By Entertainment Desk June 7, 2024
Amrita Rao, who was born on June 7, 1981 and turns 43 years old this year, attended Mumbai’s Canossa Convent Girls School and graduated in psychology from Sophia College
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Amrita is known as ‘Bollywood’s quintessential girl-next-door’. She was offered a role in the Hollywood movie ‘A Knight With The King’ but she turned it down
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Model-turned-actress Amrita Rao featured in TV commercials during her college days and was cast in 'Woh Pyaar Mera' music video of singer Alisha Chinai in 2001
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Amrita Rao made her Bollywood debut with the film Ab Ke Baras in 2002, opposite Raj Babbar’s son Arya Babbar
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Amrita Rao was nominated for the Filmfare Best Female Debut Award in 2003 for 'Ab ke Baras'
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Amrita Rao was encouraged by Shahid Kapoor’s mother Neelima Azeem to slap him for a crucial scene in his debut film ‘Ishq Vishk’ (2003)
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She starred opposite Telugu superstar Mahesh Babu in ‘Athidhi’ (2007), which made Rs 35 crore against Rs 20 crore production budget. She didn’t do any Telugu movies after this because, she said, ‘women are reduced to mere glam dolls’ in Telugu cinema
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Rao made her television debut with Meri Awaaz Hi Pehchaan Hai (2016), portraying a singer. She has learnt Hindustani classical music, according to some reports
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Her grandfather and the legendary actor-director Guru Dutt were second cousins
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Rao missed the opportunity to work with Salman Khan in ‘Wanted’ (2009), because her manager sabotaged the final contract, and with Hrithik Roshan in ‘Krrish’ (2006), because the chemistry didn’t work. She said, ‘My heart broke into pieces…’
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'Main Hoon Na' (2004) was supposed to launch Amrita Rao and Sanjay Khan's son and Sussanne Khan's brother Zayed Khan in Bollywood but owing to Shah Rukh Khan's back injury, the production got delayed and they made their debuts in other films before doing 'Main Hoon Na'
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Amrita Rao played a supporting role in the blockbuster film 'Main Hoon Na' (2004) in which she starred alongside Shah Rukh Khan, Sunil Shetty, Sushmita Sen and Zayed Khan
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Amrita Rao has appeared in popular Bollywood films such as 'Jolly LLB', 'Singh Sahab the Great' and 'Satyagraha'
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Amrita Rao is fluent in the languages Hindi, Konkani, English and Marathi
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After seeing her in a BRU television commercial in 2003, film director Rajkumar Satoshi approached her for a movie but she declined stating she wanted to concentrate on her studies
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Amrita Rao's coy heroine act, starring opposite Shahid Kapoor, in the film 'Vivah' (2006), which made Rs 54 crore at the box office, remains one of her most popular Bollywood roles
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A controversy happened in 2007 between Ranbir Kapoor and Amrita Rao. She turned down a Yash Raj Films offer for a movie which required her to kiss Ranbir Kapoor on screen
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Amrita Rao had a secret wedding with boyfriend RJ Anmol in 2014. They spent Rs 1.5 lakh on their budget-friendly wedding: the wedding venue cost Rs 11,000 and her saree cost Rs 3,000, 'I didn't want designer clothes,' she'd said
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Apart from acting, Amrita Rao and her husband Anmol owns a YouTube channel called Couple Of Things. The couple wrote a book with the same name as their vlog. It was released in February 2023
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