Amrita Rao

Amrita Rao

Amrita Rao is an Indian film actress and model who primarily appears in Hindi-language films. She made her screen debut in Ab Ke Baras, for which she was nominated for the Filmfare Best Female Debut Award in 2003. Rao’s roles in Main Hoon Na and Welcome to Sajjanpur earned her a Best Supporting Actress Award nomination and Stardust Best Actress Award.

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Summary Amrita RaoAmrita Rao is an Indian film actress and model who primarily appears in Hindi-language films. She made her screen debut in Ab Ke Baras, for which she was nominated for the Filmfare Best Female Debut Award in 2003. One of her most popular roles was in the romance film Vivah. Rao’s roles in Main Hoon Na and Welcome to Sajjanpur earned her a Best Supporting Actress Award nomination and Stardust Best Actress Award respectively. She has been called \”Bollywood’s quintessential girl next-door\” by various media outlets. The Times of India named Rao one of its \”50 Most Desirable Women of 2011. M. F. Husain has made several paintings dedicated to the actress’s role in Vivah and called her his 2nd muse 11 years after he painted Madhuri Dixit.

In 2008, she appeared in My Name is Is Anthony Gonsalves opposite newcomer Nikhil Dwivedi. She took a guest appearance as Nirja Rathore in Shaurya in 2008, and appeared in a cameo role in Benegal in 2009. She also appeared in the television series Bharat, which she co-hosted and co-produced with her husband, Harshvardhan Rana. She is married to Bollywood director Ravi Agrawal and has a daughter, Shraddha, with actor Ravi Kulkarni. The couple have a son, Aditya, who was born in 2008 and a daughter with actor Sanjay Dutt. Rao has appeared in several Telugu films, including Athidhi and My Name Is Anthony.