Nafisa Ali
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Nafisa Ali at the premiere of the film Lahore
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Nafisa Ali 18 January 1957 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Other names | Nafisa Ali Sodhi |
| Occupation | Actress, model, Politician |
| Years active | 1979–present |
| Website | www |
Nafisa Ali (Bengali: নাফিসা আলি) (born 18 January 1957) is a Bengali actress and social activist from India.
She was born to photographer Ahmed Ali and Philomena Torresan in Kolkata, West Bengal. Ahmed was the son of S. Wajid Ali and brother of Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah. She is also related to the decorated Bangladeshi muktijoddha and soldier Bir Pratik Akhtar Ahmed. Her mother is now settled in Australia.
She 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.
Nafisa Ali has accomplishments in several fields. She was the national swimming champion from 1972-1974, won the Miss India title in 1976 and was runner-up at the Miss International contest in 1977. Ali was also a jockey at the Calcutta Gymkhana in 1979.
She has acted in several Bollywood films, the notable ones being Junoon (1979) with Shashi Kapoor, Major Saab with Amitabh Bachchan (1998), Bewafaa (2005), Life In A... Metro (2007) and Yamla Pagla Deewana (2010) with Dharmendra.
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