Introducing: Amrita Puri : Bollywood News

If you have seen the promos of the Abhay Deol- Sonam Kapoor starrer Aisha, there is every chance that you have seen the sweet and innocent girl who mouths some really funny dialogues like Main Bhi Toh Single Hoon Na and Pant Badi Ajeeb Si Pehni Hai. Wellâ€¦she is none other than Amrita Puri who is making her debut with this chick-flick. Bollywood Hungamas Nikhil Ramsubramaniam got chatting with this pretty looking actress who has been dreaming of entering Bollywood ever since she was a small child. Read onâ€¦

Background

I was born in Mumbai and belong to a complete non-filmy family. After my graduation in English literature, I did a one year post graduation diploma in Social communications media. Post that I thought Ill be a documentary filmmaker since I had learnt about photography, journalism etc, during my course. However, I realised its not a very high paying line so dropped that idea. I then thought of being an AD (assistant director) but after hearing about the kind of work ADs do on set, I gave that a skip too knowing its not my cup of tea. I was always interested in creative writing and began applying to various magazines and ad agencies. Finally I got an offer from O&M which I took up.

Childhood Ambition

Ever since I was a child, Ive always wanted to act. I was involved in a lot of plays and also did semi-professional theatre right through college and even after that. As a child I used to be fascinated by actresses like Sridevi, Madhuri Dixit and would be constantly aping their dance moves. I knew that I was born to act and was very upset when my dad didnt allow me to take up acting as a career. Everyone in my family was against me getting in to the world of acting and films. However, after working with O&M for a year, in spite of it being a fabulous ad agency, I somewhere realised that I wasnt happy and satisfied creatively, thats when my dad finally let me pursue my dream of acting.