Actor Amrita Arora celebrates her 41st birthday on Thursday, January 31. On this special occasion, we bring you some of the rare and unseen images of the VJ-turned-actor. A trajectory of how Amrita's journey began as a VJ, then she forayed in Bollywood and how she's now enjoying the social media glare and fame.

Amrita Arora Ladak was born on January 31, 1978, in Mumbai. Her mother Joyce Polycarp is a Malayali Catholic while her father Anil Arora is of Punjabi descent. Arbaaz Khan's ex-wife and Arjun Kapoor's rumoured girlfriend, Malaika Arora is Amrita's older sister.