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"It's always been my goal to spread the truth to the people. And I'm going to do just that."

- Amrita Amrita Sarkar, Psy.D. (Bengali: অমৃতা সরকার, Amr̥tā Sarakāra) is a supporting character in the Big Hero 6 franchise. A Bengali-American journalist and columnist for Psychology Today, she is a psychologist notoriously known for her in-depth analyses and criticisms of various entrepreneurs. Her latest investigation leads her face-to-face with Alistair Krei, the CEO of the massive Krei Tech Industries.

She is portrayed by Indian actress Deepika Padukone.

Early Life
Amrita Shreya Sarkar (Bengali: অমৃতা শ্রেয়া সরকার, Amr̥tā Śrēẏā Sarakāra) was born in New York City to Bengali parents Prasenjit Sarkar and Reshmi Sarkar (née Das). She was the couple's only child. Her parents were first-generation Indian Americans who had immigrated from Kolkata, West Bengal, to the United States for a better life.

When Amrita was four years old, the Sarkar family moved to San Fransokyo. She was raised as a Hindu in the middle-class, as Prasenjit was a small-time, minor businessman while Reshmi worked as a chiropractor. As a child, Amrita was taught the Bengali language by her parents; she only learned English upon entering the first grade. Unlike many other forward-thinking families of San Fransokyo, Prasenjit and Reshmi were complacent parents who never challenged Amrita to "think outside of the box". It has been hinted that the reason Amrita joined forensic psychology and journalism was because she found her routine lifestyle as rather boring and tedious.

Prasenjit devoted much of his time in trying to build his own small corporation called 'Agrabarti' (meaning "advanced, forward" in Bengali ), leading to his neglect for Amrita. Without her father's support or love, Amrita began developing a disgust for him and the business industry. Though he wasn't very successful due to the heavy competition, Prasenjit began losing his mental stability, always keeping the false delusion that he'd eventually become wealthy and prosperous one day. As a result of his obsession, he invested most of the family's income into Agrabarti, but eventually lost more than he actually gained. Seeing his unhappiness, Reshmi pleaded with Prasenjit to pursue another field, but she was always ignored and discarded by him. Because of his successive losses and his deteriorating mental state, Prasenjit began blaming his failures on Amrita and Reshmi. In one fit of rage, Prasenjit attacked Amrita with a kitchen knife, but luckily missed her (Amrita ducked just in time with the blade only grazing the side of her cheek and leaving a scar). Prasenjit's physical violence began growing to the point where Reshmi divorced him and obtained a restraining order from him. Using the little money she had left, Reshmi and Amrita left, with Reshmi renting a small apartment with the little money she had left.

Amrita completed her education at the Yoshitaka Mizuno High School as a member of her school's competitive archery team. She eventually applied at Stanford University as double-major and graduated years later with degrees in psychology and journalism. Due to her father's behaviour and attitude towards her as an adolescent, Amrita found a strong distrust and dislike for corporations and businesses.

As an Adult
TBA

Alistair Krei
"Oh, I know quite well how you businessmen think. And I can tell you're the type of person who's willing to cheat and cut through corners to get what you want."

- Amrita to Alistair TBA

Trivia

 * The name Amritā (अमृता) means "immortal" in Sanskrit and refers to a sacred drink of immortality in Hindu belief.
 * Amrita is a practising Hindu and a vegetarian.
 * She politically identifies as a Democrat and a liberal.
 * She is fluent in Bengali and English and speaks some Hindi.
 * Amrita once worked as a journalist for HuffPost (The Huffington Post).
 * She runs her own side blog called 'The Leaders: The Secrets Behind the Business Industry' in which she meets with CEOs of different companies and analyzes their behaviours.