Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Rai in 2006, photo by cinemafestival / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Aishwarya Rai
Place of Birth: Mangalore, Karnataka, India
Date of Birth: 1 November, 1973
Ethnicity: Tuluva Indian
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, previously billed as Aishwarya Rai, is an Indian actress and model. She has also starred in international films, including Bride and Predjudice and The Pink Panther 2. She also won the Miss World title in 1994. Aishwarya is able to speak several languages, including Tulu, Hindi, English, Tamil and Marathi.
Aishwarya is the daughter of Brinda and Krishnaraj Rai. She was raised in a Tulu-speaking Tuluva Bunt household. Aishwarya is married to actor Abhishek Bachchan, with whom she has a daughter. Abhishek is the son of actors Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan.
Aishwarya’s paternal grandfather is named Ramanna Rai.
Aishwarya’s paternal grandmother is named Saraswathi Shetty (the daughter of Subbayya Shetty and Dugamma). Subbayya was the son of a man surnamed Punja, and of Marakada Parameshwari Bhandari.
Source: Genealogy of Aishwarya Rai (focusing on his mother’s side) – https://www.geni.com
She Could Pass For Half Indian And Half White. I’ve Seen Women Who Were Of That Mix, And They Look Similar To Her. She Doesn’t Look 100% White Though.
ye a lot of Bollywood actors/actresses look white or white-esque
She don’t look Indian, she looks white and Indians worship white looking Indians like her.
Look at Bollywood actors, they look like darker white people.
I thought Frieda pinto doesn’t look Indian?
so how does an Indian supposed to look like. Indian aren’t black(niggro)
If you dont have proper geographic knowledge about Indian stop spouting B.S..
She look like Iranian.. not white.
Compared to your average Indian, her features are very Eurocentric. I wouldn’t say she looks white, but she certainly doesn’t represent how the majority of Indians look. I don’t agree with you saying she looks Iranian either. To me, she just looks like your average light skinned Indian, who are in the minority in India, yet seem to make up +95% of all the Indian public figures, particularly celebrities.
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@Bubblegum Bitch
If her features are very “eurocentric” how can you say that she doesn’t look white. Because eurocentric feature are synonymous with looking white. Isn’t it.
You’re contradicting yourself.
European features are more than skin color.
This is the perfect example of eurocentric feature in bollywood.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nargis_Fakhri
You said
(but she certainly doesn’t represent how the majority of Indians look.)
Not indian enough?
So how can Indian supposed to look like. What is typical for you an Indian?
Apu Nahasapeemapetilon from the Simpson show LoL..
People who says that’s sort of things are racist themselves..
(ex. Japanese cartoon character looks white.)
You said
“she looks average light skinned Indian”
average people are not in minority.
Indian looks and appearances changes according to geographical location.
Indian sub-continent is a big junk of land and
its shears borders with China Afghanistan..
Your light skinned Indian are majority in north of India. If you ever had visited i.e. Kashmir Himalayas Himachal. People are white as snow.
North India doesn’t look like south Indian.
Your average Indian from North east is not an Tamil in appearances but rather look-like Chinese.
Example
This is a Indian athletes from North east.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Kom
Doesn’t look Indian enough to you is probably because
She doesn’t represent the caricatured Hollywood phenotype of Indian character. That you often see.
I can’t imagine she plying an Indian character in any Hollywood movie.. Pissed me off when American says she doesn’t look Indian Because Americans Actually Know Nothing About
India
@shobohunter I always see you making racist remarks about every ethnicity. grow up. second, how tf does aishwarya rai look iranian…? she is beautiful but you clearly have never seen an iranian before and you should shut your ignorant mouth. most people from iran are very very lighter than aishwarya and other indians. also iranian is a nationality not a ethnicity. you’re a damn idiot.
also, some people from iran are white, (i/e persians, azeris, etc).
Looks Greek.
God this woman is beautiful. It’s like she was built in a lab somewhere. O_O