Amrita Singh
| Amrita Singh | |
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| Born | 9 February 1958 |
| Occupation | Film and television actress |
| Years active | 1983-present |
| Spouse(s) | Saif Ali Khan (m. 1991; div. 2004) |
| Children |
Sara Ali Khan Ibrahim Ali Khan |
Amrita Singh (born 9 February 1958) is an Indian film and television actress.
Singh was born into a Sikh family. She is the daughter of Rukhsana Sultana, who was a political activist and army officer Shivinder Singh Virk from a feudal family. Through her paternal grandmother Mohinder Kaur, Amrita is the great-granddaughter of Sobha Singh, OBE, of Hadali, Sargodha, one of the builders of New Delhi, and the great-niece of the late novelist Khushwant Singh.
Her maternal grandmother Zarina Khan was the elder sister of actress Begum Para. The latter is the mother of actor Ayub Khan. The two sisters were daughters of Mian Ehsan Ul Haque, who came from a landowning family and was the Chief Justice in the princely state of Bikaner, northern Rajasthan. Her mother Rukhsana Sultana's father was a Punjabi Hindu, Group Captain Madan Mohan Bimbet. Zarina took her daughter with her after the marriage failed and the child was renamed Rukhsana Sultana and raised a Muslim. She inherited most of Ehsan Ul Haque's property.
Singh attended Modern School in New Delhi and is fluent in English, Punjabi and Hindi languages.
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.
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