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Amisha Patel (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. Amisha Patel 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.
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.
Amisha Patel 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.
Reportedly, Amisha Patel has broken up with five year long time
boyfriend, Vikram Bhatt.
Amisha 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.
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. Set during the 1947 Indo-Pakistani
conflicts, it featured Amisha 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), Amisha Patel 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) Amisha Patel 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
Amisha Patel played the role of a widow who gets rescued from
committing Sati by a British man.
After many flop films in 2006, Amisha Patel finally had
another hit in October 2007 with the hit movie Bhool
Bhulaiyaa where she played the role of a rejected
adopted girl.
Amisha Patel'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 Patel and Rani are playing
pivotal roles opposite Saif Ali Khan.
Amisha Patel 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.