Ameesha Patel

Cucu perempuan pejuang kemerdekaan India, pengacara, dan mantan Hakim Rajni Patel, Amisha, seorang Gemini, lahir di Rumah Sakit Breach Candy di Bombay. Dia dijuluki Malaikat dan Putri. Adik laki-lakinya Ashmit Patel juga seorang aktor film Bollywood dan namanya merupakan gabungan dari tiga huruf pertama nama ayahnya Amit dan tiga huruf terakhir nama ibunya Asha. Dia belajar di Katedral dan Sekolah Menengah John Connon di Bombay, dan melanjutkan untuk memperoleh gelar di bidang Ekonomi dari Universitas Tufts di Medford, Massachusetts, AS. Setelah lulus dia bekerja di sebuah perusahaan Keuangan dan juga menjadi model sampingan. Dia telah mempelajari bentuk tari Bharat Natyam sejak usia lima tahun, dan telah berakting dalam beberapa drama di Teater Satyadev Dubey termasuk drama berjudul 'Neelam'. Dia tidak memiliki rencana untuk menjadi seorang aktris, tapi ketika teman Amit, pembuat film dan aktor, Rakesh Roshan, bertemu dengannya saat makan siang keluarga, dia menawarinya peran utama dalam 'Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai'. Amisha menerima tawaran tersebut, film tersebut kemudian menjadi blockbuster, dan menjadikannya bintang dalam semalam. Dia kemudian membintangi film seperti 'Gadar: Ek Prem Katha', 'Kranti', 'Kya Yehi Pyar Hai', 'Yeh Zindagi Ka Safar', 'Aap Mujhe Aache Lagne Lage', 'Yeh Hai Jalwa', 'Humraaz', 'Parwana', 'Suno Sasurjee', 'Vaada', 'Elaan', 'Zameer', 'Mere Jeevan Saathi', 'Mangal Pandey', 'Humko Tumse Pyar Hai', 'Teesri Aankh', 'Tathastu', 'Ankahee', Aap Ki Khatir', 'Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd', 'Bhool Bhulaiyaa' & 'Thoda Pyaar Thoda Sihir'. Dia juga berakting dalam tiga film Telugu dan satu film Tamil. Amisha telah menerima empat penghargaan atas penampilannya di 'Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai', dan 'Gadar: Ek Prem Katha'. Dia telah membintangi bersama Akshaye Khanna, Sunny Deol, Akshay Kumar, Bobby Deol, Sanjay Dutt, Aftab Shivdasani, Hrithik Roshan, Arjun Rampal dan lain-lain. Kehidupan pribadinya telah dirusak oleh kesalahpahaman dengan orang tua dan saudara laki-lakinya, sehingga dia meminta campur tangan pengadilan. Dia berkencan dengan sutradara Bollywood, Vikram Bhatt, selama lima tahun sejak perilisan film pertama mereka bersama, 'Aap Mujhe Achche Lagne Lage', namun mereka putus pada tahun 2007. Patel mulai berkencan dengan pengusaha Kanav Puri yang berbasis di London dan Delhi setelah dia putus, namun mereka akhirnya putus dua tahun kemudian pada tahun 2010. Dia memiliki banyak kritikus, yang menggambarkannya sebagai orang yang tidak konsisten, namun sejak itu mereka menggigit bibir mereka ketika mereka terbukti salah oleh aktris mungil dan cantik ini - yang telah, dan terus memikat para penggemarnya dengan berbagai penampilan di layar perak.

Grand-daughter of Indian freedom fighter, lawyer, and former Justice Rajni Patel, Amisha, a Gemini, was born in Bombay's Breach Candy Hospital. She is nicknamed Angel and Princess. Her younger brother Ashmit Patel is also a Bollywood film actor and 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 went on to obtain a degree in Economics from Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, U.S.A. After graduation she worked for a Finance company and also modeled on the side. She has studied Bharat Natyam dance form since the age of five, and had acted in several plays in Satyadev Dubey's Theatre including a play titled 'Neelam'. She did not have any plans of being an actress, but when Amit's friend, film-maker and actor, Rakesh Roshan, met her during a family lunch, he offered her the lead role in 'Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai'. Amisha accepted the offer, the movie went on to become a blockbuster, and made her a star overnight. She went on to star in movies like 'Gadar: Ek Prem Katha', 'Kranti', 'Kya Yehi Pyar Hai', 'Yeh Zindagi Ka Safar', 'Aap Mujhe Aache Lagne Lage', 'Yeh Hai Jalwa', 'Humraaz', 'Parwana', 'Suno Sasurjee', 'Vaada', 'Elaan', 'Zameer', 'Mere Jeevan Saathi', 'Mangal Pandey', 'Humko Tumse Pyar Hai', 'Teesri Aankh', 'Tathastu', 'Ankahee', Aap Ki Khatir', 'Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd', 'Bhool Bhulaiyaa' & 'Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic'. She has also acted in three Telugu films and a Tamil film. Amisha has been the recipient of four awards for her performances in 'Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai', and 'Gadar: Ek Prem Katha'. She has co-starred with Akshaye Khanna, Sunny Deol, Akshay Kumar, Bobby Deol, Sanjay Dutt, Aftab Shivdasani, Hrithik Roshan, Arjun Rampal amongst others. Her personal life has been marred with misunderstandings with her parents and brother, so much so that she has sought the intervention of the courts. She dated Bollywood director, Vikram Bhatt, for five years since the release of their first film together, 'Aap Mujhe Achche Lagne Lage', but they had broken-up in 2007. Patel started dating London and Delhi-based businessman Kanav Puri after her break-up, but they eventually broke up two years later in 2010. She has many critics, who have described her as inconsistent, but have since then bitten their lips when they were proved wrong by this petite, and beautiful actress - who has, and continues to enthrall her fans with a variety of performances on the silver screen.