Ratna Pathak Shah

Acting

Ratna Pathak Shah

Born March 7, 1957 · Bombay, Bombay State, India (age 69)

Ratna Pathak Shah (born August 7, 1957) is an Indian actress and director of theatre, television, and films. Her extensive work in theatre includes a series of plays in both English and Hindi.

Known For

AttackAttack · 2022
Attack
6.82022
MovieActionScience Fiction
With the Parliament under siege, India’s first super soldier Arjun Shergill is tasked to get hold of the terrorists in time, save the Prime Minister from their clutches and stop a dirty bomb from exploding and destroying Delhi.
AladinAladin · 2009
Aladin
6.12009
MovieFantasyDrama
Aladin, an orphan tormented by bullies, discovers a magic lamp that grants him incredible powers. Later, with the help of a genie, he embarks on thrilling adventures to defeat the evil Ringmaster.
PaheliPaheli · 2005
Paheli
6.12005
MovieRomanceDrama
Kishanlal marries the beautiful Lachchi, but the day after the wedding, he leaves on business for five years. When Kishanlal reappears only a few days later, Lachchi is delighted, but this new Kishanlal is in fact a spirit who has taken the form of Lachchi's husband, after having seen her by chance and fallen in love with her. Four years later, the real Kishanlal returns and the townsfolk must determine who is who.
Heat and DustHeat and Dust · 1983
Heat and Dust
6.01983
MovieDramaRomance
Anne is investigating the life of her grand-aunt Olivia, whose destiny has always been shrouded with scandal. As Anne delves into the history of her grand-aunt, she is led to reconsider her own life.
Detective SherdilDetective Sherdil · 2025
Detective Sherdil
4.42025
MovieComedyMystery
For Detective Sherdil, crime-solving is his superpower. But can his wit, intellect and street-smart instincts help him crack the murder mystery of the industrialist Pankaj Bhatti?
Kapoor & SonsKapoor & Sons · 2016
Kapoor & Sons
7.12016
MovieDramaRomance
Returning home to visit their ill grandfather, two estranged brothers must confront their unresolved rivalry while their parents’ marriage frays.
Hum Do Hamare DoHum Do Hamare Do · 2021
Hum Do Hamare Do
5.52021
MovieComedyDrama
Self-made man Dhruv and social media star Anya fall in love and decide to marry. Just one problem - he's an orphan because Anya will only marry a guy, who has an adorable family, so the only solution - arrange a 'fake' set of parents.
Nil Battey SannataNil Battey Sannata · 2016
Nil Battey Sannata
7.32016
MovieDramaFamily
Behind the magnificent Taj Mahal lies a cluster of dingy homes where Chanda (35), a domestic help, lives with her 14-year-old daughter Appu. Chanda aspires and dreams that her daughter will study and embrace a better fate. When Appu tells her she wants to quit school and become a maid like her, Chanda takes a strong decision: she will herself go back to school, and even join the class of her daughter.

Filmography

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Andha YugAndha Yug · 1989
Andha Yug
1989
MovieDramaWar
"Andha Yug"—literally 'Age of Blindness'—is an allegorical play written in the aftermath of the Partition of India by Shri Dharamvir Bharti. Rooted in the epic Mahabharata, this landmark 1989 Delhi performance was staged for the Nehru Shatabdi Samaroh Festival and has since been preserved by the Natya Shodh Sansthan, Kolkata (NSS). Set on the final day of the Kurukshetra war, the narrative chronicles the end of the Dvapara Yuga and the immediate descent into the dark Kali Yuga, triggered by Lord Krishna's demise. This five-act masterpiece explores the moral collapse, cycles of revenge, and psychological trauma of war. It depicts the pyrrhic reality of the Kali Yuga—the worst, shortest, and darkest of the four cosmic ages—in which recursive violence degrades the fabric of civilization, blinding individuals to reason as they are forced to reckon with the devastation's fallout.

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