Shefali Shah


Shefali Shah née Shetty, is an Indian actress who works in Bollywood films. After making her film debut with a minor role in the 1995 drama Rangeela, she played a supporting role in the crime film Satya. Her performance in Satya received critical praise and won her the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress and a Best Supporting Actress nomination at the 44th Filmfare Awards. She was later nominated for Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the family drama .
In 2007, she received critical acclaim and won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in The Last Lear. She starred in the 2015 dramedy Dil Dhadakne Do, receiving several nominations for Best Supporting Actress. She, along with the main cast won the Screen Award for Best Ensemble Cast for the film.

Early life

Shefali Shah was born in July 1972 and is the only child of Sudhakar Shetty and Shobha Shetty. She spent her early childhood at the RBI quarters in Santa Cruz, Mumbai where she attended Arya Vidya Mandir, Santacruz, Mumbai.

Career

In the early days before starting her career in Bollywood, Shefali acted in a Gujarati stage drama called 'Ant Vagarni Antakshari'. Drama was soon forgotten, however, she delivered a very powerful performance.
Shah made her television debut with the show Aarohan that aired on Doordarshan. She made her film debut with Rangeela, although she only had a few scenes in the film. She ventured into television with the serial Kabhie Kabhie.
She starred in the critically acclaimed film Satya, for which she received the Star Screen Award Best Supporting Actress and the Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Critics.
Shah starred in the film as Amitabh Bachchan's wife. The film was directed by her husband Vipul Shah. Shah's breakthrough performance was as Ria Verma in the internationally acclaimed Monsoon Wedding. She graduated to mature roles as Kasturba Gandhi in Gandhi, My Father and as Anil Kapoor's wife in the 2008 film Black & White. She won a National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Rituparno Ghosh's The Last Lear. In 2010 she took to the stage opposite Kiran Karmarkar in the Hindi version of Chandrakant Kulkarni's play Dhyanimani; Bas Itna Sa Khwab.

Personal life

Shah was married to television actor Harsh Chhaya. After their divorce, she married director Vipul Amrutlal Shah. She has two sons with Shah.

Filmography

Television

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Awards and nominations