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Aishwarya Rai was born November 1, 1973 in Mangalore, Karnataka, India. Born in a traditional south Indian family, Aishwarya started modelling at a young age. This green-blue eyed beauty stole ads for many prestigious firms, the ones which brought her into the limelight were the garden sari and the pepsi ad.

Aishwarya Rai is one of the highest-paid actresses in India’s prolific movie industry, the Julia Roberts of the Asian subcontinent. She began modeling at 14, came to fame as the gorgeous new neighbor in Indian Pepsi commercials, and won the Miss World beauty pageant in 1994.

In more than two dozen movies, Rai has never been kissed on screen. It simply isn’t done in Bollywood. Instead, when an on-screen scene reaches that moment, characters typically burst into song-and-dance sequences intended as metaphors for steamy passion. Rai has, however, attempted to broaden her fame by appearing in the English film Bride and Prejudice with Martin Henderson, a comedic singing-and-dancing adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. She has signed to co-star in Singularity with Brendan Fraser in 2005.

So at some point soon, a script may require a smooch instead of a song. “It would definitely be a topic of discussion [in India],” she says. “They’re going to enjoy (the controversy)… In our society, you don’t really see people around the street corner kissing or being extremely or overtly physically demonstrative.”

Rai is no stranger to controversy, having dated movie star Salman Khan — he is Muslim, she is Hindu. When Rai appeared at an Indian awards ceremony sporting a black eye, there were rumors that Khan had beaten her, but Rai explained otherwise. “For some perverse reason, no one wants to believe me, that I fell down the stairs. First the media calls me the woman of the millennium, a woman of substance. Then how can the same media make me out to be such a doormat? I’m a self-respecting woman, I don’t take nonsense from anyone. No one tries caveman tactics on me. Even Arnold Schwarzenegger can fall and get hurt, so why should I be any different?”

After they eventually broke up, there were reports that Khan stalked her, and Rai admitted that there “were times when Salman got physical with me.” Her family filed a police complaint against Khan, when he showed up drunk and started pounding on her door and screaming late one night.

Rai made her film debut in 1991′s forgettable Mamagaru . Her other early films included bombs like Iruvar and Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya , and even the Tamil-Telugu hit Jeans which was disastrously received by India’s Hindi audiences. By 1998, critics were carping about Rai’s lack of talent and “three stock wooden expressions.”

Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam , of course, changed everything, and Rai’s spirited performance as the emotionally complex Nandini made her a star instead of a joke. Her other triumphs include Mohabbatein , Chokher Bali , and the epic Devdas.

In 2003, Rai was injured on the set of Khakhi when a driver lost control of his Jeep and ran into Rai, who landed on a cactus.

Brooklyn-born and Detroit-raised R&B singer Aaliyah hit the big time in her early teens with a spate of hit records before she embarked at the ripe old age of twenty on a film acting career. A losing appearance on “Star Search” at age eleven failed to hold back the young dynamo, who performed later that same year with Gladys Knight (former wife of her uncle/manager Barry Hankerton), singing with the legend for a five night Las Vegas engagement in 1990. Within four years, Aaliyah would have two gold singles to her credit and was a proven multitalented performer, starring in compelling music videos that showcased her dance moves as well as her songs. As her debut album “Age Ain’t Nothing But a Number” headed up the charts on the strength of the hits “Back and Forth” and “At Your Best (You Are Love)”, Aaliyah, whose sultry voice and adult image belied her tender age, found herself the target of some less-than-positive attention when it was reported the then-fifteen-year-old had wed friend and producer R. Kelly (a man over ten years her senior). A marriage license issued in the state of Illinois with the pair’s name on it and Kelly’s refusal to comment only fueled the fires of scandal, and the two were unceremoniously booed at that year’s Soul Train Music Awards.

Following this upheaval, Aaliyah changed record labels, hooked up with producers Jermaine Dupri and Missy ‘Misdemeanor’ Elliott and recorded her follow up, the successful and critically lauded “One in a Million” (1996). The album introduced the singer’s new, more mature sound and focused on her undeniable talent and range, fusing hip-hop beats with R&B grooves in a way that harkened back to a younger Mary J Blige. Although Aaliyah was managed by her parents, the teen singer’s videos and appearances were marked by a non-overt sexuality that she carried with easy confidence. Remarkably, her sensual image was altogether natural, where such attempts at more adult fare by contemporaries like Brandy smacked of forced Lolita-like precociousness. In 1997, Aaliyah contributed her vocals to the animated feature “Anastasia”, singing the Oscar-nominated theme “Journey to the Past” over the end credits, and subsequently on the Academy Awards telecast in March 1998. Her performance of that same song on a 1997 episode of “The Rosie O’Donnell Show” so impressed producers of the then-developing Broadway musical “Aida” that she was invited to audition. While Aaliyah didn’t land that stage role, film would continue to offer her hit-making opportunities; she scored with the Grammy-nominated “Are You That Somebody?” from the “Dr. Dolittle” soundtrack in 1998.

Aaliyah’s next film project “Romeo Must Die” (2000) not only featured her hit song “Try Again”, but marked the singer’s film acting debut. She starred opposite Jet Li in this modern day multicultural crime world reworking of Shakespeare’s tragic romance. She played Trish O’Day, daughter of an African-American crime lord (Delroy Lindo) at odds with a rival Chinese gang whose allies include the vengeance-bent Jet Li. Soon Aaliyah and Jet Li’s characters fall in love, much to the disapproval of their warring families. Aaliyah brought a crucial toughness and quiet grace to her role, making an auspicious film debut in this music-infused actioner. Her relatively mysterious real-life persona (routinely dodging age questions and nearly always donning sunglasses) made her transition to the screen all the more seamless, allowing the public to readily believe her portrayals, where an artist with a more realized personality would be less credible.

