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Amrita Arora (born 31 January 1981) is a Indian film actress, model, TV Presenter & VJ.
Arora was born in Chembur to a Malayali mother Joyce Polycarp and Punjabi father Anil Arora. She attended Swami Vivekananda High School, Chembur, Mumbai. Her sister is Malaika Arora Khan.
Arora previously dated Pakistani-born English cricketer Usman Afzaal.
She married Shakeel Ladak--a divorced businessman from the construction industry-- in 2009. he ceremonies were a Christian wedding on 4 March 2009 followed by Mehendi on the 5 March; and a Muslim Nikah ceremony on the 6 March 2009. They have two sons named Azaan born on 5 February in 2010 and Rayaan born on 20 October in 2012.
Arora made her Bollywood debut in 2002 opposite Fardeen Khan in the film, Kitne Door Kitne Paas, which was not successful at the box office. Her first successful film was the action comedy, Awara Paagal Deewana. A series of flops followed, among them the controversial Girlfriend (2004), about a lesbian relationship, in which she appeared opposite Isha Koppikar.