Supriya Pathak

Supriya Pathak Kapur was born on 7 January 1961. This talented actress is quite famous for her role that she played in the Indian soaps Khichdi and Idhar Udhar. Supriya Pathak who's the daughter of Dina Pathak, a well known actress famous for playing mother and grandmother roles during the 1980s and 1990s.

Her sister Ratna Pathak Shah is also an actress, who is married to actor Naseeruddin Shah. Supriya got married to Bollywood actor Pankaj Kapur with whom she has a daughter and son. Her step son is the famous Bollywood star Shahid Kapoor. Coming to her professional life, Supriya Pathak began her career with the critically acclaimed 1981 movie Kalyug which was followed by several characters in critically acclaimed films such as 1982 flick Vijeta, 1983 film Bazaar, followed by Masoom and 1985 film Mirch Masala.

The actress also had a minor role as Mahatma Gandhi's niece in the multi-award-winning biopic Gandhi which was released in 1982 and she was also starred in the 1988 French film The Bengali Night opposite Hugh Grant. In the early 1990s the actress took a long break from acting in films but appeared in several television series. After an 11 years of gap from acting, she starred to act in flicks again with 2005 film Sarkar opposite Amitabh Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan.

Recently, she appeared in 2009 movie Wake Up Sid with co-star Anupam Kher. In 1982, the actress won the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for the character she played in Bazaar. In the year 1980, she again won the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for the movie Kalyug. In 2010, Supriya Pathak was nominated for the same award for her role she portrayed in Wake Up Sid.

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