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Namrata Shirodkar was born on 22 January 1972 in a Maharashtrian family of Goan origin.<ref>{{cite news |title=Namrata Shirodkar and Mahesh Babu: Love story in pics |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/photo/namrata-shirodkar-and-mahesh-babu-love-story-in-pics-1639074-2020-01-22 |access-date=15 February 2020 |work=India Today |date=22 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="News18">{{cite web|title=Happy Birthday Namrata Shirodkar: Her journey from Miss India Universe 1993 to becoming the wife of southern superstar Mahesh Babu|url=http://www.news18.com/photogallery/movies/happy-birthday-namrata-shirodkar-her-journey-from-miss-india-universe-1993-to-becoming-the-wife-of-southern-superstar-mahesh-babu-960998.html|website=[[CNN-News18]]|access-date=23 July 2016|date=1 March 2015}}</ref><ref name="FPJ"/> She is the younger sister of the actress [[Shilpa Shirodkar]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Namrata Shirodkar - Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai Indian Award Winning Talk Show - Zee Tv Hindi Serial |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bbk2DwSjM7o |website=YouTube |publisher=[[Zee Tv]] |access-date=15 February 2020 |quote=Time 9:22 - 10:14 |language=hi}}</ref> and the grand daughter of noted Marathi actress [[Meenakshi Shirodkar]], who starred in ''[[Brahmachari (1938 film)|Brahmachari]]'' (1938).<ref>{{cite web|title=Veteran Marathi actress dead|url=http://www.expressindia.com/ie/daily/19970604/15550853.html|publisher=Express India|date=4 June 1997|access-date=20 May 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121230015903/http://www.expressindia.com/ie/daily/19970604/15550853.html|archive-date=30 December 2012}}</ref><ref name="FPJ">{{cite news |last1=Sumit |first1=Rajguru |title=Bollywood's Forgotten Stars: 10 Unknown facts about Mahesh Babu's wife and actress – Namrata Shirodkar |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/cmcm/bollywoods-forgotten-stars-10-unknown-facts-about-mahesh-babus-wife-and-actress-namrata-shirodkar |access-date=6 January 2020 |work=Free Press Journal |date=22 April 2018 |language=en}}</ref>

Shirodkar's debut film was meant to be ''Purab Ki Laila Pachhim Ki Chhaila'', with Manoj Kumar and Sunil Shetty in the lead and music by [[Nadeem Shravan]]. This movie was never released. The movie was completed after her retirement and the title was changed to ''Hello India'' but it is still awaiting release. Shirodkar made her actual debut with a small role in the film ''[[Jab Pyaar Kisise Hota Hai]]'' (1998), along with [[Salman Khan]] and [[Twinkle Khanna]]. She then went on to star in the hit films ''[[Vaastav]]'' and ''[[Kachche Dhaage]]'' (both 1999). Her performance was appreciated and she became a known name in [[Bollywood]].<ref>{{cite web|work=boxofficeindia.com| title=Vaastav is a hit!|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/1999.htm|access-date=8 August 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070712092112/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/1999.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 12 July 2007}}</ref> In 2004, she appeared in the English language film ''[[Bride and Prejudice]]''. Her last film was ''[[Rok Sako To Rok Lo]]'' in 2004.