aishwarya rai acted in an awardwinning indian bollywood film
she made her acting debut in mani ratnams 1997 tamil film iruvar and had her first hindi film release in aur pyaar ho gaya that same year
 roger ebert wrote rai is breathtaking in bollywood films where they devote a great deal of expertise to admiring beauty but here shes underutilized and too much in the background usa today mentioned her expressions as wooden and added she looks gorgeous but her expression rarely changes