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- Amrita commenting about her mistakes Dr. Amrita Sarkar, Psy.D. (Bengali: অমৃতা সরকার, Amr̥tā Sarakāra) is a supporting character in the Big Hero 6 franchise. A former Bengali-American archer, forensic psychologist, and Krei Tech affiliate-turned-arms dealer, she was the former love interest of entrepreneur Alistair Krei who exported millions of dollars worth of Krei Tech weaponry to her half-brother, Shahidul, in Bangladesh. She currently resides in Singapore under an alias as a fugitive on the run.

She is voiced and portrayed by Indian singer Shreya Ghoshal (as an adult), Deepika Kumari (as an adolescent/young adult), and Shruti Bisht (as a child).

Early Life
Amrita Shreya Sarkar (Bengali: অমৃতা শ্রেয়া সরকার, Amr̥tā Śrēẏā Sarakāra) was born in New York City, United States, as the only child of Prasenjit Sarkar and Reshmi Sarkar (née Das). Prasenjit and Reshmi, both Bengali Hindus from West Bengal, India, were wedded in Kolkata at ages twenty-four and twenty-one, respectively. Amrita's parents had their marriage arranged by their parents, who paired the two out of strict observation of traditional Indian union customs. Though Prasenjit and Reshmi got along just fine, neither were truly in love with one another, but they ultimately proceeded with their families' plans. After their grand ceremony, the newly-wedded couple relocated from India to the United States for wider occupational opportunities.

Prasenjit — a mechanical engineer who graduated from a prestigious university in England — found a profitable career in the East Coast, while Reshmi, a neurosurgeon, was successful in finding a position in her field as well. In New York City, Reshmi gave birth to a daughter, Amrita, several years later. Before her birth, Prasenjit and Reshmi, both still free-minded and not in love, agreed that neither parent would ever mention their arranged marriage to their daughter. They also promised one another that they would set aside their personal aspirations to be able to raise Amrita in a loving environment — a promise that Reshmi would later break.

Raised as a Hindu, both Prasenjit and Reshmi wanted their daughter to be connected to India as much as possible. As a result, Amrita's first languages were Bengali and Hindi; she did not learn English until entering public school, but still retains a noticeable Bengali accent to this day. Within the Indian community of New York, Amrita was trained in multiple Indian arts and traditions, including Kathak, sitar, and ''bansuri. ''Though she enjoyed her native culture, Amrita's true passion laid within archery, a sport she'd grown up watching on television. Amrita hoped to become a professional archer as an adult, but was met with opposition by her parents, both of whom wanted her to enter the medical or scientific field.

At age seven, the family relocated to the West Coast for Prasenjit's new occupation in the Silicon Valley. The Sarkars moved to the high-tech city of San Fransokyo in California, where Prasenjit immediately began his new job for Suprotek, the largest technological industry in the world at the time. Amrita was enrolled at a new school, the Sakura Private Academy, which was known as the most prestigious elementary institution in all of the West Coast. Because it had a predominantly Japanese enrollment and an East Asian-based curriculum, Amrita was made to feel like an outsider by other students. She was even bullied about her appearance, dark skin, and eyebrows to the point where she would return home in tears every day. Seeing her unhappiness with her school, Prasenjit allowed her to transfer to different, more diverse school. Amrita was then satisfied and able to meet other Indian children, including her maternal cousin, Manish.

Early Life
Hailing from New York City, Amrita Shreya Sarkar (Bengali: অমৃতা শ্রেয়া সরকার, Amr̥tā Śrēẏā Sarakāra), was the only child of Prasenjit Sarkar and Reshmi Sarkar (née Das). Prasenjit was from Kolkata while Reshmi originated from Durgapur, India. Both of Bengali Hindu heritage, Prasenjit and Reshmi—the former of whom became a neuroscientist while the latter found a position as a doctor—had their early marriage arranged by their parents. Though both hesitant and not truly in love with one another, Prasenjit and Reshmi were married in Kolkata, West Bengal. The newly wedded couple then immigrated to the United States for better job opportunities and a fresh, new start.

Prasenjit and Reshmi settled in the East Coast, where their daughter, Amrita, was born years later. Neither parent wanted to inform Amrita of their predetermined marriage out of preservation of their respective reputations.

