Posted on 02/25/2005 5:21:36 PM PST by pissant
CBS) Who is the most beautiful woman in the world? Half a century ago, Hollywood would have presented her to us. Grace Kelly, Ingrid Bergman or perhaps Elizabeth Taylor.
But today? Correspondent Bob Simon reports the woman who currently holds the title, at least according to thousands of Web sites, Internet polls and even Julia Roberts, is someone you've probably never heard of.
Her name is Aishwarya Rai, and she is an actress living and working in Bombay, India. The reigning queen of Indian cinema, and also a classically trained dancer, Rai has starred in 24 films over the last seven years.
That may seem like a lot of movies, but Bollywood, India’s film capital, is famous for churning out more movies a year than Hollywood. Three new films are produced and distributed worldwide every day, attracting a global audience of 5 billion people. That’s twice the reach of Hollywood.
The reason Bollywood films have such universal appeal is because they’re squeaky-clean. There are no sex scenes, not even kissing. Every time you think someone’s going to do it, they'll burst into song instead.
"I'd assume that's really a reflection of our society," Rai says, when asked to explain the films' modesty. "Of course people kiss and of course people have a very healthy love life. This is the land of the Kama Sutra. But nevertheless, in our society you don't really see people around the street corner kissing or being extremely, overtly, physically demonstrative publicly. They do it privately but not publicly."
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Big beautiful expressive eyes. Perfect for the overglorified music videos that come out of Bollywood. Interesting that she has almost no Indian features whatsoever.
Copy that.
Sure, if you don't count the fancified dot.
Bump for later.
najida,
is this the hottie you pointed out in a thread many moons ago?
who is that?
You mean the pic or najida?
I dunno. She seems pretty "drool-worthy" to me (mind you, SheWhoMustBeObeyed is on the other side of the room where she can't see the screen right now...heh-heh)...
We won't spill the beans on ya!
She's gorgeous! The first picture halfway looked like Vanessa Williams.
I'll bet she's a good speller.
The beauty of the day.
who night that be?
I saw the posted title and thought you meant me!
;-)
Possible vote for Angelina Jolie here:
http://tombraider.gamesurf.it/fanzone/Wallpaper/Brina/Angelina%20Jolie.jpg
But the Indian lady is lovely.
It's a CBS article, so I take no responsibility for not naming you as #1!
freudian slip, apparently.
I'm reminded of the Seinfeld episode about the model girlfriend with "manhands."
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