Early Life and Career: Aishwarya Rai was born to a Tamil Brahmin family in Mangalore. Her father, N. Krishnamurthy, was a marine engineer, and her mother, P. S. Jayalakshmi, was a homemaker. She has a younger sister, Shilpa Rai. Aishwarya completed her schooling at St. Mary's College in Mangalore and later pursued a degree in psychology from Bangalore University.