After spending the first half of her career in R. Kelly’s shadow, the second chapter of Aaliyah’s career saw the spotlight focus squarely on her — and a stage she shared with no one. The change may have resulted from help from hit factories like Jermaine Dupri and Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott, or possibly the obvious maturation of her voice and material. No matter. As a singer and performer, she found a niche in R&B that topped charts, sold big and kept her star shining while one hit wonders faded. Her career was tragically cut short by a fatal plane crash in 2001.

The orthopedic surgeon Joe work for was moving to a new office, and his staff was helping transport many of the items.
Joe sat the display skeleton in the front of his car, his bony arm across the back of his seat. Joe hadn’t considered the drive across town.
At one traffic light, the stares of the people in the car beside him became obvious, and he looked across and explained, “I’m delivering him to my doctor’s office.”
The other driver leaned out of his window. “I hate to tell you, lady,” he said, “but I think it’s too late!”

A patient complained to a doctor that he wetted his bed every night.
“Before it happens, do you see any dreams?” the doctor said.
“Yes, doctor. Usually I see a dream in which a small demon comes and says, ‘Let’s pee.”
“OK,” the doctor said. “Next time you see the demon, say, “No, we’ve already peed.”
Next time the patient came to the doctor, the latter asked, “So? Did you do as I said?
“Yes, I did.”
“Did it help?”
“Yes, doctor. Only, it made the matter worse.”
“How?”
“As I said ‘We’ve already peed,’ the demon nodded and said, ‘Then, let’s shit a little.”

“Mr. Jacobs,” the analyst said, “I think this will be your last visit.”
“Does that mean I’m cured?” he asked.
“For all practical purposes, yes,” she said. “I think we can safely say that your kleptomania is now under control. You haven’t stolen anything in two years, and you seem to know where the kleptomania came from.”
“Well, that’s terrific, Doctor. Before I go, I’d like to tell you something. Although our relationship is strictly professional, it’s been one of the most rewarding of my life. I wish I could do something to repay you for helping me.”
“You’ve paid my fee,” the doctor said. “That’s the only responsibility you have.”
“I know,” Jacobs said. “But isn’t there some personal favor I could do for you?”
“Well,” the doctor said, “I’ll tell you what. If you ever suffer a relapse, my son could use a nice portable color television.”

A young man who was an avid golfer had a few hours to spare. He figured that if he played quickly, he could squeeze in nine holes before heading home. Just as he was about to tee-off, an elderly gentleman asked if he could accompany him as he, too, was playing alone. The young man agreed. When they finally reached the ninth fairway, the young man had a tough shot-there was a large pine tree directly between his ball and the green.
He was considering how to hit the shot, when the other man said, “When I was your age, I’d hit the ball right over that tree.”
Accepting the challenge, the younger man swung hard and hit the ball smack into the top of the tree trunk. It thudded back on the ground not far from where it originally lay.
“Of course,” the elderly man continued, “when I was your age, that pine tree was only a meter tall.”

“Throw the baby down!” shouted the fireman to a woman on top of a blazing building.
“I won’t!” she yelled back. “You might drop him!”
“No, I won’t!” he shouted back. “I m a professional goalkeeper!”
Reassured, the woman dropped her baby to the footballer, who immediately bounced the child three times and kicked him over the garden wall…!

There was a very rich man. He fell sick and could not be cured by any Doctor. Ultimately he came across a Doctor who cured his ailment. After the cure, the rich man asked the Doctor to ask for anything he cared in the World. But the Doctor refused to accept any gifts on the plea that it was his duty and he has charged him the professional fees. On much insistence by the rich man, The Doctor agreed for a gift. He said that he would like to have a pair of Golf Clubs. A few months passed and the Doctor did not receive the clubs. He thought that the rich man probably was trying to impress him and he would probably not send him the clubs. After 6 months the Doctor received a Call from the rich man and asked that the Clubs are ready but whether he cared to have a swimming pool in any of them.

Once a divorce case was being settled in court and the Judge asked the little kid of the couple, “Little boy, would you like to stay with your father!”
The kid said, “No he beats me everyday!” The judge asked him, “So you want to stay with your mother?”
He replied, “No! She also beats me!” Now the judge got a little confused and asked the boy sternly, “Well who do you want to stay with in that case?”
The kid answered, “I want to stay with the Indian Cricket Team, because it never beats anyone.”

A Pastor, a Doctor and an Engineer were waiting one morning for a particularly slow group of golfers.
The engineer fumed, “What`s with these guys? We must have been waiting for 15 minutes!”
The doctor chimed in, “I don’t know, but I’ve never seen such inaptitude!”
The pastor said, “Hey, here comes the greens keeper. Let’s have a word with him.” [dramatic pause]
“Hi George. Say, what’s with that group ahead of us? They’re rather slow, aren’t they?”
The greens keeper replied, “Oh, yes, that’s a group of blind firefighters. They lost their sight saving our clubhouse from a fire last year, so we always let them play for free anytime.”
The group was silent for a moment.
The pastor said, “That s so sad. I think I will say a special prayer for them tonight.”
The doctor said, “Good idea. And I’m going to contact my ophthalmologist buddy and see if there’s anything he can do for them.”
The engineer said, “Why can’t these guys play at night?”