Miss India.
- Her confirmed milestones include winning Miss World in 1994 and debuting in 1997 with Iruvar in Tamil cinema and Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya in Hindi cinema.
- She has said she received multiple film offers before pageants and chose Miss India to step back from films for a time, a recollection reported from past interviews.
- Filmfare’s birthday feature recaps major works such as Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Taal, Devdas, Guru and Jodhaa Akbar, as well as her long‑running presence at the Cannes Film Festival.
- Hindustan Times revisits a 2007 newlywed interview as it notes her marriage to Abhishek Bachchan in 2007 and the birth of their daughter, Aaradhya, in 2011.