Tanvi Azmi

To play Radhabai, mother of the title character in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Bajirao Mastani (2015), Tanvi Azmi shaved her head, and the role won her the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress. Born in Mumbai on 9 November 1960, she is the daughter of the actress Usha Kiran and acts in Hindi film and television. Early on she played a troubled doctor in the television series Jeevanrekha and a young widow in Vijaya Mehta's telefilm Rao Saheb (1986), and she acted in Malayalam cinema in Adoor Gopalakrishnan's Vidheyan (1993). Her first Filmfare nomination for Best Supporting Actress came with Pyari Behna (1985). Akele Hum Akele Tum (1995), opposite Aamir Khan and Manisha Koirala, brought another, as did Dushman (1998), in which she was the psychologist Dr. Poornima Sehgal. She appeared in the television series Vani Rani in 2017. Thappad (2020) and Renuka Shahane's Netflix film Tribhanga (2021) earned her further award nominations. She also appears in Akka, the Netflix series led by Keerthy Suresh and Radhika Apte, which streams from 30 October 2026.