Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Rai was born on 1 November 1973 into a Tulu-speaking Bunt Hindu family in Mangalore, Karnataka. Her father, Krishnaraj, who died on 18 March 2017, was an army biologist, while her mother, Vrinda, is a housewife. She has one elder brother, Aditya Rai, who is an engineer in the merchant navy.