After featuring in David Dhawan 's slapstick comedy film '' Hum Kisise Kum Nahin '' , Rai appeared alongside Shahrukh Khan and Madhuri Dixit in Sanjay Leela Bhansali 's love-saga '' Devdas '' , an adaptation of Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay 's novel of the same name . She played the role of Paro ( Parvati ) , the love interest of the protagonist ( played by Khan ) . The film was screened at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival and was featured by '' Time '' in their listing of the " 10 best films of the millennium " . The film emerged as a major international success with revenues of over . Alan Morrison , writing for '' Empire '' , praised the performances of the three leads and wrote , " Aishwarya Rai proves she has the acting talent to back up her flawless looks " . '' Devdas '' was chosen as India 's official entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and received a nomination at the BAFTA Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film category . In India , the film won 10 Filmfare Awards , including a second Best Actress award for Rai
2002 Cannes Film Festival
2002 Cannes Film Festival
Aishwarya Rai