Raised as a Hindu, Amrita’s parents spoke solely in Bengali and Hindi to her as a child to maintain the family's cultural roots to India; they knew that she'd inevitably learn English in school. Because of this, Amrita did not learn English until first grade and therefore still retains a Bengali accent on various words to this day. Because Prasenjit and Reshmi wanted their daughter to keep her ties to India, they sent Amrita to live in Kolkata with Prasenjit's sister, Purnima, for three summers. With Amrita gone, Prasenjit had mentioned divorce due to the couple's buried unhappiness, but he was quickly silenced by Reshmi, who wanted Amrita to have an actual childhood. Truly, Reshmi was afraid to divorce and return to her family in shame and scorn.

When Amrita eight years old, Prasenjit found a profitable job opening in the West Coast—specifically the city of San Fransokyo, California. In addition, Reshmi's elder brother Anand and his family also resided in the city, providing her a reason to move. The family relocated from New York to the Bay Area, where Amrita transferred to a new elementary school. With no siblings herself, Amrita was often compared to her elder maternal cousins Sanjib and Indrani—the former an alumni of Harvard Law School and a successful defense attorney and the latter a breakthrough mechanical engineer. Her parents, especially her father, hoped Amrita would replicate her relatives' accomplishments, continue the family legacy, and obtain a well-paying, respectable occupation (his greatest hope was for her to find a job in either science or law). Prasenjit's high expectations for Amrita—though ultimately effective, as she excelled in her schoolwork—put much strain and stress on the child that would later affect her future life.

Enrolled at the private Sakura Academy—the most prestigious and sophisticated Japanese-based institution in all of the West Coast—Amrita was bullied as a newcomer to the school. With a East Asian curriculum and a predominantly Japanese enrollment, Amrita was made to feel like an outsider by other students, particularly the spiteful Kazuo Yamamura (the son of notorious crime lord Mr. Yama). Teased for her bushy eyebrows, Bengali ethnicity, and skin color, she would return home every day in tears. Though demanding, Prasenjit truly cared about Amrita and would comfort her, reminding her that she was a gifted child and that the other children were just too immature to accept her (San Fransokyo was meant to be a city of vast ethnic diversity, after all). Despite initially doubting her father's words, young Amrita found an early interest in psychology, finding delight in learning about how her own mind worked. After reading several books based on the field, she fell in love with psychology and aimed to enter the practise herself. With encouragement from her beloved science teacher, Sumati Varma (one of the only non-Japanese staff members at Sakura and an Indian herself), and her parents, Amrita began her journey on the path to her dream career.

Amrita quickly overcame the bullying and focused all her attention on schoolwork and academics. With such a strong ambition to attain a difficult occupation and being naturally talented at English and science, Amrita excelled at Sakura Academy. She was also involved in a rivalry between her cousin Sanjib's younger brother, Manish, who was her age and was also raised to greatness. Attending the same school, Amrita and Manish often faced head-to-head in friendly competitions to see who achieved the better grades in academics and tests and was overall the "smarter" one (this push motivated Amrita to continue being exceptional though the contests usually resulted in close ties).

The sudden death of Prasenjit—who had been facing unbearable amounts of stress—rocked Amrita's world and completely threw her off course. With so much anxiety built up from both his professional and personal lives, Prasenjit first experienced a kidney failure followed by a fatal stroke. Entirely thrown off her game, Amrita experienced a period of depression and sadness following her father's death. The widowed Reshmi—who was internally glad that the man she'd never loved was gone—then quit her job as a lawyer (seemingly out of her "beloved" husband's passing) and took a leave of absence from Amrita's life. Leaving her daughter under the care of Anand, her brother, Reshmi traveled back to India to stay with her parents. After some time reflecting over her life, Reshmi set off from Kolkata and backpacked alone all the way to Bangladesh, eventually meeting a charming man named Mujibur Amin Mohiuddin. She fell in love with his charisma and humor, leading her to ultimately spend nights with him as his “mistress”. After a slip-up during one night, Reshmi found herself pregnant with a son. Since abortions were (and still are) illegal in Bangladesh, Reshmi took an extended stay with Mujibur until she gave birth to their son, Shahidul, nine months later. Suddenly remembering Amrita, Reshmi hurriedly left Mujibur with Shahidul and returned to America, hiding her affair with the Bangladeshi man from her daughter.

