Amitabh Bachchan is very proud of Aishwarya Rai. The actress has yet again made the whole nation proud. Needless to mention, her entire family is very very proud of her recent achievement of being honored with the French civilian award.

As reported earlier, Aishwarya Rai, on her 39th birthday (1 November), was honored the prestigious ‘Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters’ by Francois Richier, ambassador from France.

Blogs the proud pa-in-law, “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.”

“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.

The Bachchan family surely has every reason to celebrate.