Seema Pahwa Explained

Seema Bhargava Pahwa
Birth Name:Seema Bhargava
Birth Date:1962 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Delhi, India
Nationality:Indian
Children:2
Years Active:1984–present

Seema Bhargava Pahwa (born 10 February 1962) is an Indian actress and director known for her varied characters in films and television. She is the recipient of several awards including a Filmfare Award and a Filmfare OTT Award.

She rose to prominence for her role of Badki in the popular Doordarshan soap opera Hum Log (1984–1985). As a theatre actress, she worked with Delhi-based theatre group Sambhav, before moving to Mumbai in 1994 to work in films and continue her work in television and theatre. She directed Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi (2021), her debut as a director and won Filmfare Award for Best Debut Director.

Career

Pahwa rose to prominence for her role of Badki in the popular Doordarshan soap opera Hum Log (1984–1985).[1] As a theatre actor she worked with Delhi-based theatre group Sambhav, before moving to Mumbai in 1994 to work in films and continue her work in television and theatre.[2] [3]

Subsequently, she played Maasi, or Aunt on Kasamh Se (2006–2009), a popular Zee TV soap opera by Ekta Kapoor.[4] The character is very kind and loving towards her nephew and his wife Bani Walia, the protagonist. She won the Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress at the 2015 Screen Awards for the film Ankhon Dekhi (2013).

In 2014, she received acclaim for experiential theatre performance of Bhisham Sahni's satire on the middle-class, Saag Meat, where she cooked during the performance, and the food was served to the audience. She was also very popularly loved for her role in the series Hip Hip Hurray, where she played the role of a single mother of Mazhar.

At the 63rd Filmfare Awards, she was nominated twice for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for the films Bareilly Ki Barfi and Shubh Mangal Saavdhan (both 2017). She received her third nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress at the 65th Filmfare Awards for her role in Bala (2019).[5]

In 2020, she starred as Nani in Chintu Ka Birthday (2019), which won her the Filmfare OTT Award for Best Supporting Actress (Web Original).

She made her directorial debut with the film Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi which premiered at Mumbai Film Festival in 2019 followed by a theatrical release in 2021. The film earned her the Filmfare Award for Best Debut Director at the 67th Filmfare Awards.[6] [7] [8]

Personal life

She was born Seema Bhargava. She is married to actor Manoj Pahwa,[9] a co-actor in Hum Log,[4] and lives in Versova, Mumbai along with their daughter Manukriti and son Mayank.[10] On 02-March-2022, her son Mayank Pahwa married Sanah Kapur wheras in September 2023 her daughter Manukriti Pahwa married Ruhaan Kapoor, both siblings being children of actors Pankaj Kapur and Supriya Pathak Kapur. Sanah and Ruhaan are grandkids of veteran character artiste Dina Pathak and half-siblings of actor Shahid Kapoor .

Filmography

Films

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Year FilmRoleNotes
1989Adhuri ZindagiTV movie co-starring Shah Rukh Khan
1996Sardari BegumKulsum's Mother
1997...JayateNurse LindaTV movie
1999GodmotherShanti (Veeram's sister-in-law)
2000Hari-BhariRampyari
2001ZubeidaaZainab Bi
2008Roorkee By-PassMaasiShort film
2010Tere Bin LadenShabbo
2012Ferrari Ki SawaariBaboo Didi
2014Ankhon DekhiAmmaWon—Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress
2015 Dum Laga Ke HaishaSubhadra RaniReleased internationally as My Big Fat Bride
All Is WellMamiji
Hasmukh Saab Ki WasihatMrs. Sonal Mehta
2016WazirPammi
BHK Bhalla at Halla.KomNeelam Khanna
2017Bareilly Ki BarfiSusheela MishraNominated—Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress
Shubh Mangal SaavdhanSugandha's MotherNominated—Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress
2018Khajoor Pe AtkeSushila
Everything is FineAshaShort film
Bhaiyya MoreyOld womanShort film
2019Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa LagaBillauri
Arjun PatialaMLA Prapti Makkad
BalaMausiNominated—Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress
ShameLaundry ladyShort film
2020Chintu Ka BirthdayNaniWon—Filmfare OTT Award for Best Supporting Actress (Web Original)
Suraj Pe Mangal BhariYeshodha Dhillon[11]
Das Capital: Gulamon Ki RajdhaniRashidaStreaming on Cinemapreneur[12]
2021Ramprasad Ki TehrviDirector Debut as a directorWon—Filmfare Award for Best Debut Director
Ye Mard BecharaShanti Devi
2022Badhaai DoMrs Singh
Gangubai KathiawadiSheela[13]
Raksha BandhanShanoo Sharma
Thank GodMrs. Kapoor, Ayaan's mother
2023Dream Girl 2Jumani
Yaatris