At her new Yoshitaka Mizuno High School, Amrita persisted with her pursuit for forensics in order to honor her deceased father and to fulfill the goal he wanted for her. No longer bound to the loneliness she faced as a child, Amrita made tons of new acquaintances and friends alike, prompting her to join her school's competitive archery team. She later found a friend in a shy transfer student named Alistair Krei (the soon-to-be CEO of the massive Krei Tech Industries), who was cast aside for being new just like Amrita was in elementary school. A girl of respectable morals, Amrita never forgot where she came from and felt pity for the new student. Alistair, who was also more of a loner, inadvertently met Amrita during a quiet studying session in the school’s library. The two grew to become good friends—Alistair provided comfort and solace for Amrita while Amrita was there to listen to Alistair’s own personal issues. Amrita never considered starting a romantic relationship with Alistair at the time, as honouring her father was still her top priority.

Young Adulthood
As the end of their high school senior year approached, Amrita applied for Stanford University’s psychology program while Alistair was accepted at the San Fransokyo Institute of Technology and pursued business. The two bid their bitter farewells to each other, believing they'd never meet again.

At Stanford, Amrita discovered her mother’s hidden affair with Mujibur and her parents' arranged union through a friend. Horrified and upset, Amrita immediately hid herself from Mujibur and Shahidul (they had been trying to contact her through anonymous profiles and other methods) and promptly cut off all ties with Reshmi.

Years and many exams later, Amrita graduated with her degree in psychology. After her graduation, she vacationed to Nepal—a country she'd wanted to visit for years—with several of her newly-made friends. In Kathmandu, she met a young man named Bishal Tuladhar (later unveiled to be her half-brother, Shahidul) of whom she became friends with and later pen pals upon her return to the United States.

The Psychologist
Upon her completion of college, Amrita returned to the East Coast to start her new career as a therapist and psychiatrist and eventually found herself in satisfaction and contentment with her life. After watching a stage hypnosis show with friends and volunteering—more correctly, being pressured to volunteer by her company—to be hypnotized, Amrita found a compelling and mesmerizing (no pun intended) interest in the field and signed herself up for several courses and classes. After her first occurrence with hypnosis, she gained the nickname "Amrita" from her friends due to the deep state of relaxation she'd entered on stage. Amrita completed them all with ease and eventually earned her license for hypnotherapy. She then began practising both hypnotherapy and the classical psychiatry.

With her lifelong goal accomplished and with no further ambitions, Amrita also felt a sense of emptiness and hollowness but pushed these thoughts aside for some time. Over time, she realized that the dream she'd so desperately cherished as a teenager had evolved into her father's dream for her instead of it being truly her own. Because Prasenjit had wanted her to obtain an honorable occupation in the medical field, Amrita's motivation and drive to enter therapy became more for him than for her. Though she enjoyed the experience of helping people better themselves, Amrita left the occupation several years with a thirst for excitement and a more thrilling job.

Settling back in New York City for some time, Amrita developed an interest in crime and law as opposed to the therapeutic work she was used to. She applied for a career in the field of forensic psychology, finding herself reveling in her new challenge—to this day, she will still fondly recall forensics as the favourite occupation she held. With a crime-based occupation, Amrita quickly learned of the mental workings and common mistakes of various criminals, later utilising this knowledge to her advantage.

Joining Krei Tech Industries
Amrita's routine life was interrupted by a sudden letter from San Fransokyo informing her that she was "specially selected" as a recruit for a of a experimental program of a top industry. Despite being initially skeptical of the offer, the letter promised great profit and gain if she accepted. Curious as to what the "program" proposed that was so highly profitable, Amrita, though extremely cautious and wary, took an extended absence from her job and traveled back to San Fransokyo to find out. Upon arrival at the disclosed location, she found a group of twenty others who had received the same invitation. The host was revealed to be Alistair Krei, Amrita's own friend from high school. With his own corporation, Amrita was surprised to see her old friend as a renowned entrepreneur and businessman. Alistair and Amrita had a heartfelt reunion, much to the other recruits' confusion. The two eventually caught up on their separate lives, and Amrita learned that Alistair had invested in and developed a technological industry he'd named "Krei Tech". Alistair then explained to Amrita and the other invitees that he'd created a new program called "The Elites" with a sole purpose to find and recruit talented young minds with potential to Krei Tech. With so many inventors already working for the company, Alistair had been seeking to find ambitious, intelligent young men and women who weren't innovators but could benefit and serve Krei Tech by being introduced to inventing and tech. He informed the nine that they were all initiates in the program but would be removed if their work wasn't sufficient and/or up-to-par with Krei Tech's high standards. The remaining initiates would be accepted into Krei Tech as full employees. Alistair also promised to completely fund all the trainees in their projects during their time in the program.

