Television Actress From Ekta Kapoor’s Show Defied Conservative Muslim Family, Left Acting for Inter-Faith Love

The actress is Aamna Shariff. She belonged to a conservative Muslim family and gathered the courage to fight through her personal struggles, to fulfill her dream of becoming an actor. (Image: Instagram)

Recently, in an interview with Hindi Rush, Aamna recalled her family struggles and shared, “I always wanted to become an actor, but I came from a very conservative Muslim family. My dad passed away very early on, so it was just me and my mom.” (Image: Instagram)

Aamna was born on July 16, 1982, in Mumbai to an Indian father and a Persian-Bahraini mother. (Image: Instagram)

Sharing her personal struggles, the actress said, “No one ever thought anyone from the family would go in the acting line. I also had to give up earlier, because the circumstances were such that I had to work at a boutique to go ahead with my education.” (Image: Instagram)

She continued, “But, destiny is destiny. I got an offer for an ad when I was in college. I gathered the courage to take permission from my mother again. My mom said that it’s impossible. I kept convincing for six months, she went against the entire family.” (Image: Instagram)

Aamna started her career with modelling, advertisements and music videos before transitioning to television and films. She did videos for artists like Kumar Sanu, Falguni Pathak, and Daler Mehndi. (Image: Instagram)

The actress further shared that her family had not spoken to her mother for 2 years. “I did music videos after that, and there were many other ad films as well. Ekta Kapoor saw me there and called me to audition. That is how my journey began.” (Image: Instagram)

After her successful television show ‘Kahiin To Hoga’ finished in 2007, Aamna tried her hand in the Bollywood industry with films like Aloo Chaat, Aao Wish Kareion, and Shakal Pe Mat Ja. However, none of the films worked at the box office. (Image: Instagram)

Later, she made a comeback to the small screen with ‘Hongey Judaa Na Hum’ featuring opposite Raqesh Bapat. The TV series recorded very low TRPs and was taken off air within six months. (Image: Instagram)

Aamna Sharif moved away from limelight and tied the knot with her longtime boyfriend, Amit Kapoor, a film producer in 2013. They welcomed their first child, Arain in 2015. (Image: Instagram)