Aishwarya Rai is like you and I

Ash’s comebacks have been announced. We don’t know how they will fare at the BO. But at least; we will see Indian cinema’s most well-known international face back on screen.

Ash strikes a vintage pose

Here’s de-mystifying the halo of Ash and seeing her for the ‘normal girl’ she is; heres why!

1. Because Ash is a regular girl; from a simple middle-class home; who made it bigAsh with her family
2. Because like all of us;  she makes mistakes. And then decides to put them behind her and walk on
3. Because women have no logic,in who they choose to fall in love with. They just fall and swoon and blush and make a fool of themselves.A young Ash
4. Because Ash has gushed over Salman like a school girl in the past; and thats very normal.Ash with Salman
5. Because her husband has the most honest eyes in the world; and any woman would've fallen for them.A much-in-love couple
6. Because we all look for a friend in our husbands and not a superstar; and his dreams need not be Bollywood-based.
7. Because Ash is the closest to a diva Bollywood knows of; and yet; she showed off her motherhood in Cannes with tonnes of baby fat.Ash glows in her post-baby fat
8. Because she decided to give motherhood her time and her respect; was in no hurry to look like her pre-motherhood, ‘worlds most beautiful’ self.A pretty mother baby pic
9. Because she cheers for her husbands ‘rough and tough’ kabaddi team like a delicate China doll; and is just so comfortable doing that.Going aggressive at a Kabaddi match
10. Because no one can look like her at Cannes. And she has stood there; thin or fat; happy or sad; and painstakingly built her superstardom.
11. Because if dignity- to move on and believe that you deserve better- had another name; it would be Aishwarya.
12. Because what is private is private. Period. And she has earned her stardom. And she surprisingly has a very versatile filmography; despite always being known as the worlds most beautiful woman.
13. Because she preferred to enjoy her first pregnancy and had no time to retaliate to either UTV or Madhur Bhandarkar. No lawsuits; no discrimination; no comments.
14. Because even Hugh Hefner was ready to create a no-nudity version of Playboy; only for her and we know it didn't work out.
15. Because every woman should seek the Aishwarya within herself- the belief that she's worth it- and the refusal to settle for anything less than the best.

When it came to hosting the evening belonged to Vasay Chaudhry and Ahmed Ali Butt, the HSY gig might have been slightly OTT but overall they were fun, witty, spontaneous and like someone else also remarked they could easily pass for the best on-screen couple!!! The obsession with Hamayun Saeed’s “love life” was slightly annoying and seemed repetitive in the beginning but as the evening drew to a close the reason behind that particular joke was revealed in the form of a beautiful trailer of the upcoming film “Bin Royee”