Aishwarya reflects on fearless career choices

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan impressed the audience with her graceful presence at the Red Sea Film Festival 2025. She candidly spoke about the choices she has made throughout her long-standing career, noting that “insecurity has never been the driving force” behind them.

Aishwarya, who began her film career with Mani Ratnam’s Iruvar after winning Miss World 1994, said she has always approached her projects with clarity and conviction rather than fear of judgment.

“I don’t get insecure. That’s a real aspect of who I am,” Aishwarya said during a conversation at the Red Sea Film Festival 2025. “Insecurity has never been the driving force, which a lot of voices around can try and get into your head and sometimes propel choices. That is something that has never been me. That’s clarity in all my career choices, unknowingly but now in retrospect, I display from the beginning,” she added.

Rai Bachchan also spoke about how winning Miss World at 21 shaped her global perspective. “Being a part of the Miss World contest was incidental ... I didn’t perceive it as a beauty pageant or a title. I interestingly looked upon it as an opportunity to possibly represent the Indian woman internationally...

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