Amrita Rao

Name	Amrita Rao
Birth Sign	Gemini
Birth	17 June 1981

Amrita Rao started her career as a model during her college days. She has done approximately 35 advertisements up till now. Her first commercial was Fairever Face Cream. But she got noticed in ads of Close-Up toothpaste, Cadbury's Perk, and Nestle’s Bru Coffee. After graduating in Psychology she began her acting career in Bollywood films.

Amrita Rao made her debut in Bollywood with AB KE BARAS (2002) in a dual as Anjali Thapar/ Nandini, opposite Raj Babbar's son Arya Babbar. In the same year she also worked in THE LEGEND OF BHAGAT SINGH (2002) opposite Ajay Devgn. She played the role of Bhagat Singh’s fiancee Mannewali. She went unnoticed in these two films. But in 2003 she was noticed by one and all when she appeared in Ken Ghosh’s ISHQ VISHK (2003) opposite Shahid Kapoor. She played the role of a cute and decent college going girl Payal, who falls in love with her childhood friend. The film was a success and Amrita's performance was appreciated.

2004 was a good year for Amrita as she appeared in three multi-starrer films. In MASTI (2004) Amrita was seen as Aanchal opposite Vivek Oberoi. The film also starred Aftab Shivdasani, Tara Sharma, Riteish Deshmukh, Genelia D’Souza, Lara Dutta and Ajay Devgn. In MAIN HOON NA (2004) Amrita was seen as Sanjana Bakshi opposite Zayed Khan. The film also starred Shahrukh Khan, Suniel Shetty, Kabir Bedi and Sushmita Sen. She played a college going girl. In DEEWAR: LET’S BRING OUR HEROES HOME (2004), Amrita was seen alongside Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt and Akshaye Khanna. MASTI (2004) and MAIN HOON NA (2004) were successful at the Box Office. But DEEWAR (2004) was a Box Office failure.

2005 wasn’t a good year for Amrita. In VAAH! LIFE HO TOH AISI (2005) she was seen opposite Shahid Kapoor. The film failed at the box office. She played the role of the Shahid Kapoor’s girlfriend Priya. Shahid’s character in the film dies and becomes a ghost leaving behind all the responsibilities of taking care of his mother and his nephews with Priya. As a true lover Priya supports the family. Next she was seen in SHIKAR (2005) again apposite Shahid Kapoor. The film also starred Ajay Devgn and Bipasha Basu. Amrita played the role of Madhvi, whose lover is struggling for the rights of the farmer's land, which is going to be grabbed by builders. Both the films didn’t do well at the Box-Office.

In 2006 she appeared in PYARE MOHAN (2006) opposite Vivek Oberoi. The film also starred Fardeen Khan and Esha Deol. Her character- Piya is falsely accused of committing a murder. Sadly the film didn’t turn out well at the Box Office. She next appeared in the Sooraj Barjatiya's family film VIVAH (2006) as Poonam. The film was hit at the Box-Office and Amrita won Dadasaheb Phalke Award for her brilliant performance in this film. This was her third film opposite Shahid Kapoor. It was based on a couples's journey from engagement to marriage.

In the same year Amrita made her debut in Tollywood, with the Telugu film ATIHDHI (2007) as Amrita Goutham opposite Mahesh Babu. She also made a guest appearance in HEYY BABYY (2007).

In 2008 Amrita was seen in MY NAME IS ANTHONY GONSALVES (2008) as Riya opposite Nikhil Dwivedi with Mithun Chakraborty. She also starred in SHAURYA (2008) as Neerja Singh starring Rahul Bose, Kay Kay Menon and Minissha Lamba. Both the films were Box-Office disasters.

Amrita’s next film was legendary director Shyam Benegal’s WELCOME TO SAJJANPUR (2008). She played the role of a young illiterate woman Kamla. Her husband Bansi, played by Kunal Kapoor, is working in another city and she is desperate to communicate with him. Shreyas Talpade played Mahadev, Kamla's childhood friend who has romantic feelings for her. The film also starred Ravi Kissen, Divya Dutta, Ila Arun and Rajeshwari Sachdeva. It did average business at the box office.

