---
name: "Indira Joshi"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/indira-joshi"
fi1m_id: "indira-joshi"
imdb_id: "nm0430794"
tmdb_id: 1214965
wikidata_id: "Q6025022"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "2 March 1942"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 54
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T13:16:47.789050+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Indira Joshi

## Identity

Indira Joshi

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/indira-joshi
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** indira-joshi
- **IMDb ID:** nm0430794
- **TMDB ID:** 1214965
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6025022
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indira_Joshi_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6025022, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0430794/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1214965

Actor. Born 2 March 1942 in Sagaing, Myanmar.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 2 March 1942, Sagaing, Myanmar
- **Active:** 1987–2001
- **Average Fi1m score:** 54, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 30 (1), 2000s 77 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indira_Joshi_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6025022, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0430794/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1214965

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*The Kumars at No. 42*](https://film.one/tv/the-kumars-at-no-42.md) (77)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Indira Joshi is a British actress. She was born on 2 March 1942 in Sagaing, Myanmar.

She is best known for playing Madhuri Kumar, the mother in the family, in the BBC comedy series *The Kumars at No. 42* (2001–2006). Other television credits include roles in *EastEnders* (as Mariam Ahmed), *Coronation Street*, *Vera*, *Casualty*, *Red Dwarf* and *The Indian Doctor*. Film appearances include *Superman IV: The Quest for Peace* (1987).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, mylondon.news.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Kumars at No. 42* (2001), Fi1m 77, Actor — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-kumars-at-no-42.md)
- *Superman IV: The Quest for Peace* (1987), Fi1m 30, as Secretary General U.N. — [page](https://film.one/film/superman-iv-the-quest-for-peace.md)

## Complete filmography (23)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *National Theatre Live: Dara* (2020), as Imperial slave / Itbar’s Mother / Old Woman
- *Vera* (2011), series, as Amrita Johnson — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/vera.md)
- *The Indian Doctor* (2010), series, as Pushpa Bakshi
- *The Londoners* (2008), series, as Mumtas Rampal
- *The Blue Tower* (2008), as Kamla
- *Canterbury Tales* (2003), series, as Vena
- *Grease Monkeys* (2003), series, as Jasbir Dhillon
- *Bollywood Queen* (2002), as Vasha
- *The Kumars at No. 42* (2001), series, Actor — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-kumars-at-no-42.md)
- *Weak at Denise* (2001), Actor
- *The Diary of Rita Patel* (1988), as Renu
- *Red Dwarf* (1988), series, as Erin the Lemon Trader — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/red-dwarf.md)
- *Superman IV: The Quest for Peace* (1987), as Secretary General U.N. — Fi1m 30, [page](https://film.one/film/superman-iv-the-quest-for-peace.md)
- *Love Match* (1986), as Afshan
- *Worlds Beyond* (1986), series, as Geeta
- *Casualty* (1986), series, as Supriya Chhabra — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)
- *Sunday Premiere* (1986), series, as Afshan
- *ScreenPlay* (1986), series, as Renu
- *Inside Out* (1985), series, as Shakira
- *Paint Me a Murder* (1984), as Mrs. Patel
- *Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense* (1984), series, as Mrs. Patel
- *Sharing Time* (1984), series, as Sharra
- *Justice - Uncle Sangi* (1979), as Mrs Dev

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