Aishwarya Rai on the film set of... Devdas

That even Aishwarya Rai's outtakes are such perfection is beyond amazing...

Aishwarya Rai in a property advert

This is one of her more stunning shoots post-baby. Gosh she looks divine.

Aishwarya Rai looking divine... in the awful film Umrao Jaan

The original is nearly faultless, so why try to update on a classic? The machinations of Bollywood are beyond comprehension. Though the film was torturously long and languid, at least Ash looked perfect in every frame, danced well (in some songs) and ended up marrying the lead of the film in between takes!

Aishwarya Rai gold series

Aishwarya Rai on the sets.... of Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam

Glorious, gorgeous Ash Rai

Mickey Contractor with Aishwarya Rai

Mickey Contractor with Aishwarya Rai. Early days. on set. gorgeous then. gorgeous now. well, gorgeous-er! should there be such a word...

Aishwarya Rai's PERFECT face

Aishwarya Rai in Bazaar. Wearing a Manish Malhotra sari. But is anyone gazing at anything else but her perfect face?!

Mithun and Bhanupriya

 

Mithun and Bhanupriya 

Rekha's faultless flawless fashion in Silsila

Silsila is the most poetic, beautiful, well-crafted film about adultery ever made... in Bollywood. The most perfect dialogues, comedy, drama, visuals, songs, lyrics, direction, tragedy, acting, actors, leading ladies... the movie is a near-perfect masterpiece.

Long before fashion was in fashion, there was Rekha in Silsila. Sporting one incredible look after another, its breathtaking to watch Rekha appear in frame after frame looking as dazzling as she does.

We are in the process of collecting all 63 looks Rekha had in the movie where she was at the absolute zenith of her extreme Indian beauty. After reaching that pinnacle (well, here and in Umrao Jaan), Re' fell off the cliff and went into the 80s horror show of over-the-topness (Madam X anyone? Or even her 'model' looks in Khoon Bhari Maang!). But until then, she was sheer perfection. The salwars, the saris, the jewellery, her winter coats, her western fare and Indo-western mixes... they really should be in a museum for its stunning sartorial selections. Any sari in the film released on 14 August 1981 could be in vogue today... Hell, Rekha should be in Vogue (India) but still hasn't appeared. Um... what's happening Anaita??!

And these two superstars... Amitabh Bachchan and Rekha... to pilfer a quote from Hollywood, "He gave her class, she gave him sex-appeal..."

They gave us a forbidden, unrequited love, that we're still talking about decades later.

Aishwarya Rai and Akshay Kumar in Khakee (2004)

Plot twist! Aishwarya Rai was quite fab in Khakee (2004). With Akshay Kumar, when she finally buried the hatchet. The movie was great - lots of twists and turns.