* Miss World title at Sun City in 1994;
* Miss Femina World (Miss India 1st Runners Up) 1994

Nicknames :     Ash, Aishu, Gullu

Aishwarya Rai was born in the south indian state of Karnataka in Manglore on 1st Nov 1973. She was younger of the two siblings, her brother being 3 yrs elder. When she was about 4 years old her family moved to Bombay permanatly. Her father worked as a merchant navy officer.

Aishwarya did her schooling at Arya Vidya Mandir, Santacruz. Academically, she did very well and earned her position as the head girl of her school. Ash chose the science stream while at DG Ruparel College, her favorite subject being Zoology. Aishwarya wanted to do medicine, but circumstances didn’t let her. Instead she chose Architecture and passed the interview at Raheja College with flying colors. By this time, Aishwarya had started getting modelling assignments.

She then decided to take a break from architecture and concentrate on modelling. From that point there was no looking back. Ash became a household name with the pepsi ad campaign. She was crowned Miss Femina World and went on to win the Miss world title at Sun City in 1994. Ash had now joined the Bollywood film industry and working under many prestigious banners.

* Was offered Shahrukh Khan’s role in _Darr (1994)_ .
* Refuses to accept the usual awards from Indian trade magazines such as Filmfare.
* Known as perfectionist who insists on getting a finished script before committing to a film and also refuses to work on more than one film at a time, both very unusual for Bollywood where actors usually work in several films at a time and script details are often improvised on the day of shooting.
* One of the three Khans that ruled Bollywood in the 90s. The other two are Salman Khan and Shahrukh Khan.
* Son of Tahir Hussain
* Nephew of Nasir Hussain
* Cousin of Mansoor Khan
* Files for divorce from wife Reena on December 9, 2002.
* Awarded Padma Bhushan for the year 2003 by the Government of India.
* Recently had another child with his ex-girlfriend, English writer Jessica Hines, who delivered their son, Jaan Harry Hines, on September 14 2003.
* Uncle of Imran Khan.
* Aamir has two children, Junaid age 9, and Aira age 4, both from Reena, his first wife.
* Has 2 children with ex-wife Reena: a son, Junaid, and a daughter, Ira.
* Mother is Zeenat Hussain. Sometimes she is referred to as Zeena Hussain.
* After his first marriage he took another flat in the same building where he lived with his parents, and started living there.
* Has been a big fan of Alfred Hitchkock stories.
* Visited Pakistan for fund raising of Shaukat Khanum Cancer Hospital on invitation by the cricketer Imran Khan.
* Formed a popular on-screen pair with Juhi Chawla

Aamir Khan Detailed Biography
Aamir Khan was first introduced as a child artiste in the 1970’s hit Yaadon Ki Baaraat (1973) — he was the youngest child in the trio. Aamir Khan ‘quit’ movies and went on to become the state tennis champion for Maharashtra. Aamir Khan also fell in love with the girl next door in the meantime. Aamir Khan proposed to her the day he turned 21, and she accepted. But apparently, there was opposition since she was from a Hindu family and he, from a devout Islamic one. So, they eloped, got married and returned to their homes. Aamir Khan’s wife Reena even appears in the song “Papa Kehte Hain” that made him the darling of the nation.

From the tremendous success of Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988), which was released when he was 23, Aamir Khan has blossomed into India’s finest actor. Aamir Khan’s list of sterling performances include Dil (1990), _Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin (1990)_ , _Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander (1992)_ , Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke (1993), Andaz Apna Apna (1994), Rangeela (1995), Raja Hindustani (1996), Ishq (1997), Ghulam (1998) and Sarfarosh (1999).

Aamir Khan’s performance in Earth (1998) as the Ice-Candy man has received rave reviews from Indian and International critics. Using classic “method acting”, Aamir Khan acts in all genres of Indian films - comedy, action, drama and romance. Though Aamir Khan performs in few films, Aamir Khan is acknowleged today as the most complete Indian actor for his diverse choice of roles and films.

* Has known Jake Gyllenhaal since kindergarten.
* Has ADHD (attention-deficit-hyperactive disorder).
* Former frontman of band Kara’s Flowers.
* Good friends with actress Natalie Portman.
* Singer of the band Maroon 5.
* Cites the Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr) as his heroes.
* Good friends with Jake Gyllenhaal and Billie Joe Armstrong.

Adam Levine Detailed Biography
Adam Noah Levine (born on March 18, 1979) is the lead singer/guitarist for the rock/pop group Maroon 5.

Levine was born in Los Angeles, California to Jewish American parents. He attended the private Brentwood School, where he met the original members of the band Kara’s Flowers, Jesse Carmichael, Mickey Madden and Ryan Dusick. The band released an album in 1997 titled The Fourth World. The album never had much success, and its only single “Soap Disco” failed. Adam used to sing in a deeper, stronger voice while he was with Kara’s Flowers.

