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Amisha Patel

Patel at the special screening of Ankahee
Born Amisha Amit Patel
June 9, 1976 (1976-06-09) (age 33)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation Actress
Years active 2000 - present

Amisha Patel (Hindi: अमीषा पटेल) (born Amisha Amit Patel on June 9, 1976) 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 (2001), 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 (2007).

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Early life and background

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. She was born in the Breach Candy Hospital in Bombay and is a trained Bharatnatyam dancer since the age of five.2 Her birth 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 was head girl for the academic year 1992-1993 before heading overseas to study economics at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts.

Patel's career began as an economic analyst at Khandwala Securities Limited after graduation. Later on, she received an offer from Morgan Stanley but turned it down. After returning to India she joined Satyadev Dubey's theatre group and acted in plays, upon receiving permission from her conservative parents. At the same time she plunged into modeling appearing in several commercial campaigns. Amisha Patel has also modelled for well-known Indian brands like Bajaj Sevashram, Fair & Lovely, Cadburys Jai Lime, Fem, Lux and many more.

Acting career

2000-2001: Debut and breakthrough

Patel's first opportunity for acting came in the form of an offer from her father's schoolmate, Rakesh Roshan, to star opposite his son, Hrithik Roshan, in Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai (2000). The offer came immediately after she graduated from high school but she refused the project because she wanted to continue her education in USA.3 Later, Kareena Kapoor replaced her but luckily, Kapoor backed out after shooting for a couple of days and Patel was given the opportunity once again during a family lunch.4 Patel readily agreed to do the project this time. The role of an exuberant college girl in love, undergoing a tortuous time at losing her lover and rediscovering a more mature relationship gave Patel scope to perform. The film was a smashing success and established Patel as a rising star, earning her awards for Best Debut at a number of award ceremonies.5

In her second film, the Telugu language drama Badri, she starred opposite Pawan Kalyan. The film was a major success, grossing more than Rs 120 million in India.6

2001 saw her appearing in Anil Sharma's cross-border romance, Gadar: Ek Prem Katha, alongside Sunny Deol. Patel signed on much before she shot into the limelight with Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai and was among 22 girls that were screen-tested from 500 girls who came to audition for the film. Patel had gone through a 12-hour audition before she got the part.7 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.8 Set during the 1947 Indo-Pakistani conflicts, it featured Patel as Sakeena, 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. Popular critic Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama concluded "Despite being one-film-old, Amisha Patel deserves full marks for handling the complex role with elegance. She looks the character she is portraying and impresses with a natural performance."9 The film was perceived as being excessively anti-Pakistani.10

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.

2002-2006: Career slump

In 2002, Patel had four continuous failures though her last release, Humraaz, became one of the highest grossing films of the year at the box office, and her performance earned her a nomination for Filmfare Best Actress Award. The Abbas-Mustan marital thriller, inspired by the 1998 Hollywood film A Perfect Murder, saw her playing a negative role for the first time. She played the girlfriend of Akshaye Khanna, who marries Bobby Deol to grab his wealth – but, seeing Bobby's honesty, her character surrenders to him.

Despite the relative success of Humraaz, Patel's string of unsuccessful films followed and would continue until 2006. She 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 played 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 pairing 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 Satish Kaushik's thriller Vaada, playing the role of Arjun Rampal's unfaithful wife who is followed by her obsessive ex-lover. In her next release, Elaan, she played a reporter. She later appeared in Ketan Mehta's historical drama Mangal Pandey: The Rising where she played the role of the soft-spoken Jwala, a Bengali widow who gets rescued from committing Sati by a British Commanding Officer. The film, which saw her appearing sans make-up for the first time,11 did an average business despite becoming a major grosser.12

Patel featured in six films in 2006, all which failed commercially. She first starred in Mere Jeevan Saathi, a production that had been delayed since 2004. The film, directed by Suneel Darshan, was inspired from the 1987 Hollywood thriller Fatal Attraction. She was then seen as a blind girl in Humko Tumse Pyaar Hai, another delayed production since 2002. The film had a very small release and flopped badly with some critics describing it as outdated. In Teesri Aankh, she played the role of a mute girl who witnesses a murder. She learned the sign language in order to fit the role.13 Patel was next cast in Tathastu, based on Denzel Washington's thriller John Q. Her performance as the helpless mother was not well-received.

