Amrita Arora: News

Born on January 31, 1978, in Thane, Amrita Arora was one of the two children of Anil Arora and Joyce Polycarp. Her father was a Punjabi and her mother a Malayali Catholic. She along with her elder sister Malaika Arora and her mother moved to Chembur in Mumbai after her parents separated. Arora made her Bollywood debut in 2002 with ‘Kitne Door Kitne Paas.’ She was cast opposite Fardeen Khan in the film. Although the movie did not do well at the box office, Arora won admirers with her performance. She did not have to wait much for her first successful movie as ‘Awara Paagal Deewana’ released in the same year and did well at the box office. Arora was not able to sustain her success as a series of flops followed. Her last movie was released in 2009 after which she quit movies. In 2009, she married Shakeel Ladak. They have two children. Although she quit movies in 2009, Arora remained active through modeling, hosting television shows, etc. She is also a yoga and photography enthusiast.