TBT to 2003; Aishwarya Rai on the cover of Cine Blitz

 

The launch of Faces: A Great Book of Photographs of Bollywood Icons

 

At the launch of Faces, Gautam Rajadhyaksha's mighty tome dedicated to Bollywood portraiture, here's young Kajol, the late great Gautam da, Aishwarya Rai (pre Bollywood) and Jackie Shroff. 

Aishwarya Rai's Filmography: So Far... The Definitive Listicle

 

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Filmography (Chronological Order)

Release Date	Film Title	Co-star(s)	Director	Music Composer	Box Office Verdict
January 1997	Iruvar (Tamil)	Mohanlal, Prakash Raj	Mani Ratnam	A. R. Rahman	Average
August 15, 1997	Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya	Bobby Deol	Rahul Rawail	Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan	Flop
April 24, 1998	Jeans (Tamil)	Prashanth	S. Shankar	A. R. Rahman	Hit
1999	Ravoyi Chandamama (Telugu - guest appearance)	A. Nagarjuna	Jayanth C. Paranjee	Mani Sharma	Flop
January 22, 1999	Aa Ab Laut Chalen	Akshaye Khanna	Rishi Kapoor	Nadeem-Shravan	Below Average
June 18, 1999	Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam	Salman Khan, Ajay Devgn	Sanjay Leela Bhansali	Ismail Darbar	Hit
August 13, 1999	Taal	Akshaye Khanna, Anil Kapoor	Subhash Ghai	A. R. Rahman	Semi Hit
April 5, 2000	Kandukondain Kandukondain (Tamil)	Mammootty, Ajay Devgn, Tabu	Rajiv Menon	A. R. Rahman	Hit
June 9, 2000	Josh	Shah Rukh Khan, Chandrachur Singh	Mansoor Khan	Anu Malik	Average
August 25, 2000	Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai	Anil Kapoor	Satish Kaushik	Sanjeev-Darshan	Hit
September 29, 2000	Dhai Akshar Prem Ke	Abhishek Bachchan	Raj Kanwar	Jatin-Lalit	Flop
December 28, 2000	Mohabbatein	Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan	Aditya Chopra	Jatin-Lalit	Blockbuster
2000	Mela (cameo)	Aamir Khan	Dharmesh Darshan	Anu Malik	Flop
2001	Albela	Govinda	Deepak Sareen	Jatin-Lalit	Flop
July 12, 2002	Devdas	Shah Rukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit	Sanjay Leela Bhansali	Ismail Darbar	Hit
2002	Hum Kisise Kum Nahin	Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Ajay Devgn	David Dhawan	Anu Malik	Flop
2002	Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam	Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan (cameo)	K. S. Adhiyaman	Various	Semi Hit
2002	23rd March 1931: Shaheed (special appearance)	Bobby Deol	Guddu Dhanoa	Anand Raj Anand	Flop
2002	Shakti: The Power (special appearance in song)	Shah Rukh Khan, Karisma Kapoor	Pasupuleti Krishna Vamsi	Ismail Darbar, Anu Malik	Flop
2003	Chokher Bali (Bengali)	Prosenjit Chatterjee	Rituparno Ghosh	Debojyoti Mishra	Average
January 17, 2003	Dil Ka Rishta	Arjun Rampal	Naresh Malhotra	Nadeem-Shravan	Flop
2003	Kuch Naa Kaho	Abhishek Bachchan	Rohan Sippy	Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy	Flop
January 23, 2004	Khakee	Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn	Rajkumar Santoshi	Ram Sampath	Average
August 11, 2004	Kyun! Ho Gaya Na...	Vivek Oberoi, Amitabh Bachchan	Samir Karnik	Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy	Flop