2006-Present: Renewed success

Patel's fifth release in 2006, Ankahee, earned her critical praise despite its failure at the box office.14 The film saw her play the role of a wronged wife and a mother who tries to save her marriage life after her husband's extramarital affair. Diganta Guha from Hindustan Times noted "...it's Amisha's performance that remains in your mind. She is dignity personified in the film, playing a woman betrayed in marriage, going all out to save it and in the end choosing her own path."15

Later that year, she starred along with Akshaye Khanna and Priyanka Chopra in Dharmesh Darshan's Aap Ki Khatir. Patel played a supporting role for the first time and the film received mixed reviews.

After appearing in a series of box office duds during 2002-2006, Patel saw success in 2007 with the moderately successful romantic comedy Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. playing the role of Karan Khanna's blabbermouth wife who tries to overcome her husband's gay leanings. She later co-starred opposite Akshay Kumar in Priyadarshan's hit Bhool Bhulaiyaa as a rejected adopted girl who is accused of trying to disrupt the marriage of her childhood crush.

In an attempt to renew her image, Patel appeared in a bikini item number, Lazy Lamhe, in Kunal Kohli's Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic (2008). Patel learned scuba diving for the song16 that took 15 days to complete.17 Although the film flopped at the box office, Patel managed to garner attention for her appearance.18

Patel is set to star in two films in 2009 that include the comedy thriller Run Bhola Run alongside Govinda and Tusshar Kapoor, and the action comedy Chatur Singh Two Star opposite Sanjay Dutt. She has also signed a three-film deal with Yash Raj Films. One of the films will be directed by Shaad Ali and will co-star Ranbir Kapoor.19

Personal life

In 1999, Patel met Bollywood director Vikram Bhatt on the set of their first movie together, Aap Mujhe Achche Lagne Lage (2002),20 and they started dating since the film's release. Later, it caused a rift between the Patel and Bhatt families21 with Patel running through a financial crisis after her parents used all her hard-earned money for their personal satisfaction causing misunderstandings between Patel and her parents.22

In July 2004, Patel sent a legal notice to her father for mismanaging her accounts and assets amounting to Rs 120 million and demanding the money back.23 She then appeared in two of Bhatt's films that include Elaan (2005) and his semi-biographic Ankahee (2006) and rumors were spread on March 2006 that the couple were ready to wed.24

In January 2008, rumors were spread that the couple broke their five-year relationship. Bhatt confirmed the break-up in a conversation with Mid-Day saying, "Yes I am not denying the fact that the affair is over, but what's the point of going into the past and talking about why and when it happened?"25 On March 12, 2008, Patel was spotted with London-based businessman Kanav Puri at Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week.26 In June 2008, she confirmed their relationship as she said in an interview with Mid-Day, "I did not admit to Kanav sooner because he's very special and I did not want to jinx it. It was too precious for me to talk about it to people. It's almost six months now and now I am feeling secure and now I know our relationship is too strong for anything or anyone to come between us."27 Later, gossip columnists linked Patel to director Kunal Kohli before the release of their film, Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic (2008),28 and the media also reported that she got married to Puri but she denied these rumors.29

In the media

Rediff featured Patel as one of Bollywood's sexiest actresses30 and top Bollywood actresses of 2001.31 She was ranked first o rediff's list of 2008's Sexiest Actresses. 32 Patel was also cited by Rediff as one of 2008's Sexiest Magazine Cover Girls33 Patel is frequently cited as one of the sexiest bollywood actresses.343536 Between 2002 and 2005, Patel has made an appearance in a number of talk shows such as Rendezvous with Simi Garewal, The Manish Malhotra Show and Nachle Ve with Saroj Khan. In 2006, Patel appeared as the guest judge on the special Valentine's day episode of the singing talent contest, Indian Idol 2.

Filmography

Year Film Role Notes
2000 Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai Sonia Saxena Nominated, Filmfare Best Female Debut Award
Badri Sarayu Telugu film
2001 Gadar: Ek Prem Katha Sakeena 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, Filmfare Best Actress Award
2003 Pudhiya Geethai Jo Tamil film
Parwana Pooja
2004 Suno Sasurjee Kiran Saxena
Shart: The Challenge Herself Special appearance
Naani Priya Telugu film
2005 Vaada Puja
Elaan Priya
Zameer: The Fire Within Pooja
Narasimhudu Subba Lakshmi Telugu film
Mangal Pandey: The Rising Jwala
2006 Mere Jeevan Saathi Anjali
Humko Tumse Pyaar Hai Durga
Teesri Aankh Ammu
Tathastu Sarita
Ankahee Nandita Saxena
Aap Ki Khatir Shirani
2007 Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. Pinky
Heyy Babyy Special appearance in title song
Bhool Bhulaiyaa Radha
Om Shanti Om Herself Special appearance
2008 Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic Malaika Nominated, Stardust Best Supporting Actress Award
2009 Chatur Singh Two Star Sonia Post-production
Run Bhola Run
Shaad Ali's Next Pre-production
2010 Untitled Yash Raj Film