The Elites
Determined to earn a spot among the best inventors in the world, Amrita readily stepped out of her comfort zone to try robotics. Due to her ambition and enthusiasm, she effortlessly generated several ideas for new psych-based programs and technologies, while some of the other trainees found themselves struggling. Called The Oasis, it would be a pain-relieving program that would allow a user's consciousness to enter a virtual reality-type world during an otherwise painful operation or medical procedure. Satisfied with her early success, Amrita was the first to present her blueprints and ideas to Alistair himself and his highly respected team of roboticists. Her project was approved for further development with much appraisal. Alistair and Amrita subsequently began a romantic relationship, though they were careful to conceal it from the other initiates and other employees.

Despite her apparent triumph in the new field, Amrita began finding herself truly struggling to actually transfer her ideas from paper into the real world. With no prior experience with engineering or mechanics, Amrita desperately spent days worth of time quickly educating herself in the field. Because robotics was too complex for her to teach herself, Amrita, frustrated with herself, eventually gave up on studying (if she'd asked the other members for help, they'd ignore her in preservation of their own spots). Too afraid to Since the other remaining Elites possessed at least basic knowledge in tech, they began surpassing Amrita one by one with their progress, upsetting her even more.

With no progress made herself, Amrita grew desperate to finish her project. Because she'd quit her entire career back in New York, it was critical for her to gain membership into Krei Tech so she could continue paying her monthly expenses and bills in high living-expense San Fransokyo.

Though afraid of what would be to come, Amrita found solace and comfort with Alistair as their intimate relationship grew. However, the two continued to keep their personal and professional lives separate, as Alistair treated Amrita with the same amount of respect he gave to the other trainees during their meetings. When asked of her progress and new ideas, Amrita would subtly discard the subject, which Alistair seemed to fall for. Realizing that Alistair's affection towards her was truly genuine (and not a classic businessman's facade or ploy), Amrita began using his love to her advantage to remain in the program. Though she deeply cared about him as well, Amrita's long-time fear of failure and being dropped overrode her sense of attachment to the entrepreneur.

During Big Hero 6
Because the events of Big Hero 6 occurred before Amrita's getaway, she was still living in San Fransokyo and present at SFIT's science fair convention, where she made several small cameos in the background. There to observe Alistair himself, she disguised herself with makeup and different clothing so she wouldn't be noticed. Like all the other visitors, she was one of the survivors of the fire ignited in the hall by Robert Callaghan, and she safely escaped from the building before it burst into a total inferno.

While Hiro and his team investigate Akuma Island, Amrita's figure can be seen in footage of Project Silent Sparrow as one of the scientists in the control room with Alistair.

Later, Amrita attended the grand opening of Alistair's new Krei Tech building as a part of the audience surrounding the enAmrita. Again, she dressed in disguise-based clothing to avoid confrontation with Alistair. She once again fled from the scene with all the other civilians when Robert (Yokai) entered with his microbots.

Official Description
"One part seductive, two parts intelligent, and all parts dangerous, Amrita Sarkar is someone you would not want to mess with. Born into an elite family of Indian doctors and lawyers, Trance was raised with the utmost ambition and drive for her future. A gifted psychologist and analyst, she uses her wit and grit to logically work herself through problems — no matter how hopeless the situation may seem. Unfortunately, she uses her talents for selfishness — once a tech exploiter, she is now a fugitive on the run who vanished two years ago, but how she managed to pull this feat off or where she's at remains a mystery."

- Amrita's official description

Personality & Characteristics
Essentially, Amrita is an emotionally and morally complex person. On one hand, she is a hardworking and trustworthy friend, but on the other, she is deceptive, seductive, and manipulative.

Reading Body Language
TBA

Intelligence
TBA

Manipulation
TBA

Archery
A former member of her high school's competitive archery team, Amrita is proficient in the art of bows and arrows. However, due to years of inactivity after graduating from high school, she is now rusty and requires some practise and refreshing to "get back" into the sport.

Trilingualism
Fluent in English, Bengali, and Hindi and able to read the Devanagari script and the Bengali alphabet, Amrita is trilingual. She also proficiently speaks Japanese from years of studying it as her high school foreign language (but cannot read or write).

