indian celebrities: Namrata Shirodkar

Saturday 7 July 2012

Namrata Shirodkar

Born in a moderate Marathi-speaking family, Namrata Shirodkar is an Aquarian, born on January 22, 1972, and one of the most beautiful Bollywood actresses, who used to live in Khar, an elite suburb in Bombay.Namrata Shirodkar was born in a moderate Maharashtrian Maratha family. She used to live in Khar, a suburb in Mumbai. Her sister is the actress Shilpa Shirodkar. She is the granddaughter of famous Marathi actress Meenakshi Shirodkar, who starred in Brahmachari(1930s), and (Meenakshi)was the first actress to wear a swimsuit and gambol in a pool.^[2] She married Tollywood actor Mahesh Babu Ghattamaneni on 10 February 2005Namrata worked as a model, and was crowned Miss India in the year 1993.^[3] She represented India in the Miss Universe pageant and came in fifth place.^[4]She was featured on VH1's The Greatest: 40 Dumbest Celebrity Quotes Ever for her answer at the 1993 Miss Universe contest to a question asked byMichael Dorn: "I would not want to live forever because I don't believe that one can live forever. And so, I don't think I would want to live forever!"^[5] The same year, she also represented India in the Miss Asia Pacific contest and was chosen first runner-up