Amrita Puri

Amrita Puri (born 20 August 1983) is an Indian actress. She made her film debut with the ensemble romantic comedy-drama Aisha (2010), which earned her Filmfare nominations for Best Female Debut and Best Supporting Actress. Puri had her first commercial success three years later with the male buddy film Kai Po Che! (2013).

Amrita Puri
Puri at a success party
Born	(1983-08-20) 20 August 1983 (age 39) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2010–present

Career

Puri started her career through writing and doing theatre.^[1]

Bollywood debut and other roles (2010–2021)

Puri made her Bollywood film debut with Rajshree Ojha's Aisha in 2010. The ensemble romantic comedy-drama, co-starring Sonam Kapoor, Abhay Deol, Ira Dubey, Cyrus Sahukar, Anand Tiwari, Arunoday Singh and Lisa Haydon, saw Puri portray Shefali Thakur, a friend of Kapoor's eponymous lead. The film proved to be a semi-hit at the box-office and earned Puri two nominations at the 56th Filmfare Awards – Best Female Debut and Best Supporting Actress.

After the moderate response of Aisha, Puri appeared opposite Kunal Khemu in Vishal Mahadkar's directorial debut—the crime thriller Blood Money (2012)—in which she portrayed the wife of Khemu's character.

Puri next appeared in Abhishek Kapoor's buddy drama Kai Po Che! (2013) alongside Sushant Singh Rajput, Amit Sadh and Rajkummar Rao. An adaptation of the novel The 3 Mistakes of My Life, she was cast as Vidya Bhatt, a district level cricketer's younger sister who falls in love with his best friend.

In 2021, she played the role of Mehr in the family drama short film Clean which premiered on Amazon Mini and received critical acclaim for her performance.

Television work (2015–2019)

Puri made her television debut with the series Stories by Rabindranath Tagore in 2015 in which she had an episodic role. In 2016, she portrayed the lead role of Harleen Kaur opposite Purab Kohli in the series P.O.W. - Bandi Yuddh Ke that aired on StarPlus and ended in 2017. In 2019, she was a part of two web series – Four More Shots Please! as Kavya Arora and Made In Heaven as Devyani Singh.

In 2022, she played the lead role of Anju Bhatt in the web series Ranjish Hi Sahi on Voot along with Tahir Raj Bhasin and Amala Paul.

Personal life

She is the daughter of Aditya Puri, MD of HDFC Bank.^[2]

Filmography

 

Amrita Puri at Nokia APP party 09

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Aisha	Shefali Thakur
2012	Blood Money	Aarzoo Kadam
2013	Kai Po Che!	Vidya Bhatt
2019	Judgementall Hai Kya	Megha Kumar
2021	Clean	Maeher Saluja	Short film
2023	Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan	Anjali Kakkar	Filming

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2019	Four More Shots Please!	Kavya Arora	^[3]
2019	Made in Heaven	Devyani Singh
2020	Mentalhood		^[citation needed]
2021	Jeet Ki Zid	Jaya Singh	^[4]
2022	Ranjish Hi Sahi	Anju Bhatt	^[5]

Television

Year	Title	Role
2015	Stories by Rabindranath Tagore	Charulata
2016–2017	P.O.W. - Bandi Yuddh Ke	Harleen Kaur

Awards and nominations

Work	Award	Category	Result
Aisha	Stardust Awards	Breakthrough Performance – Female	Won
	Filmfare Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Nominated
		Best Female Debut	Nominated
	Zee Cine Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Nominated
	Screen Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Nominated

References

1. . The Times of India. 7 July 2010. Archived from the original on 9 June 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
2. "Life is not all about success & money: Aditya". The Economic Times. 5 September 2010. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
3. "Amrita Puri Starts Shooting for 'Four More Shots Please!' Season 3". News18. 14 March 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
4. "Jeet Ki Zid actor Amrita Puri: Amit Sadh has grown so beautifully as a human being and an actor". The Indian Express. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
5. "Amrita Puri, Tahir Raj Bhasin's Ranjish Hi Sahi is a dramatic love story set in 70s. Trailer out". India Today.

External links

 

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