About Amisha Patel

Full Name: Amisha Amit Patel
Date of Birth/Place: 09 June 1977/Bombay 

Address: 51,Shahaka Building, B Road, Church Gate,
              Bombay:400020
Father's Name: Amit Patel
Mother's Name: Asha Patel
Education: Schooling from Cathedral High School &
Graduation in Economics from Tufts University (Boston).
Greatest Possession: Her Intellect
Greatest Asset: Her Family
Closest Friend: Her Mom
Ad campaigns accomplished: Bajaj Sevashram,Fair & Lovely
,Jai Lime,Lux,Cadburys,Fem, etc.
Favorite Food: Home food & Thai Cuisine
Favorite Clothes: A pair of Track Pants & a T-shirt,
Salwar-Kameez & trousers.
Favorite Actor    : Aamir Khan, Dilip Kumar & Richard Gere
Favorite Actress: Meena Kumari, Madhuri Dixit,
                                 Julia Roberts
Favorite Singers: Jagjit Singh & Julio Iglesias
Favorite Movie: Qayamat Se Qayamat tak [watched 9 times],
Dilawale Dulhania Le Layenge, Umrao Jaan, Chandni
& Pretty Woman.
Favorite Perfumes: Angel by thierya & Mugler.
Favorite Colour: Pastel Shades.
Favorite Book: "A Bridge Across Forever" by Richard Bach.
Her Sex Appeal: Smile & Hair

Filmography

Year	Film Name	Cast
2007	HONEYMOON TRAVELS PVT LTD	Shabana Azmi, Boman Irani, Abhay Deol, Amisha Patel, Raima Sen, Kay Kay Menon, Sandhya Mridul, Vikram Chatwal, Minissha Lamba, Karan Khanna, Diya Mirza, Arjun Rampal, Shahana Goswami
2007	HEYY BABYY	Aarti Chabria, Akshay Kumar, Amisha Patel, Amrita Arora, Amrita Rao, Diya Mirza, Fardeen Khan, Hrishitaa Bhatt, Koena Mitra, Malaika Arora, Minissha Lamba, Neha Dhupia, Ritesh Deshmukh, Riya Sen, Shamita Shetty, Tara Sharma, Masumi Makhija, Vidya Balan, Boman Irani
2007	BHOOL BHULAIYAA	Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan, Shiny Ahuja, Amisha Patel, Paresh Rawal, Rajpal Yadav, Vikram Gokhale, Manoj Joshi, Asrani
2006	TATHASTU	Sanjay Dutt, Amisha Patel, Jaya Prada, Amit Divetia, Gulshan Grover, Asrani, Yash Pathak
2006	ANKAHEE	Aftab Shivdasani, Esha Deol, Amisha Patel
2006	AAP KI KHATIR	Akshaye Khanna, Priyanka Chopra, Amisha Patel, Dino Morea, Sunil Shetty, Anupam Kher
2006	TEESRI AANKH	Sunny Deol, Amisha Patel, Neha Dhupia, Aashish Chaudhary, Aarti Chabria , Murli Sharma, Mukesh Tiwari, Mukesh Rishi
2005	HUMKO TUMSE PYAAR HAI	Bobby Deol, Amisha Patel, Arjun Rampal, Kanwaljeet, Suhasini Mulay
2005	MERE JEEVAN SAATHI	Akshay Kumar, Karisma Kapoor, Amisha Patel
2005	THE RISING	Aamir Khan, Rani Mukherjee, Amisha Patel, Toby Stephens, Coral Beed
2005	ZAMEER	Ajay Devgan, Amisha Patel, Mahima Choudhary
2005	ELAAN	Rahul Khanna, Arjun Rampal, Mithun Chakraborty, John Abraham, Lara Dutta, Amisha Patel
2004	VAADA	Arjun Rampal, Amisha Patel, Zayed Khan, Rakesh Bedi, Rajesh Vivek, Virendra Saxena
2003	PARWANA	Ajay Devagan, Amisha Patel, Pooja Batra
2002	KRANTI	Bobby Deol, Amisha Patel, Vinod Khanna, Rati Agnihotri
2002	AAP MUJHE ACHCHE LAGNE LAGE	Amisha Patel, Hrithik Roshan, Kiran Kumar, Mukesh Tiwari, Preeti Sapru
2002	YEH ZINDAGI KA SAFAR	Amisha Patel, Gulshan Grover, Jimmy Shergill, Nafisa Ali, Ehsaan Khan
2002	HUMRAAZ	Bobby Deol, Akshaye Khanna, Amisha Patel
2002	KYA YEHI PYAAR HAI	Amisha Patel, Aftab Shivdasani, Jackie Shroff, Anupama Verma
2002	YEH HAI JALWA	Salman Khan, Amisha patel, Rishi Kapoor
2001	YEH ZINDAGI KA SAFAR	Amisha Patel, Jimmy Shergill
2001	SUNO SASURJI	Govinda, Amisha Patel, Aftab Shivdasani
2000	AAP MUJHE ACHHE LAGNE LAGE	Amisha Patel, Hrithik Roshan
2000	KAHO NA PYAAR HAI	(intr.) Hrithik Roshan, (intr.) Amisha Patel, Antra Mali
2000	ARMAAN	Hrithik Roshan, Amisha Patel
2000	GADAR	Sunny Deol, Amisha Patel

