As a banker, Fadnavis has worked with
Axis Bank since the last 17 years. She joined as an executive cashier and works as Vice-president – Transaction Banking Department. She migrated to the corporate office at
Worli, Mumbai in January 2015 and continued working with Axis Bank even after her husband became the
Chief Minister of Maharashtra.[12]
As a singer
Trained since the age of six in classical music, Fadnavis has performed at various social events as well as has sung for many commercial and social films.[13][14] She made her debut as a playback singer in
Prakash Jha’s Jai Gangaajal with the song titled "Sab Dhan Mati". She sang a song in a biopic Sangharsh Yatra based on the life of BJP leader
Gopinath Munde.[15]
Fadnavis' first music video "Phir Se" featuring
Amitabh Bachchan released by
T-Series was viewed over 700,000 times in a single day and reached over 1.4 million views in three days.[16][17]
In 2018, her song "Mumbai River Anthem" was to save the four rivers of Mumbai-Poisar, Dahisar, Oshiwara and Mithi.[18] In 2020, she sang "Alag Mera Ye Rang Hai" for acid attack victims,[19] "Tu Mandir Tu Shivala" for the corona warriors[20] and "Tila Jagu Dya" for
women's empowerment.[21]
In 2017, Fadnavis organised a fashion show of
acid attack survivors, dubbed the "Acid Attack Victors", at
National Sports Club of India,
Worli. The show was supported by Divyaj Foundation in collaboration with Maharashtra State Women Commission.[24][11][25]Chief Minister of MaharashtraDevendra Fadnavis, who was present at the event, announced an increase of the compensation amount for acid attack victims from ₹300,000 to ₹500,000.[26]
In 2019, Fadnavis and the Divyaj Foundation initiated a musical talent show titled Mitti Ke Sitare for underprivileged school children between the ages of 7 and 15 from the slums of Mumbai, with an aim to provide selected candidates in different genre of vocal and instrumental music a larger platform.[27][28]
Other activities
Amruta Fadnavis led the delegation to
Manasarovar to promote Indo-Chinese peace in 2015.[29][30]
Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association (MSLTA) announced Fadnavis as the Chief Patron of the Davis Cup tie between
India and New Zealand 2017 in
Pune.[31] She was again announced as the chief patron of the L&T Mumbai Open Tennis Tournament which took place in November 2018.[32][33]
A documentary about Fadnavis, The Voice won the Best Film Documentary at IndieFEST, in 2019.[34] It was written, directed, and produced by Sagar Pagar.[34]
Controversies
In October 2018, Amruta Fadnavis attended the inaugural voyage of India's first luxury cruise liner 'Angriya'. Fadnavis was criticised after a video of her sitting on the edge of the vessel risking her life to take a selfie was released online. Fadnavis purportedly ignored multiple requests from security personnel to return to the safe areas of the vessel. She later issued an apology for setting a bad example for the youth by taking undue risks to take a selfie.[35][36]
In September 2019, Fadnavis was in a controversy for calling Prime Minister
Narendra Modi, the "Father of our Country" while wishing the latter on his birthday.[37]