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{{short description|Indian actress|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Ameeta
| image =
| caption =
| birth_name = Qamar Sultana
| birth_date =
| birth_place = [[Calcutta]], [[British India]]
| nationality = [[India]]n
| yearsactive = 1953–1968
| occupation = [[Actress]]
}}

'''Ameeta''' (born as '''Qamar Sultana''') is an Indian actress. She appeared in Bollywood films such as ''[[Tumsa Nahin Dekha (1957 film)|Tumsa Nahin Dekha]]'', ''[[Mere Mehboob]]'' and ''[[Goonj Uthi Shehnai]]''.

==Career==

===Beginning===
A fan of [[Madhubala]], Ameeta was enacting her idol's sword fight from ''[[Baadal (1951 film)|Baadal]]'' (1951) when she caught the eye of Lekhraj Bhakhri, who signed her for his movie ''[[Thokar]]'' starring [[Shammi Kapoor]]. This was her debut film in a side role where she was credited as Jayjaywanti. Ameeta's debut movie as heroine was a 1953 release, ''[[Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (film)|Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu]]'' (1954), directed by [[Vijay Bhatt]]. The screen name ''Ameeta'' made its appearance in this movie. The film failed, but Ameeta kept on working in films like ''Amar Kirtan'', ''Badal Aur Bijli'', ''Baaghi Sardar'' and ''[[Indrasabha]]''.

Her career took a positive turn in 1956 when she starred with her idol Madhubala in the box office hit ''[[Shirin Farhad (1956 film)|Shirin Farhad]]''. She was then chosen for lead roles in ''Abhimaan'' and ''Zamana'' and ''[[Hum Sub Chor Hain (1956 film)|Hum Sab Chor Hain]]'' (1956) along with [[Shammi Kapoor]] and [[Nalini Jaywant]].

===Breakthrough===
The turning point in Ameeta's career though came when she became the protégé of Filmistan Studios' owner Tolaram Jalan, who produced ''[[Tumsa Nahin Dekha (1957 film)|Tumsa Nahin Dekha]]'' (1957) opposite Shammi kapoor, as a vehicle for promoting Ameeta as a new star. Great care was taken with her make-up, wardrobe and lighting, to present her in the most flattering and advantageous way possible. Furthermore, much of the film's extensive publicity also centred on the actress. The film was a big success but Ameeta's thunder was stolen by the until then struggling [[Shammi Kapoor]]. This got her the female lead of ''[[Goonj Uthi Shehnai]]'', a role originally intended for [[Asha Parekh]], with whom she had acted earlier in ''[[Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (film)|Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu]]'' (1954). The film starred a then up-and-coming [[Rajendra Kumar]] and an exceptional music score went on to become one of the top-grossing films of 1959. Here despite a mature and sensitive performance, Ameeta was overlooked and Kumar was given credit for the film's emphatic success.

===Later work===
Although she kickstarted the careers of Shammi Kapoor and Rajendra Kumar with these hits, Ameeta could never capitalize on them and stardom never materialized.

Further roles in multi-star films like ''[[Rakhi (1962 film)|Rakhi]]'' (1962) and the blockbuster ''[[Mere Mehboob]]'' (1963) did not help her career graph, even though she was nominated for a [[Filmfare]] award for the latter as Best Supporting Actress,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://deep750.googlepages.com/FilmfareAwards.pdf |title=1st Filmfare Awards 1953 |access-date=21 November 2016 |archive-date=12 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612065210/http://deep750.googlepages.com/FilmfareAwards.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> and she now dropped to playing lead grade-B movies which though successful at the box office did not do much for her star status. Her romance opposite [[Kishore Kumar]] in ''Hum Sab Ustad Hai'' in 1965 was her next role. By 1965 she was playing negative and villainous characters in films like ''[[Rishte Naate]]'' (1965), and ''[[Aasra]]'' (1966). She was seen in supporting roles to fledgling starlets Rajshree and Babita, in films like ''[[Around the World (1967 film)|Around the World]]'' (1967) and ''[[Haseena Maan Jayegi]]'' (1968). After filming ''[[Haseena Maan Jayegi]]'' (1968), a disillusioned Ameeta left the film industry as she was not getting leading roles and settled into matrimony.

==Personal life==
After she retired from the film world she married and had a daughter, Sabia (otherwise Sabeeha). Sabia tried her hand in Bollywood as a lead actress in ''[[Anokha Rishta]]'' (1986) and ''[[Khiladi (1992 film)|Khiladi]]'' (1992) and ''[[100 Days (1991 film)|100 Days]]'' (1991) which were big hits of respective years, but her career never took off. She appeared in ''[[Qayamat Ki Raat]]'' (1992), before she too disappeared from the Hindi movie scene.

==Awards==
Ameeta was nominated for a [[Filmfare Award]] as Best Supporting Actress for ''[[Mere Mehboob]]'' (1962) but lost out to [[Shashikala]] for ''[[Gumrah (1963 film)|Gumrah]]'' (1963).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://deep750.googlepages.com/FilmfareAwards.pdf |title=1st Filmfare Awards 1953 |access-date=21 November 2016 |archive-date=12 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612065210/http://deep750.googlepages.com/FilmfareAwards.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> She came out of seclusion only once to accept the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Cine & TV Artistes Association on 20 November 2005 and then disappeared again.

==Filmography==

{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
|-
! colspan="4" style="background:#bfd7ff"|1950's
|-
!1954
|''[[Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (film)|Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu]]''
|
|Debut film
|-
!1955
|''[[Munimji]]''
|Bela
|
|-
!1956
|''[[Abe-Hayat (film)|Ab-E-Hayat]]''
|
|
|-
!1956
|''[[Hum Sub Chor Hain (1956 film)|Hum Sab Chor Hain]]''
|Fifi
|
|-
!1956
|''[[Shirin Farhad (1956 film)|Shirin Farhad]]''
|Shama
|Breakthrough film
|-
!1957
|''[[Zamana (1957 film)|Zamana]]''
|
|
|-
!1957
|''[[Dekh Kabira Roya]]''
|Geeta
|
|-
!1957
|''[[Tumsa Nahin Dekha (1957 film)|Tumsa Nahin Dekha]]''
|Meena
|<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Horse-carriages-to-be-phased-out-/articleshow/47615982.cms |title=Archived copy |access-date=11 January 2016 |archive-date=10 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610223643/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Horse-carriages-to-be-phased-out-/articleshow/47615982.cms |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
!1959
|''[[Goonj Uthi Shehnai]]''
|Gopi
|
|-
!1959
|''Sawan''
|Badli
|
|-
|-
! colspan="4" style="background:#bfd7ff"|1960's to 80's
|-
!1961
|''Chhote Nawab''
|
|
|-
!1961
|''Pyase Panchhi''
|||
|-
!1961
|''Piya Milan Ki Aas''
|
|
|-
!1961
|''Teen Ustad''
|
|
|-
!1962
|''Maa Beta''
|
|
|-
!1962
|''[[Rakhi (1962 film)|Rakhi]]''
|Malti Chandra
|
|-
!1963
|''[[Mere Mehboob]]''
|Naseem Ara
|
|-
!1964
|''Samson''
|
|
|-
!1964
|''Punar Milan''
|Sona
|
|-
!1965
|''[[Hum Sab Ustad Hain]]''
|Roopa||
|-
!1967
|''[[Around the World (1967 film)|Around The World]]''
|
|
|-
!1968
|''[[Haseena Maan Jayegi]]''
|Lali
|
|-
!1971
|''[[Kabhi Dhoop Kabhi Chhaon]]''
|
|
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0024526}}

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