In a recent interview, actress Ameesha Patel spoke about her rebellious nature and her choices in cinema. According to Ameeshal, she has occasionally disobeyed her family's and friends' wishes and has always been a bit of a rebel. Ameesha says she was called “too educated” for doing films; recalls rebelling against everything in life.
"I've rebelled against everything in my life," Ameesha said. "The family didn't want me to go to America to study. They wanted me to go to England because that's where the family lived. And that's where they thought I'd be under watchful eyes. So I said, No, I want to go to America, I want to be my own person."
Ameesha claimed that she has continued to be independent in her job decisions. She claimed that she has always sought out difficult jobs and that she has frequently rejected movies that she thought weren't good enough.
"When I entered the film industry, the first question every journalist would ask me was, aren't you a misfit? Aren't you too educated? You are Barrister Rajni Patel's granddaughter, what are you doing here?" Ameesha said. "And I'm like, why can't an educated person be part of the performing arts? Because for me, it was art."
Coming to the professional front, Ameesha is currently awaiting the release of Gadar 2. The Anil Sharma directorial film is slated to release on August 11.