Back in 2003, Amrita Rao and Shahid Kapoor announced their arrival into the Hindi film industry with great fanfare. Their launch film, Ken Ghosh’s romantic drama Ishq Vishk, was an unexpected hit and catapulted both into stardom overnight. However, Amrita recalled how she was at the receiving end of industry politics despite her film’s success.

“I remember when Ishq Vishk released, Shahid and I had won the Face of the Year, the Superstar of Tomorrow, or some award like that. There was a photoshoot that was planned for the cover of that magazine. I was seated with the award. Shahid was standing behind me with the award. There were two superstar actresses who were seated on either side. There was another very, very famous actor and actress, again very, very famous. That was the layout of th

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