Physical Features
Standing at 5'7", Amrita is of above-average height with dark brown hair, brown eyes, brown skin, and full lips. With side bangs, her wavy hair is normally left loose and down, but she will style her hair in a braid or bun for special occasions. Amrita's thick, bushy eyebrows have been a center of issues involving self-consciousness and uneasiness from her childhood, and she will still try her best to groom and maintain them with makeup to this day. In addition, she possesses her father's prominent nose and her mother's lips and smile. There is a small, round beauty mark adorning her chin located right beneath her lip.

Casual Attire
TBA

Indian/Bengali Attire
TBA

Japanese Attire
TBA

Reshmi Sarkar
"You may be my mother, but you'll never be my mom. What you did—what you cowardly hid and put your own daughter through—is unforgivable."

- Amrita to Reshmi With a heavily strained and unhealthy relationship, Amrita harbors a deep loathe and anger towards her mother. Formerly very trusting and loving of Reshmi, Amrita's trust and faith in her mother was severed when she discovered her hidden affair with a Bangladeshi man when Amrita was still a high school student.

Alistair Krei
"I loved you too much, and that was my downfall. I loved you too much that my love blinded me and led me down a dark path. I loved you too much, but my love was not returned. I love you too much, and so I have to let you go. I hope you find what you're looking for in life."

- Amrita in a letter to Alistair TBA

Shahidul Amin Mohiuddin
TBA

Big Hero 6
"You kids just won't leave me alone, will you? This is between Alistair and me—it does not concern you, so stay out of my way."

- Amrita to the Big Hero 6 TBA

Sonal Paramar
"Hey man, since you're my best friend, I owe you big time. And this time, I mean it, seriously. Wish I wasn't a fugitive on the run so I could come to your bachelorette party, but hey, a criminal's gotta do what a criminal's gotta do, y'know? I wish you all the best with Karan."

- Amrita jokingly to Sonal Sonal is Amrita's long-time childhood best friend and closest ally. The two found each other at the first meeting of Yoshitaka Mizuno High's Indian Student Union club, where they were first wary of each other—Amrita hadn't had any close friends in elementary and intermediate school and Sonal's parents were uptight and extremely picky about her friends.

Rayna Krei
TBA

Prasenjit Sarkar
"Thank you, baba, for always believing in me. I wouldn't be who I am or where I am today without you."

- Amrita to her father's grave TBA

Kazuo Yamamura
"Hmm, see you haven't changed much since our old childhood days have you, Yamamura?"

- Amrita to Kazuo TBA

Abigail Callaghan
"Ah, so you're the famous Abigail Callaghan that I've heard so much of. Daughter of the world-renowned roboticist Robert Callaghan, a former champion bot fighter, and a test pilot yourself who reports directly to Krei, yes? With all this in mind, how could I have not known about you? You are the one who slept with my ex-boyfriend, after all."

- Amrita meeting Abigail TBA

Mujibur Amin Mohiuddin
TBA

Tadashi Hamada
"Don't worry, golden boy, I've got nothing on you or your little brother, I promise."

- Amrita to Tadashi TBA

Theme Song
Amrita's theme song is So Tied Up by Cold War Kids. Bonus: Enigmatic Power by Warner/Chappell Productions.