December 24, 2004	Raincoat	Ajay Devgn	Rituparno Ghosh	Debojyoti Mishra	Flop
2004	Bride & Prejudice (English)	Martin Henderson	Gurinder Chadha	Anu Malik	Average
2005	Shabd	Sanjay Dutt, Zayed Khan	Leena Yadav	Vishal-Shekhar	Disaster
2005	Bunty Aur Babli (special appearance in song)	Abhishek Bachchan, Rani Mukerji	Shaad Ali	Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy	Semi Hit
2005	The Mistress of Spices (English)	Dylan McDermott	Paul Mayeda Berges	Craig Pruess	Disaster
2006	Provoked (English)	Naveen Andrews	Jag Mundhra	A. R. Rahman	Disaster
2006	Umrao Jaan	Abhishek Bachchan	J. P. Dutta	Anu Malik	Disaster
November 24, 2006	Dhoom 2	Hrithik Roshan, Abhishek Bachchan	Sanjay Gadhvi	Pritam	Blockbuster
January 12, 2007	Guru	Abhishek Bachchan, Mithun Chakraborty	Mani Ratnam	A. R. Rahman	Hit
2007	The Last Legion (English)	Colin Firth, Ben Kingsley	Doug Lefler	Patrick Doyle	Flop
February 15, 2008	Jodhaa Akbar	Hrithik Roshan	Ashutosh Gowariker	A. R. Rahman	Semi Hit
June 6, 2008	Sarkar Raj	Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan	Ram Gopal Varma	Bapi-Tutul	Below Average
February 6, 2009	The Pink Panther 2 (English)	Steve Martin	Harald Zwart	Christophe Beck	Flop
June 18, 2010	Raavan	Abhishek Bachchan	Mani Ratnam	A. R. Rahman	Flop
June 18, 2010	Raavanan (Tamil)	Vikram, Prithviraj Sukumaran	Mani Ratnam	A. R. Rahman	Hit
October 1, 2010	Enthiran (Tamil) / Robot (Hindi)	Rajinikanth	S. Shankar	A. R. Rahman	Blockbuster
November 5, 2010	Action Replayy	Akshay Kumar, Aditya Roy Kapur	Vipul Amrutlal Shah	Pritam	Flop
November 19, 2010	Guzaarish	Hrithik Roshan	Sanjay Leela Bhansali	Sanjay Leela Bhansali	Disaster
2011	Bollywood: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told (Documentary)	N/A	Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Jeff Zimbalist	Various	N/A
October 9, 2015	Jazbaa	Irrfan Khan	Sanjay Gupta	Various	Flop
May 20, 2016	Sarbjit	Randeep Hooda	Omung Kumar	Various	Flop
October 28, 2016	Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (special appearance)	Ranbir Kapoor, Anushka Sharma	Karan Johar	Pritam	Hit
August 3, 2018	Fanney Khan	Anil Kapoor, Rajkummar Rao	Atul Manjrekar	Amit Trivedi	Flop
September 30, 2022	Ponniyin Selvan: I (Tamil)	Vikram, Karthi, Jayam Ravi	Mani Ratnam	A. R. Rahman	Blockbuster
April 28, 2023	Ponniyin Selvan: II (Tamil)	Vikram, Karthi, Jayam Ravi	Mani Ratnam	A. R. Rahman	Hit

Glory days of film magazines: Stardust, MOVIE,

Zeenat Aman by Gautam Rajadhyaksha

 

Aishwarya Rai in Gucci at the premiere of Bride and Prejudice

Aishwarya Rai in Gucci at the premiere of Bride and Prejudice 
 

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan dazzles in Manish Malhotra: March 2026

Sunil Dutt with Nutan at Filmfare Awards

The sober and timeless elegance of vintage Bollywood stars at Filmfare awards night. 

Aishwarya Rai during the Miss India pageant back in 1994!

 

Sridevi: Sri putri: Janhvi Kapoor turns a year older

Sridevi: Sri putri: Janhvi Kapoor turns a year older! Now and then images of Sridevi with her first-born. 

Happy Birthday to Janvhi!