Nadira Babbar
| Nadira Babbar | |
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Babbar at Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal in May 2016
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| Born |
20 January 1948 Bombay, Maharashtra, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Theater actress, director |
| Years active | 1980–present |
| Spouse(s) | Raj Babbar |
| Children |
Arya Babbar Juhi Babbar Prateik Babbar (Step-son) |
| Parent(s) | Razia Sajjad Zaheer (Mother) Sajjad Zaheer (Father) |
| Relatives | Anup Soni (Son-in-law) |
Nadira Babbar (Urdu: نادرہ ببّر, Hindi: नादिरा बब्बर; born 20 January 1948) is an Indian theatre actress, director and an actress in Hindi cinema, who is the recipient of Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2001. A leading name in Indian theatre, Nadira founded a Mumbai-based theatre group called Ekjute, a known name in Hindi theatre in 1981.
Nadira Babbar was most recently seen as the mother to Aishwariya Rai in Gurinder Chadha's film Bride and Prejudice (2004), and M. F. Hussain's Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities (2004). She was also portrayed as the mother of Salman Khan in Sohail Khan's Jai Ho and as the mother of Raj bansal(main villain) in Sunny Deol's recently released movie named Ghayal Once Again.
Nadira Zaheer was born on 20 January 1948 to communist leader Syed Sajjad Zaheer and Urdu writer Razia Sajjad Zaheer, Nadira is third amongst four sisters, Najma Ali Baquer, Naseem Bhatia and Noor Sajjad Zaheer. Her parents were actively associated with Progressive Writers' Association, and IPTA, giving her an upbringing strongly rooted culture and theatre.
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