Amrita Rao

Amrita Rao is a model turned actress of Bollywood. She is now one of the most sought-after actresses of Bollywood. Amrita was born to a well to do Brahmin family in Maharashtra.

She was a brilliant student. Her name featured in the merit list of Sophia College, Mumbai. Once she went for the audition of the advertisement film for "Fair Ever Face Cream". She got selected out of over sixty girls. After that, she never looked back.

Within a span of 18 months she got offers to promote more than 18 major brands. But the success of ads like Cadbury Perk and Bru Coffee brought her into the limelight and she got offers from Bollywood.

In 2002 she appeared in the movie Ab Ke Baras, but it went unnoticed. Amrita gained recognition as the girl-next-door in the movie Ishq Vishq (2003).

In the year 2004 two of her movies - Masti and Main Hoon Na- were major hits and her talent came to the notice of directors. But unfortunately her next releases couldn't work wonders in the box office.

Some of her major releases include Ishq Vishq, Masti, Main Hoon Na, The Legend of Bhagat Singh and Pyare Mohan.

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