Namitha was born in the Punjabi-speaking Kapoor family in Surat,Gujarat, India on May 10, 1981. She is the only daughter in thisfamily, which consists of her dad, a businessman while her mom is ahomemaker. She has a degree in English Literature. She used to teachswimming to young children and was raised in Bombay.

She first came into the limelight after she was crowned Miss Suratduring the year 1998. She went on to participate in the 2001 Miss Indiapageant and ended up as the fourth runner-up, while Celina Jaitley wascrowned Miss India during this event.

This publicity opened up doors for her and she did a number of TVcommercials like Himani cream & hand soap, Arun Ice Cream, ManikchandGutka, and Nile herbal shampoo.

Film director Siddiqui introduced her to the tinsel screen in aMalayalam movie, and thereafter Namitha has acted in several Hindi,Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and English movies. In the first of two Telugumovies she went by the name of Bhairavi. She attained fame after therelease of 'Engal Anna' in which she starred opposite Vijayakanth. Sheis also known as an item girl in regional movies, and often appears inTamil magazine front covers. She became even more popular after herdance number 'Arjuna Arjuna'.

She is proficient in Karate, loves to dance, watch movies, swim andplay badminton in her spare time and likes to work out physically. Shelikes novels, especially bySidney Sheldon, as well as comic books. She is a promoter ofGadgetguru.