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Last updated on April 14, 2025.
Supriya Pathak

Supriya Pathak is an Indian actress who works in Gujarati and Hindi films and television. She has received multiple awards including three Filmfare Awards for Best Supporting Actress. She is mostly popular for playing the role of Hansa Parekh in the Khichdi franchise, and for her vitriolic avatar of "Dhankor Baa" in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela.

Honestly, I don't understand this concept of daughter-in-law. For me, she is my daughter as well as her own mother's daughter.
I definitely hope and pray everyone has this kind of a married life - contented and happy.
On TV, you get stuck with one character and people remember you for that. I'm not happy with that. — © Supriya Pathak
On TV, you get stuck with one character and people remember you for that. I'm not happy with that.
Everyone is making the same kind of shows, about underworld and things like that. So I am hoping somebody breaks this trend, else we will again enter the same grind.
In my free time, I read a lot, watch shows, listen to music, cook, write short stories and spend time with my grandchildren.
Every time I get a role of a mother, I try to find a different area, person or milieu where I can put the mother That's always exciting.
Being a grandmother is an out-of-the-world feeling.
I enjoy performing different roles. I never want to get stuck with one character.
In all these years, I've witnessed how beautifully Hyderabad has grown.
I thought 'Bobby Jasoos' was an extremely interesting film.
I feel that cinema, if made entertainingly with a certain meaning, reaches out to a lot more people. It makes them aware of issues or things that help people to understand what's around them.
I would love to do something that is negative.
My daughter told me that she wants to become an actor even before she learnt to speak properly. — © Supriya Pathak
My daughter told me that she wants to become an actor even before she learnt to speak properly.
I said yes to a Gujarati film because I loved the script.
I really miss playing Hansa. I just love her.
I enjoy working very much, I am not choosy.
I was never interested in the quantity of films or the glamorous side of cinema.
I am not familiar with Telugu, Tamil or Malayalam and tend to feel they are foreign languages to me.
I would love to play Hansaa again if somebody offers me that role. In fact, I have been pleading with the producers of 'Khichdi' to bring that show back.
My father Baldev Pathak was a Punjabi, and mother, Dina Pathak, a Kathiawadi Gujarati.
My daughter-in-law is like my daughter.
The work pressure in a daily is much. There is no time to etch out characters.
I really am fond of my grandchildren.
As an actor, I get into the mind space of many women and I don't have to take many births for that.
Though my mother gave me the first break, I didn't want to become an actor. I wanted to dance.
In Scotland, where we were shooting in June and July the weather was so unpredictable. We would start the shoot on a bright, sunny day and within an hour it would turn cloudy and start raining heavily.
I am very happy as a mother-in-law. I have a lovely daughter-in-law.
I was quite old school and religious, keeping all my fasts and would prefer to spend my time in temples.
My parents were both very social and would have parties at home all the time.
I'm a very proud mother as Sanah has been getting lots of rave reviews. She has done good work and shown herself as a promising actress.
I would love to be part of every film that's good.
People tell me Especially while we are stressed out, we watch just one episode of 'Kichdi' and immediately feel de-stressed.'
There was no pressure of working with names like Shashi Kapoor, Rekha, Amrish Puri and A.K. Hangal because I was familiar with all of them, courtesy my mother.
The shows being made nowadays are very similar, very regressive. We are talking about the type of '60s, '70s kind of films, and similar stories are being shown on TV today. Only rehashed and glossy. It does not interest me.
In fact I watch Netflix these days for something light.
I don't watch any shows but I have been following international series such as 'The Big Bang Theory,' 'Clue' and 'Modern Family.' I would love to be part of any of these if they are recreated in India.
I know that I play a mother all the time, but different kinds of mother.
Being in the profession of acting, we would like our work to be watched by people. That's the reason why we work and if it is not seen, it is upsetting. — © Supriya Pathak
Being in the profession of acting, we would like our work to be watched by people. That's the reason why we work and if it is not seen, it is upsetting.
I heard a lot of very good things about Sanjay Leela Bhansali from my mother when she worked with him in Devdas. I also love the films that he makes so I was very excited when I was offered 'Ram-Leela.'
I really feel that Shahid and me, we share a relationship which is so much more than just a mother and son kind of relationship.
I have always wanted to do Gujarati films but I wasn't offered any good films.
It becomes difficult to do weeklies as I need to be with my children.
TV is a medium that can be used to spread a positive message but people are spreading bogus ideas in people's minds.
Initially, I was worried about playing Hansa, because Hansa is someone who talks a lot but does nothing. But after I started playing the character, it was such a relief.
I got an opportunity to play all kinds of women - that has been the satisfying aspect of my career.
The most charming thing about theatre is that you get an instant reaction from the audience.
All the work that I have done is the type I would want to watch. If I can't watch it myself how can I expect people to watch it?
I've mostly worked in Hindi and occasionally Gujarati, which is my mother tongue. — © Supriya Pathak
I've mostly worked in Hindi and occasionally Gujarati, which is my mother tongue.
Films have become much more professional. It is now a secure place for people.
My mother had always been a working woman and so she would drop me to my mama's house everyday for the whole day since it was close by.
I can't give 20 days a month to a show.
Being an actors' family, we generally didn't think about any other profession.
What is more important today for the audience is to have different kinds of content. They like variety, they like different kinds of stories, different kinds of entertainment.
When I was told that we are doing another series of 'Kichidi' my reaction was indeed as if the wish, of not only me but the audiences who loved watching the show, was fulfilled again.
In fact, I have seen four kinds of weather in a single day.
He is my son and very dear to me, and that's the only emotion I had for him from day one. I don't know any other way to live this relationship. I also have a lovely daughter-in-law, who is such a beautiful person and the best thing in the world is my granddaughter Misha. She is the most precious gift I have got from Shahid.
Give me anything that is chewable, and I will chew on it.
I would be ready for any kind of weather changes and carry different kinds of clothing in my car.
Working with good actors is a pleasure as acting is all about reacting.
There is so much of stress in our day to day life and Hansa is stress buster. So yes! I miss playing Hansa and she will always be close to my heart.
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