Amrita Singh made her film debut in 1983, performing one of the main roles in the Indian film "The Power of Love", which was shown including in the USSR. In general, in the eighties and early nineties, she was a very famous and sought-after actress. However, in our time, she continues to periodically star in Bollywood.
The early years and career of the actress until 1993
Amrita Singh was born on February 9, 1958 in the family of a high-ranking Indian military Shivinder Singh and socialite Rukhsana Sultan.
As a child, she attended the private boarding school "Modern School" in New Delhi. Here Amrita Singh received a fairly good education. She is known to know several languages - Hindi, Punjabi, and also English.
Amrita got into the world of cinema thanks to the connections of her influential mother. Her career began in 1983. This year, she played in the film directed by Rahul Lavaille “The Power of Love”, and this was, in essence, her first movie work. And the main male character was played by Sunny Deol, who later also became a very popular actor in India (and for him, by the way, this was also a debut in the cinema).
The film “The Power of Love” tells a fairly simple story: the eccentric and very capricious rich girl Roma (Amrita plays it precisely) falls in love with an honest and kind, but poor guy named Sunny. The girl’s father is strongly opposed to this relationship, but the romance between young people still continues to develop. Moreover, gradually this novel changes the character of Roma for the better.
This film was shown in the cinemas of the USSR in the eighties, and many Soviet citizens liked it. However, in India itself, the picture was also a huge success. Many viewers drew attention to the brilliant play of debut actors Sunny Deol and Amrita Singh, as well as the magnificent chemistry that occurs between them in the frame.
After a successful debut, Amrita began to receive quite a lot of offers from various directors. In 1984, she starred in the movie "The Cruel World, in 1985 - in the films" Sunny ", " Sahib "and in the Indian action movie" Raja ", which gathered the biggest box office in her country that year. In 1986, she appeared such films as “Name”, “Twists of Fate” and “Chameli's Wedding”, and in the 1987 action movie “Egoist.” In general, in the eighties, she happened to star with many other stars of Indian cinema, in particular, her partners in The filming was Amitabh Bachchan and Anil Kapoor, perhaps the most famous Indian film actors of the time.
Until 1993, Amrita worked a lot in Bollywood. Moreover, she proved herself to be a diverse actress, agreeing to play not only positive, but also negative heroines. How exactly Amrita portrays a villain can be seen and appreciated, for example, by watching the films “The Dreams of a Gentleman” (1992) and “The Love Triangle” (1993).
In the “Love Triangle”, the heroine of Amrita (her name is, as in “The Power of Love”, Roma) for the sake of a career in the movie, she brutally abandons her fiancé, and then completely wants to destroy his romance with another girl. This role really turned out to be very bright, for which Amrita Singh received the Indian film award Filmfare in the nomination "Best Supporting Actress". After that, her first child was born, and she decided to interrupt her career in cinema.
It should be noted that in general for ten years, from 1983 to 1993, she starred in more than forty films.
Return to the cinema
Only nine years after her departure from Bollywood, Amrita Singh reappeared on movie screens. In the 2002 painting Martyrs March 23, 1931, dedicated to the life of two revolutionaries - Chandrashekhar Azad and Bhagat Singh, Amrita played the role of the mother of one of them.
And in 2005, she became part of the cast of the Indian soap opera Kavyanjali. The first episode of this television series was aired on Star Plus in 2005. In total, more than 340 episodes in 24 minutes were shot. The series had very high ratings and received many awards. Specifically, Amrita Singh played one of the key female characters - the rich widow Thread Nanda.
And in 2005, she appeared in the thriller Mohita Suri, "The Night That Turned Life." And here, by the way, she also played a negative heroine.
The next film with Amrita was released in 2007. It was called "Firefight in Lokandval." By the genre, this film is an action movie, and its plot is based on real events. Amrita Singh portrayed here the mother of the main character - gangster Dolas.
And among the latest films with the participation of the famous film actress, it is worth mentioning Aurangzeb (2013), Flying Jatt (2016), Hindi School (2017), Revenge (2019).
