Aishwarya Rai Bacchan Voted Fourth Most Beautiful Woman in the World
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was ranked fourth in a recent world's most beautiful women poll by Hollywood Buzz.
The 40-year-old actress was preceded by Angelina Jolie, Monica Belluci, and Angelina Jolie. The online magazine conducted the poll in December last year and the results were derived from the votes of over four million people.
Aishwarya was very heartened by the love and respect she got from fans all over the world.
"The result of this poll was brought to my notice in fact by my well wishers. It is overwhelming to hear that over four million people across the globe have voted and listed me amongst their top choices with such beautiful and talented women. A huge loving thank you to all my well-wishers for making me smile and always being there for me," she told the publication.
The list also featured another Bollywood actress, Deepika Padukone, who nabbed the 29th spot.
The website described the list as being composed "of the strongest, intelligent, desirable, popular, attractive, beautiful and successful women in the year 2013 and 2014."
Currently Aishwarya, who has been missing from the film scene since she gave birth to her daughter Aaradhya and busied up with mom duties, is gearing up to making her comeback in Bollywood with a Mani Ratnam film. She will be starring with South Indian actors Nagarjuna and Mahesh Babu. The movie might also feature Kamal Hassan's daughter Shruthi Hassan, who recently started out as an actress in the Indian film industry.
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Comeback 2013: Actress' Baby Aaradhya Conflicting With New Projects?
The film will be bilingual (Tamil-Telugu) and production is expected to begin later this year. The last film Rai worked with Ratnam on was Raavan (2010). The film also starred her husband Abhishek Bachchan.
A spokesperson for Aishwarya suggested that things were still at a very nascent stage but did confirm that the actress was definitely on board. "She has been in talks with Mani Ratnam but the details of the film are still not known. But she has given her consent. I also know that the makers are planning to start shooting sometime around September-October," the spokesperson said.
