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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Biography

Early life

Amisha Patel is the daughter of Amit Patel and Asha Patel, sister of Ashmit Patel and the granddaughter of the famous lawyer-politician Barrister Rajni Patel who was the Congress Pradesh Committee President of Bombay. 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 studied at the Cathedral and John Connon High School in Bombay and graduated from Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. After she graduated, she modelled for several products an then worked in a financial company for Morgan Stanley. After returning to India she joined Satyadev Dubey's theatre group and acting in plays, upon receiving permission from her conservative parents.[2]

Career

Patel made her acting debut with Rakesh Roshan’s Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai (2000). 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.[3] Her second release was a Telugu language film titled Badri. She played the role of Prakash Raj’s pampered sister who falls in love with Pawan Kalyan’s character. 2001 saw her appearing 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.[4] 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.

Patel as the muslim girl "Sakina" in Gadar: Ek Prem Katha (2001), her biggest commercial success.
Patel as the muslim girl "Sakina" in Gadar: Ek Prem Katha (2001), her biggest commercial success.

These successes were followed by a series of films that flopped at the box-office. In Yeh Zindagi Ka Safar (2001), she played a successful singer who was abandoned by her mother at the time of her birth. In 2002, she had four continuous flops but her last release, Humraaz, performed moderately well at the box office, and her performance earned her a nomination for Filmfare Best Actress Award. She also starred in Kya Yehi Pyaar Hai, in which she played a career-oriented young woman who rejects the advances of the film's hero. In Aap Mujhe Achche Lagne Lage, she plays the role of Sapna who is caged in protective custody of her own father. She co-starred opposite Hrithik Roshan for the second time in this film. Unlike their successful debuts in Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai, the film proved to be a disappointment and resulted in a critical and commercial failure. In 2005 she starred in Vaada playing the role of Arjun Rampal’s wife who is tracked by her former crazed lover. Her next release was Elaan. The film saw her play a reporter. She later appeared 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. The film did an average business.

Patel as the airhead bimbo "Mallaika" in Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic (2008).
Patel as the airhead bimbo "Mallaika" in Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic (2008).

Patel featured in six films in 2006, all of which failed commercially. She first starred in Mere Jeevan Saathi, a production that had been delayed since 2004. Ankahee, which saw her playing the role of a wife and a mother who tries to save her marriage life after her husband's extramarital affair, followed. Despite the film's box office failure, her performance received critical praise. In Teesri Aankh, she played the role of a mute girl. She learned sign language in order to fit the role.[5]

After continuous flops during 2002-2006, Amisha finally saw success in 2007 with the super hit movie Bhool Bhulaiyaa where she played the role of a rejected adopted girl opposite Akshay Kumar. She also starred in Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. where she played the bubbly and vivacious wife of Karan Khanna. In 2008, she had only one release where she appeared in an item number in Kunal Kohli’s Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic in which she co-starred Saif Ali Khan and Rani Mukerji. She essayed the cameo role of Khan’s girlfriend and her dumb bimbo act has won her accolades as well as her bikini in the song Lazy Lamhe that featured her along with Saif.

As of August 2008, Patel has completed working on two comic films, Run Bhola Run opposite Govinda scheduled for a January 2009 release, and Chatur Singh Two Star opposite Sanjay Dutt.

Awards and nominations

Filmfare Awards

Winner

Nominated

Star Screen Awards

Nominated

Zee Cine Awards

Winner

Nominated

IIFA Awards

Nominated

Other Awards

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2000 Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai Sonia Saxena Nominated for Filmfare Best Female Debut Award
Badri Sarayu Telugu film
Enna Vilai Azhagae Divya Tamil 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
Shabnam Mausi Shabnam's Mother Special appearance
Zameer - The Fire Within 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
2008 Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic Mallaika Cameo
2009 Run Bhola Run
Chatur Singh Two Star

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. ^ "Box Office 2000". BoxOfficeIndia.Com. Retrieved on 2007-02-03.
  4. ^ "Top Earners 2000-2009 (Figures in Ind Rs)". BoxOfficeIndia.Com. Retrieved on 2007-02-03.
  5. ^ "Amisha learns the sign language". IndiaFM. Retrieved on 2006-03-02.
  6. ^ "Sansui Viewer's Choice Movie Awards 2002". The Hindu (March 8, 2002). Retrieved on 2008-02-03.

External links

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amisha_Patel"

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