Trivia

• About 15 kilos of henna was special ordered from Sojat in Rajasthan for the henna ceremony before her wedding
• Her wedding invitations were embossed with two entwined As and delivered along with a box of chocolate meringues. Within the invitation was also a poem about new beginnings written by Amitabh Bachchan's father and renowned poet Harivash Rai Bachchan
• Her wedding ceremony lasted a total of three days. It was the most awaited and talked about wedding in years and the press followed it like Princess Diana's wedding
• For her 34th birthday, she went to go see Beyonce Knowles in concert in Mumbai
• Before starting her acting career, she worked as a model, and gained fame after winning the Miss World contest in 1994
• Rai has previously dated Bollywood actors Salman Khan and Vivek Oberoi
• She can communicate in several languages, including Tulu, Hindi, English, Marathi and Tamil
• She also knows classical dance
• Her wax statue at Madame Tussauds Museum in London was borrowed by themuseum in New York for six weeks. The statue was flown to New York andmade its debut on August 15, 2007, making her the first Indian actress inthe American version of the museum.