Ayesha Raza Mishra (born 26 September 1977) is an Indian actress.

Ayesha Raza Mishra
Born
Ayesha Raza

(1977-09-26) 26 September 1977 (age 47)[1]
NationalityIndian
Occupations
Years active2003–present
Spouse
(m. 2008)
RelativesIsmat Chughtai (grand-aunt)
Rashid Jahan (grand-aunt)
Begum Khurshid Mirza (grand-aunt)
Hajrah Begum (grand-aunt)
Uzra Butt (grand-aunt)
Zohra Segal (grand-aunt)
Kiran Segal (cousin)
Khawar Mumtaz (aunt)
Samiya Mumtaz (cousin)
Salman Haider (cousin)
Navina Najat Haidar (niece)

Career

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Ayesha Raza Mishra began her career by working in theatre, advertisements, and television shows.[2] She went on to portray motherly roles in several films including Madaari (2016),[3] Befikre (2016), Toilet – Ek Prem Katha (2017) and Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety (2018).[2][4][5] She received acclamation for her portrayal of a noisy, comical Punjabi mother in the 2018 film Veere Di Wedding.[2] She went on to play Gunjan Saxena's mother in Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl.[6]

Personal life

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Ayesha is married to actor Kumud Mishra.[7] They have a son named Kabir.[8] Her grand aunts include Zohra Sehgal and Uzra Butt.[9]

Filmography

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Films and web series

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Year Title Role Notes
2003 Raghu Romeo News Reader
2004 Dhoom Journalist
2007 Return of Hanuman Maruti's mother Animated film; voice role
2008 Mumbai Meri Jaan Sejal Agarwal
2010 Thanks Maa Motwani's wife
2015 The Exile Sudha Sharma short film
Das Capital Gulamon Ki Rajdhani Pansokha
Dil Dhadakne Do Indoo Mehra [10]
2016 Happy Bhag Jayegi Rifat Bi
Befikre Shyra's mother
Madaari Goswami's wife
2017 Khaane Mein Kya Hai Mother short film[11]
Toilet: Ek Prem Katha Vidya
2018 Love per Square Foot Poonam Tiwari Netflix film
Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety Manju Sharma
Veere Di Wedding Rishabh's mother
Babbar ka Tabbar Mrs. Babbar ZEE5
2019 Student of the Year 2 Archana Singh
Bharat Jamuna Kumari
Chappad Phaad Ke Vaishali Gupchup
2020 Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl Kirti Saxena Netflix film
Ginny Weds Sunny Shobha Juneja
Laxmii Ratna Rajput Disney Plus Hotstar film
2023 Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar Mrs. Malhotra

Television

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Year Title Role
2014 Yudh Nayantara Sikarwar
2015 Bang Baaja Baarat Roli Sharma
2016 Permanent Roommates Ila
2019 Made in Heaven Renu Gupta
2021 The Married Woman Babbo
2022 Sutliyan Supriya
2023 The Freelancer Sabeena

References

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  1. ^ "Kumud Mishra's (husband) interview". YouTube.
  2. ^ a b c "Veere Di Wedding actor Ayesha Raza Mishra: Bollywood mothers have evolved". The Indian Express. 24 June 2018.
  3. ^ "'Madaari' review: Powerful and thought provoking". Sify. Archived from the original on 25 July 2016.
  4. ^ Joshi, Namrata (23 February 2018). "'Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety' review: Men are from Mars". The Hindu.
  5. ^ "'Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety': A light-hearted tug of war". TheQuint. 23 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Gunjan Saxena actor Ayesha Raza Mishra: Janhvi Kapoor is an old soul". The Indian Express. 17 August 2020.
  7. ^ "A PARTY OF FIVE". Archived from the original on 19 August 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  8. ^ "Life in the times of love-jihad". Archived from the original on 19 August 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  9. ^ "Ayesha Raza artist detail". Archived from the original on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  10. ^ "'Dil Dhadakne Do' - pulsates with fine performances". Deccan Herald. 5 June 2015.
  11. ^ "Watch: How a mother and daughter talk about sex without even referring to it". Hindustan Times. 11 July 2017.
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