10 interesting UNKNOWN FACTS about birthday girl Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

No other beauty in Bollywood history has ever been able to captivate the Indian audience like Aishwarya Rai. And lady has done that on the merit of her sheer physical beauty like Aishearya. Today as she turns 41, we take a look at the 10 unknown facts of arguably the world's most beautiful woman till date. Aishwarya initially wanted to be an architect. Ultimately, modelling beckoned and Aishwarya stepped into the glam world. Aishwarya's first commercial happened when she was in Class 9 and it was for Camlin pencils. There was a tie breaker round between Aishwarya Rai and Sushmita Sen during the Miss India contest which Sushmita won. Aishwarya's famous Pepsi ad co-starring Aamir Khan was shot in a single night during the Mumbai riots in 1992-93. Aishwarya's nickname is Gullu and she doesn’t like to wear wigs while shooting. Aishwarya became the first Indian actress to be featured on the Oprah Winfrey show in 2005. Bollywood actress Preity Zinta is said to be the only friend of Aishwarya in the industry. In 2005, Hugh Hefner tried and failed to create an Indian, no-nudity version of Playboy magazine featuring Aishwarya on the first cover. Aishwarya Rai was in an abusive relationship with Salman Khan and ended the relationship citing abuse (verbal, physical and emotional), infidelity and indignity on the part of Salman Khan. Abhishek and Aishwarya fell in love during the shooting of Guru and married each other in 2007. They were at a time called more famous that Brangelina. Wish Aishwarya a very happy birthday in the comment section below.