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Happy birthday Namrata Shirodkar: Some lesser-known facts about her

Born on 22nd January 1972, Namrata Shirodkar is an Indian actress and a former model, primarily known for her work in Hindi and Malayalam films.

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Happy birthday Namrata Shirodkar: Some lesser-known facts about her

Happy birthday Namrata Shirodkar: Born on 22nd January 1972, Namrata Shirodkar is an Indian actress and a former model, primarily known for her work in Hindi and Malayalam films.

So this former Miss India and Bollywood actress Namrata Shirodkar will be turning 50 this January 22.

Born in Mumbai, Namrata claimed national fame after she was crowned Femina Miss India in 1993.

Namrata also represented India at international beauty pageant Miss Universe and Miss Asia Pacific contest where she was chosen as first runner-up.

Namrata’s grandmother was a renowned Maharashtrian actress Meenakshi Shirodkar.

Namrata made her bollywood debut in 1998 movie Jab Pyaar Kisise Hota Hai that also starred Salman Khan and Twinkle Khanna.

She also delivered a memorable performance in movies like Vaastav, Kachche Dhaage, and Pukar.

Happy birthday Namrata Shirodkar: As the glamorous lady turns 50, a look at some of her lesser-known facts

  • Namrata Shirodkar born on January 22, 1972, in a middle-class Maharashtrian family of Goan origin. She is a younger sister of popular actress Shilpa Shirodkar and grand daughter of late veteran Marathi actress Meenakshi Shirodkar, who stunned the audience by wearing a swimsuit in 1938.
  • Namrata Shirodkar is a former Miss India 1993. The actress has also appeared in Miss Universe Pageant and came fifth in the contest.
  • Namrata made her acting debut with the film Jab Pyaar Kisise Hota Hai (1998) opposite Salman Khan. Namrata’s actual debut film was Purab Ki Laila Pachhim Ki Chhaila with Akshay Kumar and Suniel Shetty but it never released.
  • Namrata worked in many popular films like Vaastav, Pukar, Astitva, Kacche Dhaage and so on.
  • Apart from films, Namrata was also famous for her alleged relationships. Namrata Shirodkar was allegedly dating a restaurateur Deepak Shetty after entering Bollywood. Reports were also stating that she was in a live-in relationship with Deepak Shetty and secretly got married to him. However, things went bad between them as they broke up.
  • Namrata’s career was getting worse until she met her godfather director Mahesh Manjrekar  who gave her a second big break in his hit film, ‘Vaastav’.
  • Surprisingly, during the making of Vaastav, Namrata came closer to already married Mahesh and they allegedly started dating each other. Mahesh and Namrata were very much serious in their relationship as they reportedly started living together. However, Mahesh’s wife Medha Manjrekar kept mum on this issue.
  • After splitting with Mahesh Manjrekar, Namrata found her true love in Telugu superstar Mahesh Babu. The duo started dating each other and got married in 2005 after dating for 5-long years.
  • Mahesh and Namrata live in Hyderabad. Mahesh Babu is 3-years younger to Namrata. The duo has kids – son Gautam and daughter Sitara.
  • People who don’t know, Namrata took retirement from acting after she got married to Mahesh Babu. She has also gone on record saying that, “Mahesh was very clear. He didn’t want a working wife.”

For the year 2021, actor Mahesh Babu wished his ‘boss lady’ Namrata Shirodkar on her 50th birthday with an adorable social media post.

Addressing her as his “amazing woman”, the Telugu star shared a beautiful photo with her.

Mahesh Babu receives birthday wish from wife Namrata Shirodkar

Here’s looking at her adorable family moments.

 

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We wish her luck, love and a very happy birthday Namrata Shirodkar!

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