The History of Amisha Patel

• Amisha Patel is an Indian actress best known for her work in some of the biggest blockbusters in Bollywood history. Here are some quick facts about this popular Indian actress and her career.
  

• Early Years

• Born on June 9, 1976, in Mumbai (then Bombay), Amisha Patel received her high school education at the Cathedral and John Connon High School in Mumbai and her college degree from Tufts University in Massachusetts. After her college graduation, she began to act in plays and do some modeling work. 

• Career Slump

• Patel's monumental success was followed by a string of box-office bombs between 2002 and 2006. Patel did experience a respite, though, with "Humraaz," a movie that was inspired by the 1998 Michael Douglas-starring thriller "A Perfect Murder."

• Redemption

• By the end of 2006, Patel had won great critical praise for playing a transgressed wife in "Ankahee." She also got additional boosts with the moderate box office success of the romantic comedy "Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd." and the critical success of "Bhool Bhulaiyaa," both released in 2007.

• Outside the Silver Screen

• Patel is also a singer, performing in concerts across India, and occasionally in the United States and Canada. She has also participated in a number of humanitarian efforts in India.

• The Extent of Fame

• Several Indian media outlets have perennially listed Amisha Patel as one of Bollywood's most famous and most beautiful actresses. She has made appearances in a number of talk shows and talent contests in India.
  
  

Controversy

Actress starts war of words with former friend!

Amisha Patel is facing yet another controversy in her career. This time around she has started a war of words with former friend Bunty Walia. The pair became buddies during a recent worldwide concert tour featuring Amisha Patel and partly organised by Bunty Walia. Rumours soon started circulating that they were actually having a passionate affair. Amisha, obviously upset about the news, believes Bunty started to stories in a desperate attempt to receive free publicity. "These vicious rumours are causing me a lot of harm. I think our friendship has been misconstrued not just by the world, but also by him as well. I ended my friendship with him when I came to know that he was spreading rumours about our so-called `intimacy'. I don't believe in the kiss-and-tell kind of relationship," she told reporters. Now Bunty has decided to publicly state his side of the story. "It's unfortunate that she finds the need to run down our relationship, friendship or whatever she chooses to call it. Lies do not make you a better person. The greatest strength is truth and I know I'm on the right. In respect of all that was, I will say no more. But if Amisha chooses to take it further, she leaves me with no option but to speak. And that will be a source of embarrassment not only to her, but also to the film industry and people she claims to love and respect".

Biography

Amisha Patel made a splash with Kaho Na Pyaar Hai and later proved herself in Gadar: Ek Prem Katha.
Basics on Amisha
Amisha Patel is a Gemini born on 9th June 1976 in Mumbai.  Her parents are Amit Patel and Asha Patel. Actor Ashmit Patel is her brother. She is the grand-daughter of lawyer-politician Rajni Patel, who was also the Congress Committee President, Mumbai.
Her schooling was at Cathedral and John Connon High School, where she was the head girl. She left to Massachusetts to study economics at the Tufts University. She is even known to have won a gold medal for her paper on economics. She worked for Morgan Stanley before trying her hand at acting in theaters with Satyadev Dubey’s theater group.
Her conflicts with her family was publicized as she took legal measures against them.
She is dating director Vikram Bhatt.
Amisha’s Movies
Amisha Patel got lucky when Kareena Kapoor opted out of Hrithik Roshan’s debut Kaho Na Pyaar Hai (2000). The movie was a blockbuster and Amisha became famous overnight. She also worked her acting skills in the Telugu movie Badri with Pawan Kalyan.
In 2001, she gave a fantastic performance as Sakeena in Gadar: Ek Prem Katha. She won the Filmfare Special Performance Award. She worked with Hrithik Roshan again in Aap Mujhe Acche Lagne Lage (2002) that flopped. Humraaz (2002) was a hit.
She acted in several movies like Pudhiya Geethai (2003), Naani (2004), Elaan (2005), Narasimhudu (2005), Mangal Pandey: The Rising (2005), Teesri Aankh (2006) and Aap Ki Kathir (2006).
Her luck changed for the better with Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd (2007) in which she played the bubbly, garish Pinky Kapoor. Bhool Bhulaiyya (2007) with Akshay Kumar and Shiney Ahuja also did well. She made a brief appearance in Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic in the song Lazy Lamhe.
In 2009, Amisha will be appearing in comedies Run Bhola Run with Govinda and Chatur Singh Two Star with Sanjay Dutt.

