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name: "Shefali Shah"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/shefali-shah"
fi1m_id: "shefali-shah"
imdb_id: "nm0156858"
tmdb_id: 120430
wikidata_id: "Q7492560"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "20 July 1972"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T03:28:57.284733+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."
---

# Shefali Shah

## Identity

Shefali Shah

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/shefali-shah
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** shefali-shah
- **IMDb ID:** nm0156858
- **TMDB ID:** 120430
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7492560
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shefali_Shah, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7492560, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0156858/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/120430

Actor. Born 20 July 1972 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 20 July 1972, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- **Also known as:** Shefali Chhaya 
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shefali_Shah, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7492560, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0156858/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/120430

## Coming up

- *The Pride of Bharat: Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj* (2027-01-21), as Rajmata Jijabai

## Biography

Shefali Shah is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films, television and theatre. She began her career in Gujarati theatre before making her television debut in the early 1990s. Her film debut came with a minor role in *Rangeela* (1995), followed by a supporting part in the crime film *Satya* (1998).

She is known for her role as Ria Verma in Mira Nair’s *Monsoon Wedding* (2001). Other notable credits include *Mohabbatein* (2000), *Karthik Calling Karthik* (2010), *Dil Dhadakne Do* (2015), *Brothers* (2015), *Darlings* (2022) and the series *Delhi Crime* (2019–), in which she plays DCP Vartika Chaturvedi. She received the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in *The Last Lear* (2007).

Shah was previously married to actor Harsh Chhaya. She is married to director Vipul Amrutlal Shah.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, bollywoodhungama.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Monsoon Wedding* (2001), Fi1m 80, as Ria Verma — [page](https://film.one/film/monsoon-wedding.md)

## Complete filmography (36)

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

- *The Pride of Bharat: Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj* (2027), as Rajmata Jijabai
- *Three of Us* (2023), as Shailaja Desai
- *Neeyat* (2023), as CBI Officer
- *Doctor G* (2022), as Dr. Nandini Srivastava
- *Kachha Baniyan Gang: The Real Story Behind Delhi Crime Season 2* (2022), Actor
- *Darlings* (2022), as Shamshunissa Ansari
- *Jalsa* (2022), as Ruksana Mohammad
- *Human* (2022), series, Actor
- *Happy Birthday Mummyji* (2021), Director, Writer
- *Someday* (2021), Director
- *Ajeeb Daastaans* (2021), as Natasha (segment 'Ankahi')
- *Once Again* (2019), as Tara Shetty
- *Delhi Crime* (2019), series, as Vartika Chaturvedi
- *Juice* (2017), as Manju Singh
- *Commando 2 - The Black Money Trail* (2017), as Leena Chowdhury
- *Brothers* (2015), as Maria Fernandes
- *Dil Dhadakne Do* (2015), as Neelam Mehra
- *Lakshmi* (2014), as Jyothi
- *Kucch Luv Jaisaa* (2011), as Madhu S. Saxena
- *Karthik Calling Karthik* (2010), as Dr. Kapadia
- *The Last Lear* (2008), as Vandana
- *Black & White* (2008), as Roma Mathur
- *Ramayan* (2008), series, as Sunaina
- *Gandhi, My Father* (2007), as Kasturba Gandhi
- *15 Park Avenue* (2006), as Lakshmi J. Roy
- *Waqt* (2005), as Sumitra Thakur
- *Monsoon Wedding* (2001), as Ria Verma — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/monsoon-wedding.md)
- *Mohabbatein* (2000), as Nandini
- *Dariya Chhoru* (1999), Actor
- *Satya* (1998), as Pyaari Mhatre
- *Kabhie Kabhie* (1997), series, as Radha Pathak
- *Hasratein* (1996), series, as Savi
- *Rangeela* (1995), as Gulbadan
- *Banegi Apni Baat* (1993), series, as Richa
- *Koke*, series, Actor
- *Hisaab*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Shefali Shah](https://film.one/media/person/3932996/gallery-79cfcadbc7ef.jpg) Shefali Shah — Bollywood Hungama, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/Photos-Celebs-attend-the-premiere-of-Delhi-Crime-2-0086-1_%28cropped2%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Shefali Shah](https://film.one/media/person/3932996/gallery-58d6a97f4849.jpg) Shefali Shah — Image via TMDB
- ![Shefali Shah](https://film.one/media/person/3932996/gallery-558da0e14c31.jpg) Shefali Shah — Image via TMDB
- ![Shefali Shah](https://film.one/media/person/3932996/gallery-a43eb864d380.jpg) Shefali Shah — Image via TMDB

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