’Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters’ conferred on Aishwarya Rai

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Francois Richier, ambassador of France to India, conferred the honour of prestigious ’Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters’ on her.

 

On receiving the award, Aishwarya said: "I want to thank the French government for honouring me with the award. It’s truly overwhelming. I thank you in all humility."She thanked her family for their support and expressed her gratitude towards her colleagues. "I want to thank every professional who I have worked with and who made it possible for me to have such a glorious career," she said.

 

The Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters honour is given to people who have shown exceptionable contribution to arts in France and the rest of the world. The entire Bachchan family, except Jaya Bachchan, were present at the event. Aishwarya’s daughter Aradhaya was also there.

 

After winning the Miss World crown in 1994, Aishwarya debuted as an actress in Mani Ratnam’s 1997 Tamil movie "Iruvar". Later she did Hindi movies like "Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam"," Guru", "Jodhaa Akhbar" and "Devdas".

 

"Aishwarya celebrates her birthday and also a recognition by the French government. They confer on her the medal of honor for arts and letters, their second biggest award," the 70-year-old posted on his blog srbachchan.tumblr.com.

 

 

"Many years ago the French had decorated me with the Legion d’Honor their highest medal and now the family prides itself with having two of the family gaining recognition from the French," he further posted.

 

Ash shares the cake with her brother Adithya. Aishwarya with her mom Vrinda Rai
While Ash was on the dias, daddy Abhishek was carrying lil Aaradhya.She started crying and wanted to get back to her mom as soon as possible. Aaradhya is back to normal when her mom carries her. The lil baby looked cute in a white dress with a bow to match.

 

Ash also cut a big birthday cake during the event. HAPPY BIRTHDAY ASH