Amrita Rao was born in Mumbai, on 7th June 1981. Her father, Deepak Rao owns an advertising agency. She is originally a Saraswat Hindu Brahmin. She speaks fluent Konkani, which is her mother tongue. The glamorous, fair maiden is 5’5”. She has a sister Preeta, who is a well known journalist and film critic. Amrita had no ambitions of joining Bollywood. She pursued Psychology. Before joining the movie business, she was a successful model with 35 advertisements in her credentials. Her first advertisement was for the Face Cream, named Fairever. She went on to advertise for “Close-Up” the toothpaste, Cadbury and Bru Coffee. She debuted with Arya Babbar in the 2002 flick “Ab ke Baras”. After this, she starred in the super successful Ken Ghosh movie “Ishq Vishk” with Shahid Kapoor and erstwhile MTV India VJ Shehnaz. Amrita was also the brand ambassador of D’Damas Gold Jewellery and Parachute brand Hair Oil. Masti(2004),SRK’s Main Hoon Na , and Vivah were her successful movies, while Pyaare Mohan, Deewar and Shikhar were her average movies. She has worked in a Telegu movie as well. She has convincingly won 6 awards mainly for her work in Vivah and Ishq Vishk. She was also awarded the Dada Saheb Phalke Academy award at 25.

She has acted with Vivek Oberoi, Shahrukh Khan, Zayed Khan and Shahid Kapoor. She likes continental food and desserts like Gulab Jamun. Amrita Rao is fluent in Hindi, Marathi, English and Konkani.

Her philosophy is “Life is short and sweet, so make others happy and never let anybody down.”

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Amrita Rao flaunts baby bump in red saree on Maha Ashtami

Bollywood actor Amrita Rao flaunted her baby bump in a red saree and dedicated her nineth month of pregnancy to Maa Durga. The ‘Vivah’ actress shared a video of herself flaunting her baby bump in a red saree on Instagram. “NAVRATRI AND NINE'TH MONTH !! My Dear Instees, I feel blessed to w ... read more

Amrita Rao, husband RJ Anmol blessed with a baby boy

Amrita Rao and her husband RJ Anmol welcomed a baby boy on Sunday morning. “Amrita Rao and RJ Anmol welcomed a baby boy this morning. Both the mother and baby are healthy and doing well. The family is ecstatic and both Amrita and RJ Anmol thank everyone for their wishes and blessings,” th ... read more

Amrita Rao shares first pic of baby boy Veer

On Thursday morning, Bollywood actress Amrita Rao shared the first picture of her baby son Veer with husband on RJ Anmol. Amrita Rao and RJ Anmol welcomed their baby boy in November last year. RJ Anmol captioned the adorable post: "Our world, our happiness. #Veer."  The post is filled ... read more

Nine months pregnant Amita Rao shares baby bump pic

The ‘Vivaah’ actress Amrita Rao is expecting her first child with husband RJ Anmol and the nine months pregnant actress proudly flaunted her baby bump. The 39-year-old actress in her recent post shared that she is in her ninth month of pregnancy and at the same time she apologis ... read more

2016: Celebrities who got married and marked a new beginning

A lot of celebrity couples may have parted ways in 2016, but fortunately, there have been many other couples who marked a new beginning by tying the celestial knot. As the year comes to an end, let us take a look at the celebrities who exchanged wedding vows this year. Asin Thottum ... read more

Deepika Padukone’s cousin gets married to Amrita Rao’s cousin

Deepika Padukone and Amrita Rao are now relatives. The two Konkani actresses are related to one another through their respective cousins. Deepika’s cousin brother is wedded to Amrita Rao’s cousin sister. Deepika Padukone attended the wedding with her actor husband Ranveer Singh while Amrit ... read more

Amrita Rao, Ajay Devgn to star in Prakash Jha’s ‘Satsang’

Bollywood actress Amrita Rao who is often cited as the ‘girl next door’ for her sweet and innocent looks, was last seen on the silver screen in 2013. The actress features in Praksh Jha’s political drama ‘Satyagraha’ which had an ensemble star cast of Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgn, Arjun Rampal, Ka ... read more