Birthday Special; Amrita Rao Top 5 must watch Bollywood movies

Amrita Rao is one of our favourite leading ladies on screen and she continues to entice us with her roles. On the special occasion of her birthday, here is a list of Amrita’s must watch films that makes her so special to us.

1. Ishq Vishk – Payal

Ishq Vishk was released in the year 2003 and is directed by Ken Ghosh. It stars Shahid Kapoor and Amrita Rao who act as childhood friends that later on develop into each other’s love interests.

Tangled in between a love triangle, Amrita’s character Payal is hopelessly in love with Rajiv and together they face a series of ups and downs. Payal is a sweetheart who expresses genuine love towards what she is fond of.  

2. Mai Hoon Na – Sanjana Bakshi

Mai Hoon Na was released in 2004 and is Farah Khan’s film direction debut. The film has a superstar cast with Shah Rukh Khan, Sushmita Sen, Amrita Rao, Zayed Khan and Suniel Shetty.

Amrito Rao played the role of Sanjana Bakshi, the daughter of the Indian Army General. Her character was fiery and out-spoken. She has a carefree spirit and is extremely intelligent. Her role in the film gives the movie an overall spice and teaches us important values of friendship.  

3. Vivah – Poonam

Vivah is a 2006 film directed by Sooraj Barjatya that stars Shahid Kapoor and Amrita Rao in the lead. It shows the journey of marriage and love.

As a traditional character in contrast to Shahid’s urban character, Amrita displays the best version of a soft spoken townie girl who is beautiful, disciplined and focussed. Poonam is very hard to not love with her determined soul and feminine grace.

4. Jolly LLB – Sandhya

Jolly LLB, directed by Subhash Kapoor, is a 2013 film starring Arshad Warsi and Amrita Rao. A blend of law and comedy, this film makes you experience a rollercoaster of emotions.

Amrita Rao’s character is Sandhya, Jolly’s (Arshad Warsi) love interest. She plays the role of a doting girlfriend who is playfully harsh towards her partner. Sandhya only wants what is best for Jolly and so she becomes his backbone even after a few snags.

5. Thackeray – Meena Tai Thackeray

The film Thackeray was released in 2019 directed by Abhijit Panse. It is a biopic based on the life of Maharashtra’s Politician Bal Thackeray who founded the political party Shiv Sena.

The film had casted Amrita Rao to play Meena Tai Thackeray who was Bal Thackeray’s wife (character played by Nawazuddin Siddiqui).

Amrita Rao’s character was the pure, selfless and generous Meenatai Thackeray who stood by her husband along every step of his journey and “washed his wounds” whenever he needed soothing. Rao had played a remarkably on point character, highlighting Meena Tai Thackeray’s persona.

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