Aishwarya Rai wins best actress award 16th Mar 2008
13.10 IST
By ApunKaChoice
Aishwarya Rai has won her first Best Actress award of the year for her riveting performance in Guru .
Kareena Kapoor may have hogged the limelight at most popular Bollywood award shows this year, but Aishwarya Rai is catching up. The gorgeous lady has won the Best Actress award for ‘Guru’ at the Fifth Annual Central European Bollywood Awards.
In the film by Mani Ratnam , Ash was paired with Abhishek Bachchan . She played a small-town girl who comes to Mumbai with her husband, a struggling businessman.
Speaking to a leading newspaper, Ash said she was honoured and happy that ‘Guru’ was recognized.
“It’s like double celebration for me as my film ‘Guru’ too has won Five Awards in different categories,” Ash is quoted by The Times of India.
Sadly, Abhishek is yet to win an award for his breath-taking performance in ‘Guru’.