Amrita Singh is an Indian Bollywood actress. Through her films such as Betaab and Mard, she gained popularity and became a well known and popular actress in the 1980s. She took a break from acting in the early 1990s for a decade and returned to acting in 2002, occasionally playing supporting roles. She also made her debut on television in 2005. Amrita keeps a low public profile and gives few interviews.
Amrita Singh was born on 9 February 1958 to Rukhsana Sultana and a Punjabi Sikh father, army officer Sardar Shivinder Singh Virk, from a noble family with roots tracing back to the 17th-century Sikh martyr Bhai Sangat Singh. Her mother was a political associate of Sanjay Gandhi during the Indian Emergency in the 1970s, who gained notoriety for leading Sanjay Gandhi’s sterilisation campaign in Muslim areas of Old Delhi. Through her paternal grandmother Mohinder Kaur, Amrita is the great-granddaughter of Sobha Singh, one of the builders of New Delhi, the grandniece of the late novelist Khushwant Singh, and great-grandniece of politician Ujjal Singh.
The actress Begum Para is her great-aunt and her husband was Nasir Khan, who is the brother of Dilip Kumar. Actor Ayub Khan is her uncle (second cousin once removed). Singh was a childhood friend of Shah Rukh Khan. Their mothers often worked together in the Old Delhi area and Singh attended the same school as Khan’s sister, Shahnaz.Singh attended Modern School in New Delhi and is fluent in English, Punjabi and Hindi.Singh made her Bollywood debut in 1983 with Betaab, an highly successful romantic drama in which she was paired with Sunny Deol.
This was quickly followed by a succession of hits, such as Sunny (1984), Mard (which was the biggest hit of that year) and Saaheb (both 1985), Chameli Ki Shaadi and Naam (both 1986), Khudgarz (1987), and Waaris (1988). Singh made a successful pair in several films, not only with Sunny Deol, Sanjay Dutt, and Raj Babbar, but also with Jeetendra, Vinod Khanna, Anil Kapoor and Amitabh Bachchan, some of the leading actors of the 1980s.
As well as playing leading roles, she also played supporting negative roles in films such as Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman (1992), Suryavanshi (1992) and Aaina (1993), winning the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for the lattermost. Her comic timings in films such as Saaheb and Chameli Ki Shaddi are still remembered. She decided to retire into family life and quit acting after her appearance in Rang (1993).
Amrita Singh All Movie List :
| Title | Role | Year |
| Betaab | Roma (Dingy) | 1983 |
| Sunny Duniya | Amrita Roma Verma | 1984 |
| Saaheb Mard | Natasha ‘Nikki’ Ruby | 1985 |
| Mera Dharam Chameli Ki Shaadi Kala Dhanda Goray Log Karamdaata Naam | Durga Thakur Chameli Mrs. Ramola Gauri Shankar / Pooja Pinky Rita | 1986 |
| Naam O Nishan Khudgarz Thikana | Vanisha Mrs. Sinha Shaila | 1987 |
| Mulzim Kabzaa Tamacha Shukriyaa Waaris Charnon Ki Saugandh Agnee | Mala Rita Maria Neema Shibo Kanchan Singh Tara | 1988 |
| Sachai Ki Taqat Hathyar Galiyon Ka Badshah Ilaaka Batwara Toofan Jaadugar | Mrs. Ram Singh Suman Sub-Inspector Neha Singh Roopa Pickpocketer Mona | 1989 |
| Veeru dada Karishma Kali Kaa Maut Ke Farishtey Aag Ka Dariya Kroadh CID | Meena Parvati Matki Meghna Saxena | 1990 |
| Sadhu Sant Paap Ki Aandhi Dharam Sankat Akayla Rupaye Dus Karod Pyaar Ka Saaya | Meena Kapoor Reshma Madhu Sapna Aarthi Saxena Maya Gangadhami | 1991 |
| Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman Suryavanshi Kal Ki Awaz Dil Aashna Hai | Sapna L. Chhabria Princess Suryalekha Principal Nahim Bilgrami Raj | 1992 |
| Aaina Rang | Roma Mathur Indu | 1993 |
| 23rd March 1931: Shaheed | Vidya | 2002 |
| Kalyug | Simi Roy | 2005 |
| Shootout at Lokhandwala Dus Kahaniyaan | Mom (Aai) Mala | 2007 |
| Kajraare | Zohra Baano | 2010 |
| Aurangzeb | Neena Wadhwa | 2013 |
| 2 States | Kavita Malhotra | 2014 |
| A Flying Jatt | Mrs. Dhillon | 2016 |
| Hindi Medium | Principal Lodha | 2017 |
| Badla | Rani Kaur | 2019 |
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