Touted as one of the highest-paid actors in Marathi cinema, Amruta Khanvilkar celebrates her birthday on November 23.

After garnering a colossal amount of recognition for her stint in the iconic dance numbers ‘Aye Hip Hopper’ and ‘Wajale Ki Bara’, Amruta took over the screen space.

Amruta began her career in 2004 as a contestant on the reality show ‘Zee Cine Star ki Khoj’.

She made her acting debut in the same year with the Hindi short film ‘Saanjh’.

Amruta has been a part of movies like ‘Raazi’, ‘Malang’, and web series such as ‘Lootere’ and ‘36 Days’. 

She also won the dance reality show ‘Nach Baliye 7’.

Amruta has also participated in ‘Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 10’, and ‘Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 10’.

On her special day, she speaks exclusively to mid-day.com about her recent health scare, career challenges, plans for the upcoming year, and more. 

Amruta reveals that she and her mother both underwent surgeries which was extremely taxing yet humbling. 

She said, “We came out of it like warriors and to see my mother in the ICU, stitches on her chest, it made me feel very vulnerable."

"It made me feel helpless, but at the same time, I was extremely grateful to God,” added Amruta.

The actor believes the health scare also made her realise that she needs to slow down. 

Amruta is currently working on a project, she can’t reveal and will celebrate her birthday on set.

She wants to gift herself a farmhouse with a pool and is also thankful about being able to buy a new house and will be moving in by the end of this year. 

Going forward, she also intends to be calmer and peaceful mentally. “Sometimes old patterns bounce back and they are very dangerous, so I want to change that and I am working towards it.”