An artista kan Indya na si Aishwarya Rai, na na-kredito bilang Aishwarya Rai Bachchan pagkatapos kan saiyang kasal, nagluwas sa labi sa 40 na mga pelikula sa limang tataramon, nangurog sa gabos an Hindi asin Tamil. Inot siyang nagluwas sa pelikula kan 1997 na may duwang papel sa pelikulang pampulitika sa Tamil ni Rat Ratnam na Iruvar, asin an saiyang pagpamidbid sa Bollywood sa parehong taon sa romantikong komedya na Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya katambal ni Bobby Deol.[1][2] Sinundan ini ni Rai na may panginot na papel sa Jeans (1998), sa sarong high profile na pelikulang Tamil na isinumite bilang official entry to the Academy Awards kan Indya.[3][4]Nanggana siya sa Gawad Filmfare para sa Pinakamatibay na Aktres para sa saiyang pambihirang pagganap sa romantikong drama ni Sanjay Leela Bhansali na Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam asin nagganap bilang sarong parakanta sa sa musikal na drama na Taal (kapwa kan 1999).[5][6][7][8]
Si Rai igwa nin anom na pelikula kan 2000, kaiba an Kandukondain Kandukondain, isang adaptasyon sa Tamil kan nobelang Sense and Sensibility ni Jane Austen, asin an romantikong drama ni Aditya Chopra na Mohabbatein.[9][10] Kan 2002, si Rai nagganap kapareha si Shah Rukh Khan sa period romance ni Bhansali na Devdas, sarong adaptasyon kan nobela na igwang parehong titulo.[11] An saiyang pagganap sa top-grossing production nagtao saiya nin ikaduwang Best Actress sa Filmfare.[6][12] Kan 2003, nagganap si Rai bilang sarong balo na dai nin sekswal na kaugmahan pelikulang Bengali ni Rituparno Ghosh na Chokher Bali, na nahaloy bago ini magin bantog sa takilya.[13][14] Alagad, dai nagin matriyumpo an saiyang duwang pelikula sa Hindi kan taon na ini — Dil Ka Rishta asin Kuch Naa Kaho — nagpaluya sa saiyang karera sa Bollywood.[15][16] Kan sumunod na taon, si Rai nagganap sa sarong karakter sosog sa pagkatawo ni Elizabeth Bennet sa adaptasyon kan nobelang Pride and Prejudice ni Austen na yaon sa estilong Bollywood, na tinawan titulong Bride and Prejudice, sarong produksiyon nin British na pinanginotan asin idinirehir ni Gurinder Chadha.[17] Siring man kan 2004, nakaiba niya si Ghosh tanganing gampanan an papel nin sarong nalulumbay na babae sa drama na Raincoat.[18]
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↑"Josh (2000)". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 1 September 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2014.Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
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↑"Albela (2001)". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 31 August 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2014.Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
↑"Dil Ka Rishta (2003)". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 2 September 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2014.Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
↑"Kuch Naa Kaho (2003)". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2014.Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
↑"Khakhee (2004)". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 1 September 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2014.Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
↑"Raincoat (2004)". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 2 September 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2014.Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
↑"Shabd (2005)". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 1 September 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2014.Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
↑"Umrao Jaan (2006)". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2014.Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
↑"Dhoom 2 (2006)". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 2 September 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2014.Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
↑"Guru (2007)". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2014.Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
↑"Provoked (2007)". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2014.Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
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