Aishwarya Rai in Taal and Hum Dil de Chuke Sanam

 Aishwarya Rai in Taal and Hum Dil de Chuke Sanam

 1999 was Ash's mega year. 

Shobhaa De by Gautam Rajadhyaksha

Shobhaa De by Gautam Rajadhyaksha 

Sure they were cousins - but she was also muse, model and a mother. 

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's regal gait The Reign and Supremacy of Ash as Queen in PS1 and PS2

 

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's regal gait The Reign and Supremacy of Ash as Queen in PS1 and PS2

Aishwarya Rai at Cannes

 

Aishwarya Rai as a young model for Saris

Early days, I remember cutting out Garden sari ads to have this perfect face on my walls. 

The staggeringly beautiful young Aishwarya Rai as India's youngest supermodel. 

Aishwarya Rai on the red carpet

 

Aishwarya Rai in her first Hindi film Aur Pyar Ho Gaya

 

Aishwarya Rai in her first Hindi film Aur Pyar Ho Gaya 

Aishwarya Rai in Taal (1999)

 

Salman Khan and Aishwarya Rai: Bollywood's favourite unrequited love story

In real life and in reel life, they just weren't meant to be. She gave him class, he gave her sex appeal } remember reading that phrase?! 

Salman Khan was 8 years older than Aishwarya Rai. Their on and off screen magic was something else. Just wasn't meant to be... 

Aishwarya Rai attends Neeta Lulla's store opening

Aishwarya Rai attends Neeta Lulla's store opening