Ameesha Patel Personal Life & picture
Ameesha Patel
Ameesha Patel: born Amisha Amit Patel on 9 June 1975)
is an Indian actress who appears in mainly Bollywood movies. 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, earning her a Filmfare Special
Performance Award. 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).
Ameesha Patel
Ameesha Patel
Her relationship with filmmaker Vikram Bhatt was often
talked about in the Indian media as well as her long-running rift with her
parents.
| Ameesha Patel |
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Patel at Apsara Awards (2012). |
| Born |
Amisha Amit Patel
9 June 1975 (age 37)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Occupation |
Actress, producer |
| Years active |
2000–present |
| Parents |
Asha Patel |
| Relatives |
Ashmit Patel (brother) |
| Website |
| (www.ameeshapatelproduction.com) |
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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. 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.
Ameesha Patel
Ameesha Patel
She studied
at the Cathedral and John Connon 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.
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Ameesha Patel
Ameesha Patel
Ameesha Patel
Ameesha Patel
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, including an Urdu
language play titled Neelam (1999) that was written by Tanveer Khan,[3] upon
receiving permission from her conservative parents. At the same time she
plunged into modeling appearing in several commercial campaigns. Patel has also
modeled for well-known Indian brands like Bajaj Sevashram, Fair & Lovely,
Cadburys Jai Lime, Fem, Lux and many more
Personal life
In 1999, Patel met filmmaker Vikram Bhatt on the set of their first movie together,
Aap Mujhe Achche Lagne Lage (2002),
and they started dating since the film's release. Later, it caused a rift between the Patel and Bhatt families
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.
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.
Patel's relationship with Bhatt was often reported to the media spectaculating a possible marriage.
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Ameesha Patel
Ameesha Patel
In January 2008, the media reported that Patel and Bhatt broke their
five-year relationship. Bhatt confirmed the break-up in a conversation
with
Mid-Day.
Shortly afterwards, Patel's parents explained their willingness to
reconcile with their daughter and that "everybody is happy about the
break-up" but their relationship remained strained.
On 12 March 2008, Patel was spotted with London-based businessman Kanav Puri at
Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week.
In June 2008, she confirmed their relationship 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."
The media once reported that she got married to Puri but she denied these rumors.
In August 2009,
Mumbai Mirror reported that Patel and her brother, Ashmit, had patched up on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan and were spotted together at PVR Cinemas in Juhu. Although the siblings agreed that the matter is sorted, they preferred not to speak about it publicly.
In December 2009, Patel's mother Asha had revealed they have finally
ended their five-year estrangement during an interview with
Times of India.
In September 2010,
Mumbai Mirror reported that Patel broke off the relationship with her long-time boyfriend Kanav Puri, to focus on her career.
She confirmed it via Twitter.
