1. Amrita Rao was born on 7 June 1981 and is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi films.
42 Facts About Amrita Rao
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Amrita Rao made her acting debut with Ab Ke Baras, which earned her a nomination for Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut.
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Amrita Rao had further success in the masala action comedy film Main Hoon Na, the romance drama movie Vivah, the comedy Masti and the satire Welcome to Sajjanpur, winning the Stardust Award for Best Actress for her performance in the lattermost.
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Amrita Rao began playing supporting parts in the action drama Singh Saab the Great, the political drama Satyagraha and the biopic Thackeray.
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Amrita Rao made her television debut with the soap opera Meri Awaaz Hi Pehchaan Hai, portraying a singer.
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Amrita Rao is married to Anmol Sood, with whom she has a son.
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Amrita Rao comes from a Konkani - speaking Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmin family.
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Amrita Rao studied at Canossa Girls School, Andheri then to Sophia College to pursue a graduate degree in Psychology but dropped out to pursue a modeling career.
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Amrita Rao has a younger sister Preetika Rao, who is an actress.
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In 2002, Amrita Rao played her first leading role as Anjali Thapar in Raj Kanwar's fantasy thriller Ab Ke Baras alongside debutante Aarya Babbar.
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The film, which depicts the story of USbased girl having recurrent dreams of a parallel life in India, proved to be financially unsuccessful; however, Amrita Rao received a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut for her performance.
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Amrita Rao next starred alongside Ajay Devgn in the biographical period film The Legend of Bhagat Singh.
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In May 2003, Amrita Rao starred in the coming-of-age romance film Ishq Vishk opposite Shahid Kapoor, in their first of several collaborations, as a college student.
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Amrita Rao next had a supporting role in the Farah Khan's masala film Main Hoon Na, where she co-starred alongside Shah Rukh Khan, Suniel Shetty, Sushmita Sen, and Zayed Khan.
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Amrita Rao had a minor role named Radhika, Akshaye Khanna's love interest.
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Critical response to the film was negative, although Amrita Rao garnered acclaim for her performance as a school teacher.
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That same year, Amrita Rao took the lead role in the John Matthew Matthan drama Shikhar, in which she portrayed Madhvi.
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Amrita Rao then appeared in the 2006 comedy Pyare Mohan, a film loosely based on the 1989 American film See No Evil, Hear No Evil, and her second collaboration with Vivek Oberoi.
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The movie received mixed reviews from critics; Rajeev Masand wrote, "Amrita Rao hit career lows, producing the low-fashion chemistry".
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Amrita Rao looks the character and is splendid all through.
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Amrita Rao was cast alongside Mahesh Babu in the 2007 Telugu action film Athidhi.
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Amrita Rao received mostly positive reviews, with critics praising the chemistry between Rao and Mahesh Babu.
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Amrita Rao has proved that she could be yet another native girl of Tollywood.
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Amrita Rao emoted well with convincing histrionics fit for the Telugu screen.
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Amrita Rao had two major releases in 2008: drama My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves opposite newcomer Nikhil Dwivedi, and Shyam Benegal's comedy film Welcome to Sajjanpur.
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Amrita Rao made her debut as a Judge with the 2009 television show Perfect Bride.
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Amrita Rao Judged the show alongside Shekhar Suman and Malaika Arora.
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Amrita Rao next starred with Harman Baweja in the 2009 film Victory.
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That same year, Amrita Rao took on the lead role in Neeraj Vora's comedy-drama Short Kut: The Con is On opposite Akshaye Khanna, produced by Anil Kapoor.
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In later years, Amrita Rao made special appearances in comedy-drama Heyy Babyy, romantic-comedy Life Partner, and science fiction romance Jaane Kahan Se Aayi Hai.
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In 2013, Amrita Rao starred in the national award-winning, courtroom, comedy-drama Jolly LLB.
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Amrita Rao played the lead role of Sandhya, the girlfriend of Arshad Warsi's character.
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Co-starring alongside Sunny Deol, Amrita Rao played a journalist Shikha Chaturvedi.
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The film was largely panned by critics but Amrita Rao's performance earned positive reviews.
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Namrata Joshi of Outlook said, "Amrita Rao plays a role that feels like something she has already done, all the emotional support".
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Amrita Rao played the role of Sumitra, the daughter-in-law of Amitabh Bachchan's character.
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Amrita Rao is convincing in most of the emotional scenes.
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Amrita Rao played the role of Meena Thackeray, wife of Balasaheb Thackeray.
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The film as well as Amrita Rao received mixed to negative reviews from critics.
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Amrita Rao gave birth to a baby boy, Veer on 1 November 2020.
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Amrita Rao has been part of many successful films and is often cited by the media as Bollywood's "quintessential girl-next-door".
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Kalwyna Rathod of Femina termed Amrita Rao a "darling of the audience".