Nafisa Ali

Nafisa Ali was born in Kolkata, the daughter of Ahmed Ali, a Bengali Muslim, by his wife Philomena Torresan, a Roman Catholic of Anglo-Indian heritage. Nafisa's paternal grandfather, S. Wajid Ali, was a prominent Bengali writer. Her paternal aunt (father's sister) was Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah, a Pakistani journalist and feminist. Nafisa is also related to the decorated Bangladeshi freedom fighter and soldier Bir Pratik Akhtar Ahmed. Nafisa's mother is now settled in Australia. Nafisa went to Sr. Cambridge from La Martiniere Calcutta. She has also studied Vedanta taught by Swami Chinmayananda, who started the center Chinmaya Mission of World Understanding. Her husband is the renowned polo player and Arjuna awardee, retired Col R.S. Sodhi. After marriage, she chose to stop working and focus on her three children: daughters Armana, Pia and son Ajit. After a break of 18 years she returned to the film industry.

Known For: Acting

Born: Kolkata, West Bengal, India, 1957-01-19

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1978	Junoon	Ruth Labadoor	53
2	1993	Kshatriya	Raja Jaswant's wife (Mirtagarh)	45
3	1996	Aatank	Suzy D'Silva	30
4	1998	Major Saab	Dr. Priya J. Rana	56
5	2001	Yeh Zindagi Ka Safar		0
6	2005	Bewafaa	Anjali's Mother	44
7	2007	Big B	Mary John Kurishingal	72
8	2007	Life in a Metro	Vaijanti	64
9	2007	Godfather The Legend Continues	Godfather's Wife	27
10	2010	Lahore	Mrs. Singh / Amma	60
11	2010	Guzaarish	Ethan's Mother	74
12	2011	Yamla Pagla Deewana	Maa	54
13	2014	Khwaabb	Nafisa Ali	70
14	2018	Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster 3	Raj Mata Yashodhara	62
15	2022	Max, Min and Meowzaki	Jennifer Sequera	0
16	2022	Uunchai	Abhilasha Shrivastava	62

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1988	Tamas	Liza	100
2	2002	Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai	Herself	60

Nafisa Ali

Film

Television