Amisha Patel

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Amisha Patel
Born Amisha Patel
June 9, 1976 (1976-06-09) (age 32)
Maharashtra, India
Other name(s) Ameesha Patel
Occupation Film actress
Years active 2000 - present
Spouse(s) None

Amisha Patel (Hindi: अमीषा पटेल) (born June 9, 1976, also known as Ameesha Patel) is an Indian Bollywood actress. Making her acting debut in the blockbuster Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai (2000), Patel won critical praise for her performance in Gadar: Ek Prem Katha, which became one of the biggest hits in the history of Hindi cinema.[1] She would subsequently star in a number of films, most of which proved unsuccessful at the box office. However, her performance in the 2006 film Ankahee, received critical recognition, and she followed it with a supporting role in the hit Bhool Bhulaiyaa.

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[edit] Biography

Amisha Patel is the daughter of Amit Patel and Asha Patel, sister of Ashmit Patel and the granddaughter of the famous Indian lawyer Rajni Patel. Her name is a blend of the first three letters of her father's name Amit and the last three letters of her mother's name Asha.

She graduated from Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. She then worked for Morgan Stanley. After returning to India she joined Satyadev Dubey's theatre group and began acting in plays, but only after receiving permission from her conservative parents.[2]

Reportedly, she has broken up with five year long time boyfriend, Vikram Bhatt. She has been recently dating Delhi based businessman, Kanav Puri.[3]

[edit] Career

Patel made her acting debut with Rakesh Roshan's Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai. The film was the biggest hit of the year, and made her a star overnight, earning her awards for Best Debut at a number of award ceremonies.[4] She next appeared in the cross-border romance, Gadar: Ek Prem Katha, alongside Sunny Deol. The film went on to become the top grossing film of the year, as well as the biggest hit of the 21st century, earning RS 973 million In India.[5] Set during the 1947 Indo-Pakistani conflicts, it featured Patel as Sakina, a Muslim girl who finds refuge in Deol's house during the riots, and subsequently falls for him. Her performance was praised, and won her the Filmfare Special Performance Award.

These successes were followed by a series of films that flopped at the box-office. In Yeh Zindagi Ka Safar (2002), she played the role of a successful singer who was abandoned by her mother at the time of her birth. In Kya Yehi Pyaar Hai (2002), she plays a career-oriented girl who rejects the advances of the hero. In Humraaz (2002) she played the selfish girlfriend of Akshaye Khanna, who marries Bobby Deol to grab his wealth -- but, seeing Bobby's honesty, her character surrendered to him. In 2005 she starred opposite Hollywood actor Tobey Stephens in the historical epic film Mangal Pandey: The Rising where she played the role of a widow who gets rescued from committing Sati by a British man.

After many flop films in 2006, Amisha finally had another hit in October 2007 with the hit movie Bhool Bhulaiyaa where she played the role of a rejected adopted girl.

Amisha's next release is Yash Raj Films' Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic in which she's co-starring Rani Mukerji and Saif Ali Khan. Both Amisha and Rani are playing pivotal roles opposite Saif Ali Khan.

She has also signed onto two big projects, one opposite Govinda titled Do Lucky, and another opposite Bollywood superstar Sanjay Dutt titled Chatur Singh Two Star. Both are comedies.

[edit] Awards and nominations

Winner

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[edit] Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2000 Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai Sonia Saxena Nominated for Filmfare Best Debut Award
Badri Sarayu Telugu film
2001 Gadar: Ek Prem Katha Sakina Winner, Filmfare Special Performance Award
Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award
Yeh Zindagi Ka Safar Sarena Devan
2002 Kranti Sanjana Roy
Kya Yehi Pyaar Hai Sandhya Patil
Aap Mujhe Achche Lagne Lage Sapna
Yeh Hai Jalwa Sonia Singh
Humraaz Priya Nominated for Filmfare Best Actress Award
2003 Pudhiya Geethai Jo Tamil film
Parwana Pooja
2004 Suno Sasurjee Kiran Saxena
Shart: The Challenge Special Appearance
Naani Priya Telugu film
2005 Vaada Puja
Elaan Priya
Zameer Pooja
Narasimhudu Subbu Telugu film
Mangal Pandey: The Rising Jwala
2006 Mere Jeevan Saathi Anjali
Humko Tumse Pyaar Hai Durga
Teesri Aankh Ammu
Tathastu Sarita
Ankahee Mrs. Nandita Saxena
Aap Ki Khatir Shirani A. Khanna
2007 Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. Pinky
Heyy Babyy Special Appearance In Song
Bhool Bhulaiyaa Radha
Om Shanti Om Special Appearance[7]
2008 Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic Mallaika Releasing June 27, 2008
Do Lucky Filming
Chatur Singh Two Star

[edit] References

  1. ^ All Time Earners Inflation Adjusted (Figures in Ind Rs). BoxOfficeIndia.Com. Retrieved on 2007-02-03.
  2. ^ "Amisha Patel Biography", dialbollywood.com
  3. ^ It's over between Vikram and Ameesha. Mid-Day. Retrieved on 2007-01-17.
  4. ^ Box Office 2000. BoxOfficeIndia.Com. Retrieved on 2007-02-03.
  5. ^ Top Earners 2000-2009 (Figures in Ind Rs). BoxOfficeIndia.Com. Retrieved on 2007-02-03.
  6. ^ Sansui Viewer's Choice Movie Awards 2002. The Hindu (March 8, 2002). Retrieved on 2008-02-03.
  7. ^ SRK filmed a romantic sequence with Ameesha Patel. Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved on 2007-09-13.

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