Amrita Arora Ladak (born 31 January 1978) is an Indian actress, model, television presenter and

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(VJ), who primarily appears in

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-language films.

Personal life and education

She completed her secondary education from Swami Vivekanand School in Chembur. Her aunt, Grace Polycarp, was the principal of the school,

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. She is married to Shakeel Ladak, a businessman in the construction industry in 2009. The ceremonies included a Christian wedding on 4 March 2009 followed by Mehendi on 5 March and a Muslim

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ceremony on 6 March 2009. They have two sons named Azaan (born on 5 February 2010) and Rayaan (born on 20 October 2012).

Career

Arora started her career as VJ for MTV. She made her Bollywood debut in 2002 opposite

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in the film, '' Kitne Door Kitne Paas'', which was not successful at the box office. Her first successful film was the action comedy, ''

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''. A series of flops followed, among them ''

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'' (2004), about a lesbian relationship, in which she appeared opposite

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. In 2007, she made a special appearance in

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's film ''

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'', in the song "Deewangi Deewangi" with her sister and former brother-in-law

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. In the same year, she appeared in ''

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'' and '' Red: The Dark Side'', also starring

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and

Celina Jaitley Celina Jaitly (born 24 November 1981) is an Indian actress who mainly appears in Bollywood films. She won the Miss India in 2001 and was the 4th runner-up at Miss Universe 2001. She made her acting debut with the 2003 thriller ''Janasheen''. E ...

. In 2009, her releases were ''Deha'' and ''Team the Force''. The same year, she appeared in a supporting role in ''

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'', produced by

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Filmography

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* * 1981 births Living people Actresses from Mumbai Female models from Mumbai Indian film actresses Indian voice actresses Actresses in Hindi cinema Actresses in Urdu cinema Malayali people Punjabi people Indian Roman Catholics Indian VJs (media personalities) Indian expatriate actresses in Pakistan 21st-century Indian actresses {{India-film-actor-stub