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Amisha Patel enters Bollywood", rediff.com
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  13. ^ "Amisha learns the sign language". IndiaFM. http://www.indiafm.com/features/2006/03/02/1054/index.html==. Retrieved on 2006-03-02. 
  14. ^ "Amisha Patel - When dear Vikram forgot to call CUT!". IndiaGlitz. http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/hindi/article/22718.html==. Retrieved on 2006-05-30. 
  15. ^ "Ankahee deserves an applause". HindustanTimes.Com. http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=afc70bef-3199-44c7-b323-b27b64374b3b. Retrieved on 2006-05-20. 
  16. ^ "Ameesha trains in scuba diving". Mid-Day. http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/2008/feb/977672.htm==. Retrieved on 2008-02-11. 
  17. ^ "Magically yours". Hindustan Times. http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=NLetter&id=14ef064a-6c65-416e-8416-eabfe08144fb&Headline=Magically+yours. Retrieved on 2008-06-16. 
  18. ^ "Ameesha is hot!". Times of India. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Lifestyle/articleshow/3133888.cms==. Retrieved on 2008-06-17. 
  19. ^ "Queen, be?". Mumbai Mirror. http://www.mumbaimirror.com/index.aspx?Page=article&sectname=Entertainment%20-%20Bollywood&sectid=30&contentid=2008061720080617031803628268f3b2f. Retrieved on 2008-06-17. 
  20. ^ "'I want to make a film that expresses me'". Rediff. http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2000/aug/30vikram.htm. Retrieved on 2000-08-30. 
  21. ^ "Amisha-Vikram's mom at war!". Sify. http://sify.com/movies/bollywood/fullstory.php?id=13444883. Retrieved on 2004-04-01. 
  22. ^ ""My mom beat me with a slipper" - Amisha Patel". IndiaFM. http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2005/2/21/394/index.html. Retrieved on 2005-02-21. 
  23. ^ "Pushy papa’s girl grows up & hits back". Telegraph India. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040726/asp/frontpage/story_3543285.asp. Retrieved on 2004-07-25. 
  24. ^ "Ameesha Patel and Vikram Bhatt to wed?". Times of India. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1440080.cms. Retrieved on 2006-03-06. 
  25. ^ "Vikram Bhatt admits he's no longer with girlfriend of five years Ameesha Patel". Mid-Day. http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/2008/jan/909217.htm. Retrieved on 2008-01-17. 
  26. ^ "New man in Amisha Patel's life?". Sify. http://sify.com/movies/bollywood/fullstory.php?id=14622281. Retrieved on 2008-03-14. 
  27. ^ "Amisha breaks silence on beau". Mid-Day. http://www.mid-day.com/web/guest/entertainment/bollywood/article?_EXT_5_articleId=1184641&_EXT_5_groupId=14. Retrieved on 2008-06-17. 
  28. ^ "What’s brewing between Kunal Kohli and Amisha Patel?". SearchAndhra.com. http://searchandhra.com/cinema/what%E2%80%99s-brewing-between-kunal-kohli-and-amisha-patel. Retrieved on 2008-05-31. 
  29. ^ "I’m very very unmarried at the moment". Mumbai Mirror. http://www.mumbaimirror.com/index.aspx?Page=article&sectname=Entertainment%20-%20Bollywood&sectid=30&contentid=2008120920081209020938219b70b9189. Retrieved on 2008-12-09. 
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  33. ^ "The Sexiest Cover Girls 2008". http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2009/jan/06slide8-best-covergirls-2008.htm. 
  34. ^ The Times Of India. "Bollywood's Hottest Bodies". http://photogallery.indiatimes.com/articleshow/3891651.cms. 
  35. ^ "Bollywood's sexiest heroines". http://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/mar/07slid10.htm. 
  36. ^ "2008's Sexiest Actresses". http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2008/dec/22sld1-the-hottest-item-numbers.htm. 

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Awards and achievements
Filmfare Awards
Preceded by
TBD
Special Performance
for Gadar: Ek Prem Katha

2002
Succeeded by
Kareena Kapoor
for Chameli