Amrita Rao Age, Husband, Boyfriend, Family, Biography & More

Some Lesser Known Facts About Amrita Rao

• Amrita Rao is a popular Indian actress.

• Amrita Rao belongs to a traditional Konkani family.

• Her parents are from Mangalore, Karnataka, India.

• She was named after her grandfather, Amrit Rao, who was a freedom fighter.

• Amrita is a close relative of actor, Guru Dutt; as her grandfather and Guru Dutt were second cousins.
  

  Amrita Rao’s relative Guru Dutt

• Amrita Rao studied in a very strict school, Canossa Convent Girls’ School, Mumbai. In one of her interviews, she said,
  

  I went to a strict school. Even if a button was missing here and a clip missing there, we were punished. I had to always be obedient. No masti at all for me.”

• She is a trained Hindustani Classical Singer and received three years training in classical singing during her school days.

• She, along with her sister, Preetika Rao started modelling since her college days. Her first TV commercial was Fairever Face Cream.

• Amrita Rao has also done numerous other TV commercials like Close-up, Godrej No. 1, Jolen Creme Bleach, Wrigley Chewing Gum, Fena Detergent, and Anne French.

• She has walked the ramp in numerous fashion shows.
  

  Amrita Rao ramp walk at Jaipur Couture Show Season 2

• At the age of 16, she had her first crush on Indian cricketer, Nayan Mongia.
  

  Amrita Rao’s first crush Nayan Mongia

• Amrita Rao dropped out of her graduation to pursue her career in modelling.

• In 2002, she appeared in the Alisha Chinoy‘s music video, Woh Pyar Mera Woh Yaar Mera.

• She made her acting debut in 2002, in the Bollywood film, Ab Ke Baras in which she played the role of Anjali Thapar/Nandini.
  

  Amrita Rao and Arya Babbar in ‘Ab Ke Baras’ (2002)

• Amrita became a household name in 2006 when she played the role of Poonam in the superhit Bollywood film, Vivah.

• She is popularly known as the “Girl-Next-Door of Bollywood.”

• In 2009, she appeared as one of the judges of the Indian reality TV show, Perfect Bride that was aired on STAR Plus.

• In 2010, she signed a Chandraprakash Dwivedi’s film, The Legend of Kunal, with Amitabh Bachchan and Tabu. The film was not released, but she was paid.

• In the same year, Amrita did a film with Neil Nitin Mukesh, directed by Ken Ghosh. However, the film was again not released.

• In 2016, she portrayed the character of Kalyani Gaikwad (Lata Mangeshkar) in the TV serial, Meri Awaaz Hi Pehchaan Hai.

• Amrita Rao was offered the role of Salman Khan’s sister in the Bollywood film, Prem Ratan Dhan Payo. She rejected the role apparently, as it had negative traits and was not interested to play the role of Salman Khan’s sister.

• She was also offered the role in the Hollywood film “A Knight With The King,” but she didn’t accept the offer.

• After Madhuri Dixit, she was chosen by the renowned painter “M. F. Husain” as his second muse and the theme of his paintings.
  

  Amrita Rao with M. F. Husain

• Amrita Rao is fluent in various languages like English, Hindi, Marathi, and Konkani.

• Her dream is to see herself in a black and white film.

• On 15 May 2016, she got married to a radio jockey, Anmol Sood after seven years of their relationship.
  

  Amrita Rao with Anmol Sood

• In an interview, she talked about quitting many big-budget films as she wasn’t comfortable in kissing scenes. She further added that it was RJ Anmol who had advised her to quit the film industry before she got married to him in a secret wedding in 2014. ^[4]Hindustan Times She said,
  

  At that point, Anmol could see I was declining some huge movie offers only because I wasn’t comfortable doing kissing scenes and lovemaking sequences on screen. Hence, he thought it was the right time to focus on exploring a beautiful personal life and tying the knot. He did ask me to quit my career and I was completely shattered. However, in a day or two, he told me that in hindsight, he realised that demand was unreasonable and that he was sorry about it.”