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Ameesha Patel
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- #001
To prepare for her role as a prostitute in Paradise Street, Ameesha Patel began smoking cigarettes and cigars heavily, going through one to two packs a day and sometimes more than one cigar. She did this because she believed it would help her feel the role better. She now says she struggles to quit smoking and is addicted.
- #002
Ameesha Patel was considered for the role of Bindiya in Billu (2009), but it was later decided that she looked too young to play a mother of two children.
- #003
Ameesha Patel is very close friends with actor Sanjay Dutt and his wife Maanayata.
- #004
Ameesha Patel turned down the role played by Bipasha Basu in Jism (2003).
- #005
After a notorious dispute with her family, Ameesha Patel changed the spelling of her name from Amisha to Ameesha, as seen in the credits of Mangal Pandey: The Rising (2005); the name was originally a combination of both her parents' names (Amit and Asha). She later briefly dropped her surname from the credits of Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic (2008). She has since repaired her relationship with her family.
- #006
Ameesha Patel is the daughter of Asha Patel and the sister of Ashmit Patel.
- #007
Ameesha Patel's favorite films are Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988), Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995), Umrao Jaan (1981), Chandni (1989) and Pretty Woman (1990).
- #008
Ameesha Patel was offered the role played by Kareena Kapoor in Chameli (2003).
- #009
Ameesha Patel turned down a job offer from Morgan Stanley to pursue a career in Bollywood.
- #010
Her mother, Asha Patel, is also an actress. Her filmography is often confused with that of another older actress named Asha Patel, because both share the same name.
- #011
Ameesha Patel starred alongside her brother Ashmit Patel in Vikram Bhatt's shelved film. The film was a thriller based on reincarnation, in which Amisha would die midway and be reborn in the next life as Ashmit.
- #012
Ameesha Patel won a gold medal at her university for an economics paper.
- #013
Ameesha Patel was dropped from the role played by Bhoomika Chawla in Adına (2003) due to scheduling conflicts.
- #014
Ameesha Patel has trained as a Bharatnatyam dancer since she was five years old.
- #015
Ameesha Patel supports NGOs such as PETA, Planet Read and the UN on the issue of human trafficking.
- #016
Ameesha Patel earned a diploma in Biogenetic Engineering in the United States.
- #017
Ameesha Patel is the granddaughter of lawyer and politician Rajni Patel.
- #018
Ameesha Patel is an economics graduate of Tufts University in Boston.
- #019
Ameesha Patel studied at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, where she studied economics and graduated in 1997.
- #020
In 1999, Ameesha Patel appeared in a play titled 'Neelam'.
- #021
After graduating, Ameesha Patel worked as an economic analyst at Khandwala Securities Limited.
- #022
Ameesha Patel studied at Cathedral and John Connon School and was elected school head for the 1992-1993 academic year.
- #023
Ameesha Patel was cast in Shubi Mukherjee's shelved film "Dil Dekhe Dekho". Directed by Lawrence Dsouza, the film also starred Fardeen Khan, Sucheta and Farida Jalal.
- #024
Ameesha Patel appeared alongside Karan Nath in a shelved film by Tanuja Chandra. This was in 2002.
- #025
Ameesha Patel was cast in a shelved film by American director Navraj Kaur. This was in 2003. She was to play an actress named Zarina Khan in the 1930s and was to learn Kathak dance from Birju Maharaj.
- #026
Amisha Patel and her brother Ashmit had agreed to make a film together. The Vikram Bhatt project was to have Amisha die in the first half and be reincarnated as a man, Ashmit, to unravel the past. The project was shelved in 2004.
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