She also featured in VICTORY (2009) opposite Harman Baweja. She played Nandini, a struggling cricketer’s fiancee. She also appeared in SHORTCUT: THE CON IS ON (2009) opposite Akshaye Khanna. The film also starred Arshad Warsi. She played the role of Mansi, a famous Bollywood Actress. Both the films didn’t succeed at the Box-Office.

Amrita Rao made a guest appearance in LIFE PARTNER (2009), and in JAANE KAHAN SE AAYI HAI (2010).

Amrita Rao will be soon coming in the films like THE LEGEND OF KUNAL (2010) as Kanchanmala. The film also stars Amitabh Bachchan and Arjun Rampal.Her next upcoming film is LOVE U MR. KALAKAAR (2010) opposite Tusshar Kapoor. Her third upcoming film is David Dhawan’s HOOK YA CROOK (2010) opposite John Abraham. The film also stars Genelia D’Souza.

15 Hindi Movies are listed
Year	Film Name	Cast
2011	LOVE U...MR. KALAKAAR!	Tusshar Kapoor, Amrita Rao, Madhoo, Ram Kapoor, Prem Chopra, Jai Kalra, Kiran Kumar, Kunal Kumar
2009	VICTORY	Harman Baweja, Anupam Kher, Amrita Rao, Navjot Singh Siddhu, Allan Border, Dalip Tahil, Gulshan Grover, Mohindar Amarnath
2008	MY NAME IS ANTHONY GONSALVES	Nikhil Dwivedi, Amrita Rao, D Santosh, Lilete Dubey, Pawan Malhotra, Mukesh Tiwari,Maqsood, Daya Shanker Pandey, Javed Sheikh , Anupam Kher, Ishteyak, Saurabh Shukla, Hrishita Bhatt, Kunal Kumar, Mithun Chakraborty, Manoj Pahwa, Priyanka Chopra, Anil Kapoor
2008	WELCOME TO SAJJANPUR	Amrita Rao, Shreyas Talpade, Ravi Kishan, Ila Arun, Divya Dutta, Yashpal Sharma, Rajeshwari Sachdev
2007	HEYY BABYY	Aarti Chabria, Akshay Kumar, Amisha Patel, Amrita Arora, Amrita Rao, Diya Mirza, Fardeen Khan, Hrishitaa Bhatt, Koena Mitra, Malaika Arora, Minissha Lamba, Neha Dhupia, Ritesh Deshmukh, Riya Sen, Shamita Shetty, Tara Sharma, Masumi Makhija, Vidya Balan, Boman Irani, Shahrukh Khan, Sophie Chaudhary
2006	PYARE MOHAN	Fardeen Khan, Vivek Oberoi, Esha Deol, Amrita Rao, Boman Irani, Feroz Irani, Adi Irani, Snehal Dabhi, Sanjay Mishra, Khurshed Lawyer, Balwinder Singh Suri
2006	VIVAH	Shahid Kapoor, Amrita Rao, Anupam Kher, Alok Nath, Seema Biswas, Samir Soni, Lata Sabarwal, Amrita Prakash, Manoj Joshi, Dinesh Lamba, Ameya Pandya
2005	SHIKHAR	Ajay Devgan, Shahid Kapoor, Bipasha Basu, Amrita Rao, John Abraham
2005	VAAH! LIFE HO TOH AISI	Sanjay Dutt, Shahid Kapoor, Amrita Rao, Satya Manjrekar, Shweta Prasad
2004	DEEWAAR	Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Khanna, Sanjay Dutt, Amrita Rao, Tanuja
2004	MAIN HOON NA	Shahrukh Khan, Sunil Shetty, Amrita Rao, Naseeruddin Shah, Sushmita Sen, Zayed Khan, Rakhi Sawant, Boman Irani
2004	MASTI	Aftab Shivdasani, Vivek Oberoi, Ritesh Deshmukh, Amrita Rao, Tara Sharma, Genelia DSouza , Ajay Devgan, Lara Dutta, Rakhi Sawant
2003	ISHQ VISHK	Shahid Kapoor, Amrita Rao, Shenaz Treasurywalla.
2002	THE LEGEND OF BHAGAT SINGH	Ajay Devgan, Sushant Singh, D.Santosh, Farida Jalal, Raj Babbar, Amrita Rao
2002	AB KE BARAS	Arya Babbar, Amrita Rao, Ashutosh Rana, Danny Denzongapa, Shakti Kapoor