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Namrata Shirodkar is a Actor Indian born on 22 january 1972 at Mumbai (Inde)

Namrata Shirodkar

Namrata Shirodkar
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Nationality Inde
Birth 22 january 1972 (52 years) at Mumbai (Inde)

Namrata Shirodkar (born 22 January 1972 in Mumbai, India) is a former model and Indian film actress, known for her works in Bollywood and Telugu cinema. She was awarded the Femina Miss India in 1993.

Biography

Namrata Shirodkar was born in a moderate Maharashtrian family of Goan origin. She used to live in Khar, a suburb in Mumbai. Her elder sister is the actress Shilpa Shirodkar. She is the granddaughter of famous Marathi actress Meenakshi Shirodkar, who starred in Brahmachari (1938), and stunned the audience by wearing a swimsuit. She married Tollywood actor Mahesh Babu Ghattamaneni on 10 February 2005.


Modelling career
Namrata worked as a model, and was crowned Miss India in the year 1993. She represented India in the Miss Universe pageant and came in fifth place. The same year, she also represented India in the Miss Asia Pacific contest and was chosen first runner-up.


Acting career
She made her debut with a small role in super hit film Jab Pyaar Kisise Hota Hai (1998), along with Salman Khan and Twinkle Khanna. She then went on to star in the hit Vaastav. Her performance was appreciated and she became a known name in Bollywood.

She has played mainly supporting roles in films. Films like Pukar, Hera Pheri and Astitva went on to do well. She was nominated for the IIFA Best Supporting Actress Award for her performance in Pukar. Since then her films have not done well at the box office.

In 1999, she starred opposite Mammootty in the Malayalam film Ezhupunna Tharakan. In 2004, she starred opposite Chiranjeevi in a Telugu Movie Anji. In the same year, she was back into the spotlight when she played the role of Jaya Bakshi in Bride and Prejudice. She played Aishwarya Rai's elder sister in the film. The film was a hit overseas particularly in the UK but failed to do well in India. She left the industry after her marriage.


Personal life
She began dating Tollywood actor Mahesh Babu in 2000 after the filming of Vamsi. They married on 10 February 2005. Shirodkar now lives in Hyderabad with her husband. Their first child, a boy named Gautam Krishna Gattamaneni was born on 31 August 2006. Their second child, a daughter Sitara was born on 20 July 2012.

Usually with

Anu Malik
Anu Malik
(5 films)
Shivaji Satam
Shivaji Satam
(5 films)
Sanjay Dutt
Sanjay Dutt
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Namrata Shirodkar (27 films)

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Actress

Dil Vil Pyaar Vyaar
Directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia, Anant Mahadevan, Vivek Vaswani
Genres Romance
Actors Sanjay Suri, Jimmy Shergill, Neeru Bajwa, R. Madhavan, Asrani, Raqesh Vashisth
Rating54% 2.7072.7072.7072.7072.707
The first love story is about love getting a second chance. Dev (Sanjay Suri) is a widower, his wife Payal (Dipannita Sharma) dies soon after their honeymoon. He moves to Mumbai from Pune with his sister Rachna (Bhavna Pani). Here he meets Gauri (Sonali Kulkarni), who lives with her psychosomatically ill brother Gaurav (Rakesh Bapat).
Adharm
Adharm (2006)

Actors Rahul Dev, Sonali Kulkarni, Anupam Kher, Sayaji Shinde, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Namrata Shirodkar
Rating59% 2.9555352.9555352.9555352.9555352.955535
The film is based on the real-life events of the Chittisinghpura massacre on 20 March 2000, in which 37 Sikhs were massacred by Islamic Terrorists in Kashmir. The film revolves around two Sikh brothers, Kuldeep [played by Rahul Dev] and Jaideep [played by Rocky Khanna] whose parents were among the victims of the massacre. They migrate to Mumbai. The film contrasts the various ideological and religious movement in India that have extremist views, from Islamic Fundamentalism to Hindu Nationalism, which are often pitted against each other as adversaries. The film revolves around those Muslims who tacitly support Pakistan despite their residing in India.
Agni Pankh
Agni Pankh (2004)

Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Jimmy Shergill, Rahul Dev, Divya Dutta, Richa Pallod, Shamita Shetty, Akshay Anand
Rating47% 2.3995152.3995152.3995152.3995152.399515
The protagonist is an IAF fighter pilot and womaniser named Siddhart. His rival and colleague is another fighter pilot named Sameer. The other pivotal character is Rahul Dev who is their superior officer. Nupur (Divya Dutta) is Vishal's newly married wife. Anjana is a tomboyish female combat chopper pilot who is secretly in love with Sameer. Surbhi is a wealthy socialite who loathes flying but falls for Siddharth. However, Sameer falls for Surbhi while being unaware of Anjana's love for him.
Anji
Anji (2004)
, 2h28
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Actors Namrata Shirodkar, Tinnu Anand, M. S. Narayana, Konidela Nagendra Babu, Ramya Krishnan, Reema Sen
Roles Swapna
Rating61% 3.0960353.0960353.0960353.0960353.096035
The Aatmalingam of the Himalayas possesses enormous divine powers. Once every 72 years, Akasa Ganga from sky flows into the Aatmalingam. Those who drink the holy water of Akasa Ganga become younger for eternity and gain supernatural powers.
Charas: A Joint Effort, 2h22
Directed by Karan Johar, Tigmanshu Dhulia
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Irrfan Khan, Uday Chopra, Jimmy Shergill, Namrata Shirodkar, Hrishitaa Bhatt, Anup Soni
Rating53% 2.662142.662142.662142.662142.66214
One sees more foreigners than locals in the village. But the locals are said to be making money by growing charas instead of vegetables and are assisted by the foreigners. It is well-organized and is controlled by the Italian Mafia.
Bride & Prejudice, 1h51
Directed by Gurinder Chadha
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about families, Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Aishwarya Rai, Martin Henderson, Anupam Kher, Naveen Andrews, Namrata Shirodkar, Sonali Kulkarni
Roles Jaya Bakshi
Rating62% 3.1019753.1019753.1019753.1019753.101975
The plot is based on Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice. Some character names remain the same, while others are changed slightly, using localized names with similar pronunciation (such as Lalita for Elizabeth).
Rok Sako To Rok Lo
Themes Sports films
Actors Yash Pandit, Manjari Fadnis, Namrata Shirodkar, Sunny Deol, Shriya Saran, Deepti Bhatnagar
Rating45% 2.254492.254492.254492.254492.25449
The film deals with the dispute between two neighbouring high schools - Bharti School, a peaceful and silent school and Valley High School - a violent one. Dev (Yash Pandit), Suhana (Manjari Fadnis), and their friends come from Bharti, and are often disturbed by their enemies who come from Valley High. The Valley High students also defeat the Bharti students in every single inter-school event that happens every year, which is the main reason why they make fun of Bharti, while giving it a new and insulting name. One day however, the Bharti students are saved from the Valley High students by a mysterious man Kabir Mukherjee (Sunny Deol), who they initially feared because of his rough looks, thereby the reason they always called him "Phantom". The Bharti students get close to Kabir and befriend him, and with time he also becomes more gentle and normal, thereby getting rid of his "Phantom" look.
LOC Kargil
LOC Kargil (2003)
, 4h15
Directed by J.P. Dutta
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, War, Action, Historical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about terrorism, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Akkineni Nagarjuna, Armaan Kohli, Puru Raajkumar, Sanjay Dutt, Ajay Devgn, Saif Ali Khan
Rating54% 2.7024252.7024252.7024252.7024252.702425
LOC Kargil opens with a dramatic shot of an Indian soldier's wireless set chirping frantic commands from one of the army bases, calling a patrol to report in, while the radio operator lies dead in the snow. After frantic attempts from battalions to locate their lost patrols, the Indian Army HQ in Jammu and Kashmir decides to deploy more troops. They suffer a rude shock when company and even battalion-sized attacks are beaten back by the largely unknown enemy sitting on top of the steep and treacherous peaks surrounding Kargil, Mushkoh Valley, Drass, Batalik and the Kaksar sectors. After these terrible and surprising reverses, the decision is taken to go ahead with maximum mobilisation and move its best fighting units into the area of operations.
Pran Jaye Par Shaan Na Jaye
Genres Drama
Actors Aman Yatan Verma, Rinke Khanna, Raveena Tandon, Namrata Shirodkar, Diya Mirza, Divya Dutta
Roles Mona
Rating62% 3.1465353.1465353.1465353.1465353.146535
Aman Joshi (Aman Verma) is on a research assignment. His subject is the chawl dwellers in Bombay City. He rents a small tenement there and talks to the people living there. He soon gets involved in their lives, and even gets attracted to plain-looking Saundarya (Diya Mirza), who he transforms into a beauty, after a cosmetic makeover. Aman's kindness is mistaken for generosity by all the chawl dwellers, and they swarm him for his money, trying to get loans and gifts, to improve their lives. Then the lives of this small community are turned upside down, when the owner Parveen Seth (Sachin Khedekar) announces that he intends to tear the building down.
Tehzeeb
Tehzeeb (2003)
, 2h23
Origin Inde
Genres Drama
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Shabana Azmi, Urmila Matondkar, Arjun Rampal, Diya Mirza, Rishi Kapoor, Namrata Shirodkar
Roles Aloka
Rating57% 2.853192.853192.853192.853192.85319
Anwar (Rishi Kapoor) and Rukhsana (Shabana Azmi) had been married for years. After the birth of their daughters Tehzeeb and Nazeen, Anwar goes into depression and commits suicide. Rukhsana is an ambitious and popular singer. After her husband's mysterious death, her elder daughter Tehzeeb (Urmila Matondkar) suspects her to be the cause of his departure. Despite the court declaring Rukhsana innocent, Tehzeeb still bears a grudge against her and accuses her of deserting her and Nazeen (Dia Mirza).
Hathyar
Hathyar (2002)

