Supriya Pathak

Supriya Pathak Kapur (born 7 January 1961) is an Indian actress who works in Gujarati and Hindi films and television. She garnered widespread recognition and acclaim with her portrayal of Hansa Parekh in the Khichdi franchise. She has received several awards, including a Filmfare OTT Award and three Filmfare Awards. She also featured in the hit TV serial Idhar Udhar in the 1980s.

Younger daughter of actress Dina Pathak, she married her second husband, actor Pankaj Kapur in 1988, with whom she has a daughter and a son. Her sister is actress Ratna Pathak Shah, who is married to actor Naseeruddin Shah. Actor Shahid Kapoor is her stepson.

Early life Supriya was born on 7 January 1961 to Kathiyawadi Gujarati theater artiste and veteran actor, Dina Pathak and a Punjabi father, Baldev Pathak, dressmaker to the stars Rajesh Khanna and Dilip Kumar. She has one elder sister, Ratna Pathak, also a theater and film actor. She grew up in Parsi Colony in Dadar, Mumbai, and attended the J. B. Vachha High School. She has a bachelor's degree in Fine art, specialising in Bharatanatyam, from the Nalanda Dance Research Centre, University of Mumbai.

Career Pathak's first foray into acting was under her mother's direction with the revival of the play Maina Gurjari, which Dina Pathak had acted in previously. In 1985, she played the title role in Malayalam movie Akalathe Ambili.

Her television roles include Idhar Udhar, Ek Mahal Ho Sapno Ka, Khichdi, Baa Bahoo Aur Baby and Chanchan among others.

In 1994, her husband, Pankaj Kapur and she launched their own TV production house, Grass Company. Mohandas B.A.L.L.B was the first serial they produced and acted in under the banner.

After an 11-year hiatus from acting, she starred in the 2005 film Sarkar, followed by its sequel, Sarkar Raj in 2008. She portrayed a subservient mother who tries hard to fill the generation gap with her son in Wake Up Sid (2009). Filmfare magazine called her rendering of the sinister Dhankor Baa in 2013's Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela the "watershed of her career". Carry On Kesar (2016) was her first Gujarati film.

Personal life

At 22, Pathak married, 2020

Laali Khanna

Hemant Shah's mother Released on Disney+ Hotstar

Sister D'Souza Released on Amazon Prime Video

Mimi's mother Released On Netflix And JioCinema

Bhanuben Virah Chibber, Rashmi's mother Released on ZEE5 2022

Kalindi Thakar Gujarati film

Diwali

Hansa Parekh 2024

Supriya

Mrs. Bhankar

Kusum Gujarati film

Gujarati film 2026

Television

Web series

Awards and nominations