Amrita Singh

Amrita Singh
Amrita Singh & Sara Ali Khan
Born (1958-02-09) 9 February 1958
Occupation Film and television actress
Years active 1983–present
Spouse(s) Saif Ali Khan
(m.1991;d.2004)
Children 2

Amrita Singh (born 9 February 1958)[1] is an Indian film and television actress.[2]

Early life

Singh was born to a Muslim mother, Rukhsana Sultana,[3] who was a political associate of Sanjay Gandhi during the Indian Emergency in the 1970s.[4][5][6][7] [8] and a Sikh father, army officer Shivinder Singh , from a feudal family.[9] Through her paternal grandmother Mohinder Kaur, Amrita is the great-granddaughter of Sobha Singh, one of the builders of New Delhi, and the great-niece of the late novelist Khushwant Singh. The actress Begum Para is her aunt, while the actor Ayub Khan is her second cousin.[3] Singh attended Modern School in New Delhi and is fluent in English, Punjabi and Hindi.[10]

Film career

1983–1993

Singh made her Bollywood debut in 1983 with Betaab, an immensely successful film in which she was paired with Sunny Deol. This was quickly followed by a succession of hits, such as Sunny in 1984, Mard (which was the biggest hit of that year) and Saaheb in 1985, Chameli Ki Shaadi and Naam in 1986 and Khudgarz in 1987. Singh made a successful pair in several films, not only with Sunny Deol and Sanjay Dutt, but also with Anil Kapoor and Amitabh Bachchan, two leading actors of the 1980s.[11] As well as playing leading roles, she also played supporting negative roles in films such as Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman (1992) and Aaina (1993). She also won the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for the latter. These successes did not dissuade her from her resolve to retire into family life and she quit acting after her appearance in the 1993 film Rang.

2002–present

Singh returned to acting in 2002 with the film 23rd March 1931: Shaheed, in which she played the mother of Bhagat Singh (played by Bobby Deol). She joined the television industry with Ekta Kapoor's family drama Kavyanjali, aired on Star Plus in 2005. Singh was seen in a negative role in the show, that soon gained immense popularity.[12] Later that year, she won acclaim for her performance in yet another negative role for the film Kalyug. In 2007, Singh played the role of gangster Maya Dolas' mother, Ratnaprabha Dolas, in the Sanjay Gupta film Shootout at Lokhandwala, directed by Apoorva Lakhia. Vivek Oberoi played the role of Maya. Later on she appeared in the anthology film Dus Kahaniyaan, where she appeared in the short story Poornmasi.

Continuing her acting journey, Singh played in the film Kajraare in 2010, and also appeared in Aurangzeb under the Yash Raj Films banner, where she was paired with Jackie Shroff after almost two decades.[13] In 2014, she was seen in the film 2 States, produced by Dharma Productions, portraying the role of co-actor Arjun Kapoor's mother. The film released on 18 April 2014.[14] In 2016, she appeared in Flying Jat playing Tiger Shroff's mother and recently in 2017 she appeared in the acclaimed drama Hindi Medium.