Personal Quotes

[on item numbers] I don't mind an item number like "Kajra Re" from Bunty Aur Babli (2005), it's done well and the song seems like a whole lot of fun. But if I did a "Khallas," my career would also be Khallas with it!
[on Hrithik Roshan's and Sussanne Khan's new born child, Hrehaan] We were children together... now the child I knew, has a child. Such a long journey... in such a short time, now they embark on another journey. A journey of parenthood. I wish them all the best. Sussanne and Hrithik are beautiful people and now the most beautiful thing has happened to them.
I would never deny the importance of the media, but I wouldn't go out of the way to splash my pictures all over town. I'd rather let my work do the talking.
Films were never on my agenda, may be it was written in my destiny. And since I am here, I would like to give it my best try.
No one wants to touch you, if you don't have a film background. Which is why outsiders like me have to work doubly hard to get noticed.
People bring you up so fast... But they bring you down even faster.
I love human beings. I believe that there is so much to learn from every person you meet including a child.
I feel French is very close to Urdu. Both languages are beautiful. Sadly, their beauty is lost in translation.
To join or not to join films was the biggest choice I had to make. I'd done two years of biogenetic engineering, was an economics graduate and a gold medalist. I had also been a Bharatanatyam dancer from age five, always won the best actress award in school. Finally I decided to do things for my soul, chose to act.
You have to take life with a pinch of salt and enjoy what you have. There's no point whining.
Believe in yourself and follow the path of honesty because there are no shortcuts in life.
[on her relationship with Vikram Bhatt] People often felt that I was mismatched with Vikram. But for me it was all about the intellect and not about the outer facade.. ours was a dignified and amicable breakup. We were the best of friends and we remain so. We knew we had to move on. So, it was beautifully done. We talk to each other even now and help each other.
I'd never get into a relationship because it would benefit me career wise or monetarily. I'm not one of those who'd say, 'He's not successful, dump him' and move on to the next one.
I don't think two actresses from the same generation can be friends. When you are vying for the same role and competing with one another you cannot be friends. I'd never give up a role for anyone. But two actresses from different generations can be friends. Madhuri Dixit and I got along really well.
I have never done films where the spotlight is only on me. I say yes when I feel the audience can relate to my character in some way. When I played a mother in my second film, "Gadar", and was covered from head to toe, people thought I was damaging my career. When I wore saris in "Humraaz", many thought it would work against me. The same was repeated to me when I played a love-struck wife in "Honeymoon..." Even Adi (Aditya Chopra) was scared and told me to think twice before saying yes to "Thoda Pyaar..." as it was essentially the role of a dimwit. She was lovable but there could have been negative responses.
I am happy I have competition. It keeps me on my toes all the while and stops me from becoming complacent. So, it works to my advantage.

Trivia

Won gold medal for an Economics paper at her university.
Obtained Biogenetic Engineering degree in the United States.
Granddaughter of barrister politican, Rajni Patel.
Economic graduate from Tufts University, Boston
Daughter of Asha Patel and sister of Ashmit Patel
Attended Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. Studied Economics and graduated as part of the class of 1997.
Ex-girlfriend of Vikram Bhatt.
Turned down Bipasha Basu's role in Jism (2003).
Dropped out of the role of Bhoomika Chawla in Tere Naam (2003) due to scheduling conflicts.
Her favorite movies are Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988), Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995), Umrao Jaan (1981), Chandni (1989) and Pretty Woman (1990).