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Nafisa Ali
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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 p…
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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.
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Max, Min and Meowzaki
as Jennifer Sequera
Uunchai
as Abhilasha Shrivastava
Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster 3
as Raj Mata Yashodhara
Khwaabb
as Nafisa Ali
Yamla Pagla Deewana
as Maa
Guzaarish
as Ethan's Mother
Lahore
as Mrs. Singh / Amma
No Poster
Godfather The Legend Continues
as Godfather's Wife
Life in a Metro
as Vaijanti
Big B
as Mary John Kurishingal
Bewafaa
as Anjali's Mother
Yeh Zindagi Ka Safar
Major Saab
as Dr. Priya J. Rana
Aatank
as Suzy D'Silva
Kshatriya
as Raja Jaswant's wife (Mirtagarh)
Junoon
as Ruth Labadoor