Personal life

Singh married actor Saif Ali Khan in 1991. The couple married in an Islamic wedding ceremony. Singh converted to Islam before marriage.[15] 12 years younger than her, Khan is the son of former Indian test cricket captain Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, the ninth Nawab of Pataudi and actress Sharmila Tagore. Their daughter Sara Ali Khan was born in 1993,[16] and son Ibrahim Ali Khan in 2001.[17] [18] Amrita gave up acting for a family life with her husband. After thirteen years of marriage, they divorced in 2004.[19]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleOther notes
1983BetaabRoma (Dingy)
1984SunnyAmrita
1984DuniyaRoma Verma
1985SaahebNatasha 'Nikki'
1985MardRuby
1986Mera DharamDurga Thakur
1986Chameli Ki ShaadiChameli
1986Kala Dhanda Goray LogMrs. Ramola Gauri Shankar / Pooja
1986KaramdaataPinky
1986NaamRita
1987Naam O NishanVanisha
1987KhudgarzMrs. Sinha
1987ThikanaShaila
1988MulzimMala
1988KabzaaRita
1988TamachaMaria
1988ShukriyaaNeema
1988Waaris Shibo
1988Charnon Ki SaugandhKanchan Singh
1988AgneeTara
1989Sachai Ki TaqatMrs. Ram Singh
1989HathyarSuman
1989Galiyon Ka BadshahCameo
1989IlaakaSub-Inspector Neha Singh
1989BatwaraRoopa
1989ToofanPickpocketer
1989JaadugarMona
1990Veeru dadaMeena1990 Karishma Kali Kaa Parvati
1990Maut Ke Farishtey
1990Aag Ka Dariya
1990KroadhMatki
1990CIDMeghna Saxena
1991Sadhu SantMeena Kapoor
1991Paap Ki AandhiReshma
1991Dharam SankatMadhu
1991AkaylaSapna
1991Rupaye Dus KarodAarthi Saxena
1991Pyaar Ka SaayaMaya Gangadhami
1992Raju Ban Gaya GentlemanSapna L. Chhabria
1992SuryavanshiPrincess Suryalekha
1992Kal Ki AwazPrincipal Nahim Bilgrami
1992Dil Aashna HaiRaj
1993AainaRoma MathurFilmfare Best Supporting Actress Award
1993RangIndu
200223rd March 1931: ShaheedVidya
2005KalyugSimi Roy
2007Shootout at LokhandwalaAai
2007Dus KahaniyaanMalaPooranmasi (story)
2011KajraareZohra Baano
2013AurangzebNeena Wadhwa
20142 StatesKavita MalhotraNominated, Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award
2016A Flying JattMrs. Dhillon
2017Hindi MediumPrincipal

Television

Awards and nominations

References

  1. ↑ "Film Actress Amrita Singh — Bollywood Star Amrita Singh — Amrita Singh Biography — Amrita Singh Profile". Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "Amrita Singh's back". The Hindu. 6 December 2004. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
  3. 1 2 Varma, Anuradha (14 June 2009). "In Bollywood, everyone's related!". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  4. ↑ Das, Veena. (Editor); Tarlo, Emma (2000). Violence and subjectivity (9th printing. ed.). Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 266. ISBN 9780520216082.
  5. ↑ Tarlo, Emma (2001). Unsettling memories : narratives of the emergency in Delhi. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 38–39, 143. ISBN 9780520231221. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  6. ↑ Gwatkin, Davidson R. "Political will and family planning: the implications of India's emergency experience." Population and Development Review (1979): 29-59.
  7. ↑ French, Patrick (2011). India : a portrait (1st U.S. ed.). New York: Alfred A. Knopf. p. 43. ISBN 978-0307272430. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  8. ↑ "#1975Emergency रुखसाना सुल्ताना : एक मुस्लिम सुंदरी जिसे देखते ही मुस्लिम मर्दों की रूह कांप जाती थी".
  9. ↑ "Rare Pictures & Interesting Facts about 80s B-town Sensation Amrita Singh". Dailybhaskar.com. 10 February 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  10. ↑ rafflesia. "Saif Ali Khan and Amrita Singh". Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  11. ↑ "Bollywood Actress: Amrita Singh's Biography". Archived from the original on 6 May 2008. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  12. ↑ "Amrita Singh". Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  13. ↑ "Arjun Kapoor Likely to Team Up with Yash Raj Films Again". PTI. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  14. ↑ "2 States: Amrita Singh to play Arjun Kapoor's mother". the times of india. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  15. ↑ "No one changes their religion in order to get married: Saif Ali Khan speaks about 'love jihad'". The Express Tribune. 24 April 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  16. ↑ Sara Ali Khan DoB
  17. ↑ Saif Ali Khan bio on IMDB
  18. ↑ Singh, Aparna (19 May 2016). "Saif Ali Khan's daughter Sara graduates from Columbia University". India Today. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  19. ↑ Iyer, Meena (3 November 2014). "Bollywood has a low divorce rate". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
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