Nadira Babbar

Nadira Babbar
Babbar at Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal in May 2016
Born (1948-01-20) 20 January 1948
Bombay, Bombay State, India
OccupationsTheater actress, director
Years active1980–present
SpouseRaj Babbar
ChildrenArya Babbar
Juhi Babbar
Parent(s)Sajjad Zaheer (father)
Razia Sajjad Zaheer (mother)

Nadira Babbar (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. Nadira founded a Mumbai-based theatre group called Ekjute, a known name in Hindi theatre in 1981.

Nadira Babbar played mother to Aishwarya Rai's character in Gurinder Chadha's Bride and Prejudice (2004), and M. F. Hussain's Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities (2004). She also portrayed the mother of Salman Khan's character in Sohail Khan's Jai Ho and the mother of Raj Bansal (main villain) in Sunny Deol's 2016 movie Ghayal Once Again.

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