1.) She is the only actress to have stood up to the mighty Khans and refused to take shit from them, when she was all by herself in the industry. That takes guts, some Khan fans (not all) can't digest that. How is that possible? Especially for a woman? And how the hell did she survive so long without actually acting with a single Khan for more than a decade? And how did she become more famous than anyone of them in the world? Most of the Khan fans can't stand that.
2.) She does not spare backstabbers. People like Rani, who claimed to have been the best friend of Aishwarya, readily turned her back on her for a film. Rani got most of the films Ash lost out due to her fight with the Khans. Yet Rani's career went crashing down like no one before whereas Aishwarya continued to thrive. Rani's fans can't stand that.
3.) She has no film background or connections. She is someone who came from a simple middle class background and took India by storm. Her achievements far outnumber any actress' achievements in the history of Indian superstardom. This meant quite a lot of catty comments from industry kids like Kareena, who had it all but could not achieve enough of what Ash did. Naturally Kareena's fans would emulate her (not all of course, there are some good Kareena fans too)
4.) If only she readily accepted the abuse Salman gave her and kept silent, if only she didn't make a fuss about being dumped in the middle of a film by Shah Rukh Khan without providing an explanation, if only she did not refuse to do a film with Aamir just because they didn't give her the script and asked her to sign it because "why do you need the script? It's an Aamir film anyway". If only she forgot the fact that Rani is a backstabber and gave more importance to a film than her friendship, and continued friendship with her. If only... she would have seen a lot less hate.
But that would mean compromising on her dignity, her values. She has never spoken badly about a single actress even when she was provoked to do so, that speaks a lot about her upbringing.
Yes, she might be guarded and reserved, but she was very open in the beginning and saw how the industry exploited her, so she decided to keep her private life strictly private.
The kind of reasons being posted here for disliking her - "dont find her most beautiful", "she thinks she's the best person out there" and other frivolous reasons and yet following her life and career like no other goes to show some double standards. Anyhow, to each their own.
Edited by ponymo - 11 years ago
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