Actor
Nafisa Ali
January 19, 1957 · Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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.
Often works with
Dharmendra
4 titles together
Life in a Metro, Yamla Pagla Deewana, Kshatriya
Kabir Bedi
3 titles together
Bewafaa, Kshatriya, Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster 3
Vicky Ahuja
2 titles together
Life in a Metro, Life in a Metro
Sunny Deol
2 titles together
Yamla Pagla Deewana, Kshatriya
Anupam Kher
2 titles together
Yamla Pagla Deewana, Uunchai
Puneet Issar
2 titles together
Yamla Pagla Deewana, Kshatriya
Full filmography · 17
Max, Min and Meowzaki
as Jennifer Sequera
2026
Uunchai
as Abhilasha Shrivastava
2022
Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster 3
as Raj Mata Yashodhara
2018
Khwaabb
as Nafisa Ali
2014
Yamla Pagla Deewana
as Maa
20115.3
Guzaarish
as Ethan's Mother
20107.3
Lahore
as Mrs. Singh / Amma
2010Godfather The Legend Continues
as Godfather's Wife
2007
Life in a Metro
as Vaijanti
20076.4
Big B
as Mary John Kurishingal
20077.2
Bewafaa
as Anjali's Mother
20054.5
Yeh Zindagi Ka Safar
cast
2001