Aishwarya Rai Got Paid Rs 1500 For Modelling Before Winning Miss World Title; Photo Viral

Aishwarya Rai made her 21st appearance at the 75th Cannes Film Festival. She first attended the prestigious international event in 2002 her film Devdas was screened; she attended the festival with Shah Rukh Khan and Sanjay Leela Bhansali. In addition, Aishwarya Rai became the first Indian female actor to serve on the festival's jury in 2003. In 2005, she made history as the first Indian star to open the Cannes Film Festival. She stunned everyone again this year with her amazing appearance.

Even today, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is regarded as one of the most prominent actors in Indian cinema. She is well-known in the industry all across the world. But her journey began even before she was crowned Miss World in 1994 when the actor began modelling jobs like any other aspiring actor at the time.

Recently, a copy of Aishwarya Rai's modelling salary bill from 1992 went viral on the internet. The invoice was drafted on May 23, 1992, about two years before she was crowned Miss World in 1994. According to the invoice, the actor was paid Rs 1,500 for her efforts on a magazine shoot.

Aishwarya Rai's Modelling Salary Bill

A Reddit user uploaded a copy of the bill, which explains the nature of the contract and the work that the actor did. Rai, who was "about 18 years old" at the time, "accepted to act as a model" for a firm for a magazine catalogue shot, according to the document. Her signature appears at the bottom of the bill, which also specifies that the transaction was performed in Mumbai. Rai's address was also mentioned in the bill, which was in Khar at the time.

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The magazine publisher, Vimal Upadhyay, also shared a few pictures of the magazine shoot on Twitter and wrote, "Hello, Today I am celebrating the 30th Anniversay of the Fashion Catalogue published by me. Aishwarya Rai, Sonali Bendre, Niki Aneja, and Tejaswini Kolhapure were few of the models posed for this Catalogue." The actor is dressed in ethnic wear in the shots, which also include actor Sonali Bendre.

On the work front, the actor was most recently seen in Fanney Khan in 2018, and she is currently preparing for her next film, Ponniyin Selvan: Part 1, directed by Mani Ratnam. The film, which is based on Kalki's historical novel, will be released on September 30, 2022.