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).
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Amrita Puri | |
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Born | (1983-08-20) 20 August 1983 (age 39) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2010–present |
Puri started her career through writing and doing theatre.[1]
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.
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.
She is the daughter of Aditya Puri, MD of HDFC Bank.[2]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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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 |
Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
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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] |
Year | Title | Role |
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2015 | Stories by Rabindranath Tagore | Charulata |
2016–2017 | P.O.W. - Bandi Yuddh Ke | Harleen Kaur |
Work | Award | Category | Result |
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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 |