Aiswarya Rai Does It Again

Well, that Aiswarya Rai is the most beautiful woman in Bollywood isn’t really rocket science, but when it comes to an international platform, this 32-year-old Mangalorian beauty is up against the likes of a super-hot Angelina Jolie or the bootylicious Beyonce.

But even this year, Aiswarya Rai Bachchan has made it to the ninth position in a 100 Most Beautiful Women of Today poll.

Ash was voted ninth in the poll listed in the July issue of Harpers and Queen. Hollywood beauty Hot Angelina Jolie topped the poll, followed by supermodel Christy Turlington, Queen Rania of Jordan, film director Sofia Coppola and celebrity chef Nigella Lawson.

Aiswarya Rai beat Beyonce Knowles, Scarlett Johansson, Liv Tyler and supermodel Gisele Bundchen for a place in the top 10. The list was compiled by 1,000 experts from the worlds of fashion, arts, media and plastic surgery.

After Hot Aiswarya Rai was named as the most beautiful woman in the world, an extremely humble Aiswarya Rai had then said in an interview to UK press, “I am really ok with the way I look. It’s fine. All this is transient.

I mean, it’s really, you know, it changes with time, and that’s the external.”

We asked four number one actresses of different eras to comment on Ash’s ongoing charisma even after marriage.

Vyjayanthimala: I have hardly interacted with Aiswarya Rai. The last time I met her was four years ago, during the Stardust Awards.

Aiswarya Rai was presenting the Role Model award to Hema Malini and I shared the stage with Hema and Ash. I keep reading about all these nominations and public poll, and I think Indian cinema has really grown up.

Aiswarya Rai is not just externally beautiful, she is an extremely well groomed person. It actually doesn’t matter whether she makes it to the top ten list every year or not, because she is an actress and with time she will have to make way for others.

But the fact remains that she will be loved by all for what she is. And one must remember Kahlil Gibran’s saying, “Beauty is not in the face, beauty is a light in the heart!”

Hema Malini: I like Ash because she is a lovely person and an extremely talented lady. I come across these questions often in my life about making it to the top ten in beauty. I think beauty lies in your mind.

After a certain age, your face becomes your biography and that’s when people come to know about your own being. Ash looks pretty and she is extremely generous. I remember how beautifully she did a citation on me for Stardust Awards.

Aiswarya Rai was busy with her international projects, but it was so sweet of her to make that much effort for me. Aiswarya Rai respects elders and she has positioned herself wonderfully.

I don’t think that one should rate beauty. Even in my time, media would rank me as number one but I never believed in these rat races. I think with such popularity, she now needs to take Indian cinema global and talk about women empowerment.

Madhuri Dixit: Oh! She is so gorgeous. I have worked with her in Devdas, and she is extremely dedicated towards her work. She is a very good dancer and we met last year during the Filmfare Awards.

In fact, she was generous enough to send medicines from her vanity van when she heard I was running temperature just before the show.

Aiswarya Rai has always been a nice human being and if someone is nice at heart, it shows in your face. I wish her loads of happiness and good luck.