[3] [4]  Rai made her movie debut in  Mani Ratnam 's Tamil film  Iruvar  (1997) and had her first commercial success in the Tamil movie  Jeans  (1998). She came to the attention of  Bollywood  in the movie  Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam  (1999), directed by  Sanjay Leela Bhansali . Her performance