Directed by Mahesh Manjrekar
Themes Gangster films
Actors Sanjay Dutt, Shilpa Shetty, Sharad Kapoor, Sanjay Batra, Shakti Kapoor, Usha Nadkarni
Roles Sonu R. Shivalkar (Rohit's mother)
Rating57% 2.852152.852152.852152.852152.85215
Hathyar is a narrative which probes into the household of Raghunath (Sanjay Dutt), a dreaded gangster. His bereaved son Rohit (Sanjay Dutt) has to face a lot of flak from the outside world, repeatedly reminding him of the stigma attached to his family because of his father's past. Just like his father, circumstances force Rohit to become a gangster and he gets the name Boxer Bhai. Rohit has weaknesses, he cannot stand any woman being called a prostitute, because his mom, Sonu was one, and he has fallen hard for a married woman, Gauri (Shilpa Shetty), who is enduring a marriage with a phsycially abusive spouse. Rohit snatches her out of this abusive relationshisp and remarries her. But Rohit's problems are far from over. There is a change in the political scenario and Rohit does not find support from any godfather. He is ordered to be arrested - dead or alive.
Albela
Albela (2001)

Actors Aishwarya Rai, Jackie Shroff, Govinda, Namrata Shirodkar, Saeed Jaffrey, Maya Alagh
Roles Neena
Rating37% 1.8690051.8690051.8690051.8690051.869005
Tony (Govinda) is an easy-going and popular tour guide. One day a fortune teller tells him that a blue-eyed princess from overseas will enter his life and change it forever. She is the dream girl that he has been searching for.
Tera Mera Saath Rahen
Directed by Mahesh Manjrekar
Genres Drama, Musical
Actors Ajay Devgn, Sonali Bendre, Dushyant Wagh, Namrata Shirodkar, Prem Chopra, Anand Abhyankar
Rating51% 2.564822.564822.564822.564822.56482
"Haathon Ki Lakeeron," the first of the four versions of the title song, opens up the drama.