Amisha Patel

Amisha Patel is one of the finest actresses in bollywood today. She took bollywood by storm in 2000 with her bubbly boisterous performance in Rakesh Roshan's "Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai".

Amisha was born on June 9th 1976 in Mumbai to Amit Patel and his wife Asha Patel. Interestingly Amisha Patel's name is a blend of first three letters of her father's name Amit and the last three letters from her mother's name Asha. Amisha is also the granddaughter of late Rajni Patel, the famous lawyer-turned political leader. Amisha has a brother named Ashmit Patel, a promising bollywood actor.

Amisha Patel began bharatanatyam, an Indian classical dance form, at the age of five. Amisha finished her high school from Cathedral and John Connon high School in Mumbai; and she served as the head girl in her class during the academic year 1992-1993. She later flew to the United States to graduate in economics with a gold medal from Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts

After her graduation, Amisha Patel took up with Morgan Stanley. At the same time she plunged into modeling appearing in several commercial campaigns. Amisha Patel has also modeled for well-known Indian brands like Bajaj Sevashram, Fair & Lovely, Cadburys Jai Lime, Fem, Lux and many more.

Amisha Patel soon returned back to her homeland Mumbai and quickly joined Satyadev Dubey's theatre group, where she participated in several of their stage plays. Later Amisha had a chance meeting with Rakesh Roshan, the ace bollywood filmmaker at one of the family parties. Little did she know then that this meeting would completely change the course of her destiny. Amisha didn't even imagined then that she would soon become one of the biggest stars in bollywood in the coming years.

Amisha Patel with her success streak in bollywood continues to dazzle on screen enthralling and entertaining millions of fans with her amazing acting talents.

Amisha Patel has also delighted the audiences down south with her sizzling performances in Telugu films such as "Badri" starring Pavan Kalyan, "Naani" {2004} starring Mahesh Babu and "Narasimhudu" {2005} starring Jr NTR. This hot bollywood actress has also acted in a couple of Tamil films "Enna Vilai Azhagae" {2000} and "Pudhiya Geethai" {2003}.

Amisha Patel is currently dating Kanav Puri, a London-based industrialist. Earlier she has had romantic links with bollywood director, Vikram Bhatt, who reportedly stood by her thick and thin during her personal crises on home front.

Amisha Patel has since appeared in several notable films including "Humraaz" {2002} starring Akshaye Khanna and Bobby Deol, "Parwana" {2003} starring Ajay Devgan, "The Rising: Ballad of Mangal Pandey" {2005} starring Aamir Khan, "Vaada" {2005} starring Arjun Rampal Vikram Bhatt's "Ankahee" {2006}, "Bhool Bhulaiyaa" {2007} starring Akshay Kumar and many more movies.

Her second bollywood film "Gadar: Ek Prem Katha" {2001} starring Sunny Deol too became the biggest blockbuster hit grossing an over Rs.970 million in India alone. Amisha gave a stunning performance as a Muslim girl falling for a Hindu boy against the backdrop of Indo-Pak riots in 1947. Her histrionic talents have won her accolades, honors and awards including a Filmfare Special Performance Award.

Amisha Patel finally made her debut with Rakesh Roshan's "Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai" in 2000. The movie also served as a launching vehicle for Hrithik Roshan. The Hindi film became one of the biggest musical blockbuster hits in 2000 and Amisha Patel became a superstar overnight. Her performance has been critically hailed and brought her numerous awards.

Amisha Patel soon returned back to her homeland Mumbai and quickly joined Satyadev Dubey's theatre group, where she participated in several of their stage plays. Later Amisha had a chance meeting with Rakesh Roshan, the ace bollywood filmmaker at one of the family parties. Little did she know then that this meeting would completely change the course of her destiny. Amisha didn't even imagined then that she would soon become one of the biggest stars in bollywood in the coming years.

