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Today, we will highlight the story of this actress, who became successful right after her debut release. However, despite a great beginning, she chose to quit industry and got married. Yes, we are talking about none other than Amrita Rao, the actress who collaborated with several top Bollywood stars including Shah Rukh Khan, Sanjay Dutt, Ajay Devgn, Shahid Kapoor and Sunny Deol.
Amrita belongs to Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmin family. She attended Canossa Girls School in Mumbai, and later went to Mumbai's Sophia College to pursue a graduate degree in Psychology. However, she left her education midway as she started getting a lot of modelling offers.
In 2002, Amrita made her acting debut with Ab Ke Baras, a nd got appreciated for her performance. Following that, she acted in Ishq Vishk (2003) opposite Shahid Kapoor, and bagged several awards for her quintessential girl-next-door portrayal.
She had further success in the Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Main Hoon Na (2004) and the romantic drama Vivah (2006), alongside Shahid Kapoor. Her performances caught attention of various filmmakers, which offered her films opposite superstars like Sunny Deol in Singh Saab The Great, (2013) , and The Legend of Bhagat Singh (2002) with Ajay Devgn.
In 2014, Amrita Rao got married to her boyfriend and RJ Anmol in an intimate ceremony. She welcomed their first child, a son named Veer, on November 1, 2020. The actress decided to step back from films after her marriage and focus on her marital and parental duties.
Amrita and Anmol have a YouTube channel called Couple of Things. The pioneering channel started 3 years ago with the couple sharing their love story is now completely dedicated to educating the generation on how to deal with relationship and love problems. They also wrote a book with the same name and released it in February 2023.
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