Trivia

 * Amrita (Bengali: অমৃতা, Hindi: अमृता, Punjabi: ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਾ) is an Indian feminine name meaning "immortal". In Hinduism and Sikhism, the term refers to an ambrosia-like nectar drink that provides immortality.
 * The Indian Bengali surname Sarkar (সরকার; also spelled Sarker or Serker ) means "lord, supervisor, overseer", taken from a Persian title.
 * Amrita's ethnicity was initially developed from her surname (Sarker), which randomly popped into her creator's mind. After some research (it turned out to be a Bangladeshi name ), it was determined that she would be Bengali.
 * Shreya (Hindi and Marathi: श्रेया, Bengali: শ্রেয়া, Gujarati: શ્રેયા), her middle name, means "superior, best" or "most excellent, more beautiful" and serves as a reference to Amrita's voice bearer and portrayer, Indian singer Shreya Ghoshal. It also refers to teenage Amrita's desire to become better and better in academics in order to fulfill her goals.
 * Amrita has a very calm and soothing voice that she used for psychiatry and hypnotherapy, one that her friends have noted as being "too mellow and should be used for recording audio-books". Coincidentally, Amrita has recorded several hypnosis audio files for sale in the past.
 * In addition to self-hypnosis, Amrita also meditates.
 * Despite formerly living in a city with great Japanese influence, she despises anime and manga.
 * In addition, she dislikes comic books and superhero stories.
 * Amrita was offered a partial scholarship at SFIT but she immediately rejected it, as she was pursuing forensics (not a subject of strength of the institute). Instead, she is a graduate from the real-life Stanford University.
 * She is fluent in Bengali, Hindi, and English and speaks a little Japanese and Tamil.
 * Amrita's foreign language in high school was Japanese, but she does not remember how to write or read.
 * Amrita was part of her high school's competitive archery team.
 * As a child and teenager, Amrita was very self-conscious about her bushy eyebrows due to her main childhood bully, Kazuo, mocking her for them. She would attempt to cover one of them with her hair, leading her current side-bang-like hair to reflect that. She still retains this quirk, but now wears makeup and trims them to conceal them.
 * She was one of the few Indian students at her predominantly-Japanese elementary school and was subsequently bullied for her ethnicity and skin color. This issue did not carry over to high school as Amrita was a member of an Indian Student Union club.
 * She loves Taiwanese boba drinks, and her all-time favourite beverage is rose milk tea.
 * Amrita developed her persona Farhana so well that she has an entirely different personality, speech pattern, and body language than her creator.
 * Amrita actually purchased new clothing to wear exclusively as Farhana and even decorated her apartment in Singapore to match Farhana's taste.
 * Her favourite color is dark teal, but she is also a fan of maroon and black.
 * She is heavily inspired by Priyanka Chopra's character Alexandra "Alex" Parrish of the thriller/crime series Quantico.
 * Her criminal file states her name as サルカール • アムリタ (Sarukāru Amurita) in Japanese katakana text.
 * Amrita can raise her right eyebrow independently and displays this expression whenever she is concerned or confused.
 * She is a "loose" Hindu who still observes her religion's holidays and lifestyle, but does not follow several particular rules of Hinduism. For example, she is an avid drinker and often disregards the traditional Hindu views on alcohol . However, she is not a cultural Hindu.
 * She is a pescetarian, meaning that fish and seafood are the only types of meat she eats.
 * She heavily dislikes foods containing beef and pork, especially hot dogs and hamburgers.
 * Amrita is demisexual and a strong supporter of LGBTQIA+ rights.
 * As a teenager, Amrita was originally a champion bot-fighter, but the idea was scrapped.
 * She was also an inventor for psyche-based tech, but the "inventor" concept seemed too overused and cliché in the BH6 fandom for her creator.
 * Amrita gets frustrated when other people call hypnosis "mind control" and will always correct them.
 * At the beginning of The Elites program, all candidates chose new nicknames to symbolize their fresh start at Krei Tech. Amrita's was, of course, Amrita.
 * This is a homage to the Dauntless faction of the Divergent series, as their new initiates also have the chance to choose their own new names.
 * The name of her private school, Sakura, is from the Japanese word 桜 (sakura) meaning "cherry blossom", a famous symbol of Japan.
 * Amrita was originally a Punjabi Sikh man named Sukhbir Singh Dhaliwal (Punjabi: ਸੁਖਬੀਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਧਾਲੀਵਾਲ, Sukhabīra Sigha Dhālīvāla). Sukhbir was much more passive, shy, and simple than Amrita, and it wasn't until he was switched to a female that the complicated relationship between Amrita and Alistair was created.
 * At one point, Amrita was going to be Arab or Pakistani.
 * At another point, she was going to be named Ankita (Bengali: অঙ্কিত, Aṅkitā).
 * She has a minor addiction to alcohol and liquor.
 * Like the other main characters of Big Hero 6, Amrita regularly changes her clothes on a daily basis.
 * Though she herself is not Japanese, Amrita has participated in Japanese holidays and festivals with her friends in the past.
 * In some occasions, she wears a 着物 (kimono) to Japanese celebrations.
 * She watches Tollywood (Bengali cinema) and Bollywood (Hindi cinema).
 * One of her aunts is a Tollywood actress and singer who still resides in India.
 * Her career choice as a journalist as Farhana Yasmin reflects her former, short-lived occupation as a columnist for Psychology Today.
 * Amrita had a large, authentic painting of Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of wealth and fortune, in her apartment.
 * The painting was similar to this image:Lakshmi.jpg
 * This was her most prized possession, as it once belonged to her father.