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 in Khakee (2004)

Plot twist! Aishwarya Rai was quite fab in Khakee (2004)

Sunny Deol and Aishwarya Rai from the film Indian

Sunny Deol and Aishwarya Rai from the film Indian. Correction, from the shelved film Indian. Damn, wish we could at least see the dances they shot! Rai looks... ravishing!

Aishwarya Rai chosen as Prestige HK's Woman Crush Wednesday!

In the Spring of 2011, we shot 'the' #AishwaryaRai, for one of the magazines published here at #Burda. Even her outtakes are breathtaking. An eternal crush for some of us, this week's #wcw (#womancrushwednesday) is dedicated to the former Miss World. With campaigns for #Longines #DeBeers and #LOreal, you may not know her name, but you know that face!

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Aishwarya Rai on the catwalk

Aishwarya Rai on the catwalk. Perfection.