Amrita Rao

Amrita Rao

Amrita Rao

She was born 17 June 1981 and she is also known by the mononym Amrita, is an Indian film actress and model. She has appeared in Hindi films of Bollywood as well as a few films in Telugu. Born and raised in Mumbai, Rao made her screen debut in Ab Ke Baras (2002). She rose to prominence as the lead actress in Ishq Vishk (2003) and was nominated for the Filmfare Best Female Debut Award for her role. One of her most critically acclaimed roles was in the blockbuster romance Vivah (2006).


Early life
She was born in Mumbai. Her father, Deepak Rao is the owner an advertising agencyAmrita's ancestors were Saraswat Brahmin .Her younger sister is Preetika Rao, is a model and a Southern film actress. Amrita was raised in Mumbai and attended school Canossa Convent Girls School. She graduated from Sophia College with a psychology degree. Amrita described her family as being a "very conservative family a traditional, Indian family" and herself as very liberal.Her mother tongue was Konkani. Apart from Konkani she is also well versed in Marathi, English and Hindi.

Amrita Rao

Career

Rao and advertisements Before starting career as an actor, Rao began her career as a mode did several commercials during her college days. Her first public appearance came at the age of seventeen when she was featured in the music video for Alisha Chinoy's Woh Pyar Mera.In 2002, after graduating with a degree in Psychology from the University of Mumbai, Rao played her first leading role as Anjali Tharp, an Indian girl born and brought up in London, in Raj Kanwar's moderately successful fantasy thriller Ab Ke Baras., the film was averagely received by audiences. Rao's performance was consider to be a decent debut.Film critic Planet Bollywood wrote, "Amrita Rao come out the real winner, with her dancing skills, innocent looks and acting skills."
In May 2003, Rao starred with Shahid Kapoor in the coming of age romance film Ishq Vishk, in an innocent college girl role as Payal Mehra. The film tells the story of two people who are friends since childhood, but only gradually discover their feelings for each other. The film was received favorably by most critics and became one of the highest grossing films of the year, as well as Rao's biggest commercial success. Rao's portrayal earned her several awards, including Filmfare Best Female Debut Award and IIFA Award for Star Debut of the Year. Critic Taran Adarsh from IndiaFM wrote, "Amrita Rao is a revelation. If she was quite okay in her first film, she is incredible in her second film. Here's an actress to watch. Her emotional sequences are so powerful that they are bound to melt even the stone-hearted." India Today noted, "The leads are surprisingly assured. But the real find is Amrita Rao. She is quietly attractive, and most important, she really shines in the calm before the storm." In 2004, Rao starred in Indra Kumar adult comedy Masti, opposite Vivek Oberoi. Amongst the low number of Bollywood adult comedy movies at the time of its release, the film received positive response from critics, and also become a financial successful at the box office. Her performance as nchal, who is obsessively possessive about her husband, has been received positively.Rao co-starred alongside Sunny Deol in the action movie Singh Sahab the Great (2013), directed by Anil Sharma. The film chronicles a common man who takes pride in his honesty. Rao portrayed the journalist role as Shikha Chaturvedi, in the film which runs closely with that of Deol's throughout the film.Later that year, she appeared in Prakash Jha's political drama Satyagraha, as part of an ensemble cast that included Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor, Arjun Rampal and Manoj Bajpai. Rao played the role of Sumitra, the daughter-in-law of Amitabh Bachchan's character. Rao was praised in particular. Resham Sengar of Zee News wrote, "Ms. Rao has the sweetly cherubic looks. She is convincing in most of the emotional scenes. But again, her scope of performance is just limited to mouthing a few important dialogues." The movie faced several