Television

Year FilmRoleNotes
1984–85 Hum LogBadki
1995–96Khushi (Season 1)
1995SidhhiSneha Aditya Diwan
1997Pehla PyarNirmala Mathur
1998–01Hip Hip HurrayMrs. Merchant
1999RishteyLeelavatiEpisode 70: Naya Vivah
2000–01Khushi (Season 2)
2005Astitva...Ek Prem KahaniArchana's mother
2002Sanjivani-A Medical Boon
Des Mein Niklla Hoga Chand
2003AandhiBua Ji
2006–07KulvaddhuPadma Chauhan
2006–09Kasamh SeBillo Masi
2008Hum LadkiyanDadiji
2012Lakhon Mein EkTeejan Bai/Hema Dhawan
2017The Kapil Sharma ShowHerselfEpisode 128: Promotion of Bareilly Ki Barfi
2020Episode 274: Celebrating Hum Log
2021Episode 171: Promotion of Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi

Web series

Year FilmRoleNotes
2019AafatRita MohantyWeb series on MX Player
2022Mai: A Mother's RageKalpanaNetflix
2022Jamtara: Sabka Number Aayega S2Ganga DeviNetflix

Awards and nominations

YearCategoryWorkResult
Filmfare Awards
2018Bareilly Ki Barfi
Shubh Mangal Saavdhan
2020Bala
2022Best Film (Critics)Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi
Best Director
Best Debut Director
Filmfare OTT Awards
2020Best Supporting Actress in a Web Original FilmChintu Ka Birthday
FOI Online Awards
2018Best Supporting ActressBareilly Ki Barfi
2022Best DirectorRamprasad Ki Tehrvi
IIFA Awards
2018Best Supporting ActressBareilly Ki Barfi
Shubh Mangal Saavdhan
Jagran Film Festival
2017Best Supporting ActressBareilly Ki Barfi
Screen Awards
2015Best Supporting ActressAnkhon Dekhi (tied with Tabu for Haider)
2018Shubh Mangal Saavdhan
2020Bala
Zee Cine Awards
2018Bareilly Ki Barfi

Notes and References

  1. News: The soap that gripped the nation . https://archive.today/20120911222714/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080706/jsp/7days/story_9510833.jsp . dead . 11 September 2012 . 16 November 2010 . . 6 July 2008.
  2. Web site: The Mint Planner . 7 August 2015 . 26 January 2016.
  3. Web site: The Pioneer . Culinary act . 15 April 2014 . Karan Bhardwaj . 26 January 2016.
  4. Web site: Sister Act . . Alaka Sahani . 23 August 2009 . 26 January 2016.
  5. Web site: Filmfare Awards 2020 Nominations 65th Filmfare Awards 2020 . filmfare.com . en . 18 February 2020.
  6. Web site: Seema Pahwa to debut as director with film starring Naseeruddin Shah, Konkona Sen, Manoj Pahwa . 2 August 2018 . Firstpost . en . 9 September 2019.
  7. Web site: Mumbai Academy of Moving Image - ProgrammeDetail Site . Mumbai Film Festival.
  8. Web site: Seema Pahwa's directorial debut, Ram Prasad ki Tehrvi, to premiere at Mumbai Film Festival . Cinema Express.
  9. Web site: Meet Mr and Mrs Pahwa: 'We have our tuning with each other for 30 years'.
  10. Web site: Manoj Pahwa and family on theatre, Bhisham Sahni and more . Mid Day . Chandrima Pal . 9 August 2015 . 27 January 2016.
  11. News: Suraj Pe Mangal Bhari: Manoj Bajpayee, Diljit, Fatima Sana Shaikh film to release in theatres this Diwali . India Today . 12 October 2020 . 12 October 2020.
  12. News: Fighting several pandemics at once . The New Indian Express . 26 November 2020 . 19 December 2020.
  13. News: Alia Bhatt starrer Gangubai Kathiawadi to release on January 6, 2022 . Bollywood Hungama . 30 September 2021 . 30 September 2021.