Aishwarya Rai vs Gauri Khan: Red Carpet Showdown!

It's not often that Aishwarya Rai and Gauri Khan find themselves in direct competition. After all, Aishwarya is a global mega star and heroine of some of Bollywood's most iconic films, and Gauri Khan is, well, a housewife.

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But owing to this weekend's big Bachchan birthday blowout, they've both found themselves on a variety of best-dressed lists. So which of these ladies looked the best on the red carpet?

For some reason Gauri Khan is constantly held up as a style icon. Maybe she's had some good days, but her appearance at Amitabh Bachchan's birthday celebration wasn't one of them. Her one-shouldered leopard print dress/jumper looked like something someone's crazy grandmother would wear for "formal night" on a Caribbean cruise. Her big hair turned the look into something straight out of the '80s.

Aishwarya's been a bit off her style game this year as she's struggled with a bit of stubborn baby weight, preferring voluminous suits which hide her figure to her sexier pre-pregnancy looks. She showed off a slimmer waistline this weekend but stuck to her tired standard of Abu Jani-Sandeep Khosla. While the cut of her cream-colored suit was flattering, the color bored. It was still heads and shoulders above Gauri's look, though.

So who wins the style award this week? The fashion media got it right when they skipped over Gauri and Aishwarya completely and lauded the simple beauty of Chitrangada Singh's blue-green gown. Chitrangada's appearance at the launch of this month's Women's Health magazine cover was absolutely perfect: fresh, sophisticated, and breathtaking.

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Comments: 5

Lot Like Love Oct 15, 2012, 5:21am UTC

Renee, this comment of yrs is an insult to housewives everywhere - " After all, Aishwarya is a global mega star and heroine of some of Bollywood's most iconic films, and Gauri Khan is, well, a housewife."
A woman who has decided to give her time and energy to her family is in no way lesser than a woman who has a successful career and has made it big. I think its something commendable when women decide to put their lives and career aside to take care of their homes and husbands and children. SRK has mentioned quite a few times that he owes his career to his wife who sacrificed to be at home and take care of his sister and their children. Women who decide to be housewives and home makers are just as BIG as the women who have successful careers, if not more.

Renee Shah Oct 15, 2012, 5:57am UTC

Good for Gauri. She's still not a star in her own right.

Lot Like Love Oct 15, 2012, 8:21am UTC

And she never wanted to be one !!! She was with SRK long before he was a star himself and she said so herself that she didnt want a star life at all in a Simi Garewal interview. Its not her fault her husband turned out to be a star. She didnt marry a star (he became a star after they got married). She isnt a star, very true. But she was the woman and the main reason behind one of the biggest stars of bollywood.

Renee Shah Oct 15, 2012, 4:15pm UTC

Exactly. She's a housewife. Just like all the other star wives. I don't see what you're getting so worked up about.

Lot Like Love Oct 16, 2012, 6:39pm UTC

im getting worked up about yu writing like being a housewife is not good enough... and like being a star is everything...

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