The band subsequently changed their name to Maroon 5 when the guitarist James Valentine joined. Adam’s high, expressive voice helped the band to achieve much success in the music charts. Their debut album, Songs about Jane, is about Adam’s ex-girlfriend, Jane, a girl who, as he says, has inspired him over the years, and most of the lyrics of the songs are inspired by their stormy relationship.

In 2005, Levine featured on the Ying Yang Twins song, “Live Again”, and later appeared on Kanye West’s Late Registration album, on the third single - “Heard ‘Em Say”. He also featured the song “Wild Horses” with Alicia Keys on her latest album Alicia Keys - MTV Unplugged.

Adam Levine’s major influences include The Beatles and Stevie Wonder, as well as The Police.

Alessandro Del Piero (born November 9, 1974 in Conegliano) is an Italian football player. He usually plays as a forward or between the midfield and the strikers. He is not the tallest of forwards, and is more of a creative forward rather than a “goal poacher”. Del Piero is renowned for his deadly finishing, and the ease in which he dribbles past defenders. He is an expert in dead ball situations, and seems to have the ability to hit the target from almost anywhere on the pitch. Del Piero started his professional career in 1991 with Padova of Italian Serie B. In 1993, he transferred to Juventus, and has been there ever since. With the Turin club, he won the Serie A championship six times (1995, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003, and 2005), the Champions League (1996), and the Toyota Cup (1996).

His best season was in 1997-98, when he scored 21 goals in Serie A and finished top scorer in the UEFA Champions League with 10 goals, which included a peach of a freekick against Monaco in the semi finals. Del Piero struggled for form at the beginning of the 1998-99 season, whilst many doping allegations were wrongly aimed at him. In October he picked up a serious knee injury in the 2-2 draw with Udinese. This kept him out of action for the remainder of the season. Juventus struggled without him and limped home to a lowly 6th place in Serie A.

Many people claim that Del Piero has never fully recovered from this injury, and therefore never quite fulfilled the potential he had shown at a very young age. His nickname is Pinturicchio, in reference to a joke by Gianni Agnelli when he belittled the emerging Del Piero to the master Roberto Baggio in a parallel between modest painter Pinturicchio from Perugia and the great Raphael. One of Del Piero’s greatest strengths as a footballer is his versatility, which allows him to play in a variety of attacking positions. While he started his club career playing as a full-fledged striker, he very quickly matured into a more influential role, occupying the pivotal playmaker’s position just behind the strikers. It is in this zone that his prowess as a creator of goals came to the fore. His creative abilities and potential were best utilised after Marcello Lippi took over as Juventus coach in the late 1990s.

Lippi’s incisive coaching acumen and his love for playing the “trident” in attack led him to give Del Piero increased opportunities to play the free role in a position the Italians like to call the Trequartista - a different kind of playmaker who plays just behind the strikers, yet not quite in midfield. Del Piero very quickly made this position his own, combining effectively with the likes of Zinedine Zidane and Filippo Inzaghi to form an ultra-creative Juventus strike force. Later on, his partnerships with Pavel Nedved in midfield and David Trezeguet upfront contributed enormously to Juve’s continued success in Italy and Europe, as the club conquered two successive Scudettos (in 2002 and 2003) and finished runners-up to AC Milan in the UEFA Champions League (2003).

Despite a great amount of success on the club level, Del Piero has generally disappointed playing for the Italian national team. Coming into the 1998 World Cup with huge expectations, he competed with fan favorite Roberto Baggio for a spot, and had some troubles because of a recent injury he picked up during the Champions’ League final whilst playing for Juventus. Most notably, he incredibly missed several clear-cut chances against Norway.

Two years later Del Piero became the main culprit for Italy’s last minute loss in Euro 2000 final, again missing 2 clear-cut chances, which would have killed France off. However, he returned to the international scene in World Cup 2002 on the back of a very impressive season in Serie A, in which he lead Juventus to the title. He scored a goal against Mexico to send Italy through to the second round, but they would get no further. Even if Del Piero was one of Italy’s best players in the tournament he was never really given the chance that he deserved. This was shown in the second round match against South Korea where Del Piero was substituted by the defensive minded coach, Giovanni Trapattoni.

Del Piero also played for the Italian national team at Euro 2004. But again failed to impress. After Euro 2004, Del Piero faced another tough moment after Juventus replaced their Coach Marcello Lippi with Fabio Capello. Capello was not convinced of Del Piero’s abilities and favoured the new signing from Ajax, Zlatan Ibrahimovic. However The Juve captain, fought back and scored 14 goals for the season, helping Juventus to their 28th Scudetto.

However, Fabio Capello is still not convinced of Del Piero’s abilities, and leaves him often on the bench despite showing great form when given the chance in less important matches. On January 10, 2006 Del Piero became the all time leading goalscorer for Juventus when he scored three times in a cup match against Fiorentina and took his total goals for the club to 185. The previous record holder was Giampiero Boniperti, who scored 182 goals for the club.