Aishwarya Bachchan was born in Mangalore in the state of Karnataka, India to Krishnaraj and Vrinda Rai. She is not a Bengali as many speculate; her mother tongue is Tulu, and she is from the Bunt community.

She had a long term relationship with Bollywood actor Salman Khan and then Vivek Oberoi was her boyfriend. She recently married Abhishek Bachchan.

A practicing Hindu, Rai has described herself as having “immense faith in God and my friends”.[13] When at home she attends the Siddhivinayak Mandir, devoted to Ganesha. In the words of Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya is very domestic.

After much speculation concerning their relationship, her engagement to Abhishek Bachchan was announced on January 14, 2007 . The announcement was later confirmed by Amitabh Bachchan . The run-up as well as the marriage between Rai and Bachchan was heavily covered by the media. They married on April 20, 2007 in a private ceremony held at the Bachchan bungalow Prateeksha . After the marriage the couple made their first public appearence at the Tirupati Temple when they came to offer their prayers there, see images. .Aishwarya Rai will face the camera for the first time After marriage in Ram Gopal Varma’s ambitious sequel Sarkar 2.

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