Amisha Patel began learning bharatanatyam, an Indian classical dance form, at the age of five. Amisha finished her high school from Cathedral and John Connon High School in Mumbai; and she served as the head girl in her class during the academic year 1992-1993. She later flew to the United States to graduate in economics with a gold medal from Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. After her graduation, Amisha Patel took up work with Morgan Stanley. At the same time she plunged into modeling appearing in several commercial campaigns. Amisha Patel has also modeled for well-known Indian brands like Bajaj Sevashram, Fair & Lovely, Cadburys Jai Lime, Fem, Lux and many more.

Amisha Patel is one of the hot bollywood actresses.

Amisha Patel was born on June 9th 1976 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

Amisha Patel's nickname is Angel.

Amisha Patel is of 5' 2½" [1.59 m] in height.

Amisha Patel was born to Amit Patel and Asha Patel.

Amisha Patel has a brother named Ashmit Patel who is also a bollywood actor.

Amisha Patel's name is derived from her parents' name. The first three letters from her father Amit's name and the last three letters from her mother's name Asha.

Amisha Patel is the granddaughter of late Rajni Patel, freedom fighter, lawyer-turned-political leader.

Amisha Patel learnt bharatanatyam at the age of five.

Amisha Patel studied at Cathedral and John Connon High School in Mumbai.

Amisha Patel was the head girl in her class for the 1992-1993 academic years.

Amisha Patel is an economics graduate with a gold medal from Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts., USA.

Amisha Patel is also said to have obtained Biogenetic Engineering degree while in USA.

Amisha Patel worked for Morgan Stanley and did some modeling during her stay in USA.

Amisha Patel modeled for well-known brands like Fair & Lovely, Jai Lime, Cadburys, Lux, Fem and Bajaj Sevashram.

Amisha Patel returned back to India and soon joined Satyadev Dubey's theatre group and performed with them.

Amisha Patel met ace bollywood filmmaker Rakesh Roshan at one of their family parties.

Amisha Patel made her debut with Rakesh Roshan's "Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai" which also launched Hrithik Roshan in 2000.

Amisha Patel's second Hindi film "Gadar: Ek Prem Katha" [2001] starring Sunny Deol became the biggest blockbuster hit movie in bollywood.

Amisha Patel has appeared two Tamil films "Enna Vilai Azhagae" [2000] and "Pudhiya Geethai" [2003].

Amisha Patel won Zee Cine Award Best Female Debut for "Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai" [2000].

Amisha Patel has received two Screen Weekly Awards for "Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai" [2000] and "Gadar: Ek Prem Katha" [2001].

Amisha Patel has received nominations from Zee Cine Awards and Popular Award nomination from
International Indian Film Academy for "Gadar: Ek Prem Katha" [2001].

Amisha Patel was earlier involved in a romantic link up with bollywood film director Vikram Bhatt who is twice her age.

Amisha Patel is currently dating London-based business magnate Kanav Puri.

Amisha Patel got her debut role in "Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai" [2000] after Kareena Kapoor walked out of the movie after shooting for a few days.

Amisha Patel's parents were not interested in her acting career.

Amisha Patel's favorite actors are Aamir Khan, Dilip Kumar and Richard Gere.

Amisha Patel is a great fan of Julia Roberts, Meena Kumari, Madhuri Dixit and Rani Mukherjee.

Amisha Patel's favorite movies are "Umrao Jaan" [1981], "Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak" [1988], "Chandni" [1989], "Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge" [1995], and "Pretty Woman" [1990].

Amisha Patel loves to eat home-made food and Thai Cuisine.

Amisha Patel has appeared in over thirty films including Telugu and Tamil Films.

Amisha Patel has appeared in three Telugu films "Badri" [2000], "Naani" [2004], and “Narasimhudu" [2005].

Amisha Patel has won Filmfare Special Performance Award for "Gadar: Ek Prem Katha" [2001].

Amisha Patel has received two Filmfare nominations for "Gadar: Ek Prem Katha" [2001] and "Humraaz" [2002].