---
name: "Sudha Bhuchar"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sudha-bhuchar"
fi1m_id: "sudha-bhuchar"
imdb_id: "nm0080438"
tmdb_id: 1855066
wikidata_id: "Q28341349"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1960"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-03T01:48:21.207216+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."
---

# Sudha Bhuchar

## Identity

Sudha Bhuchar

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sudha-bhuchar
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sudha-bhuchar
- **IMDb ID:** nm0080438
- **TMDB ID:** 1855066
- **Wikidata ID:** Q28341349
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudha_Bhuchar, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28341349, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0080438/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1855066

Actor. Born 1 January 1960 in Tanga, Tanzania.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1960, Tanga, Tanzania
- **Active:** 2018–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 75, as actor, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 67 (1), 2020s 76 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 75 to 74 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Drama 2, Family 2, Adventure 1, Animation 1, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $349m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudha_Bhuchar, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28341349, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0080438/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1855066

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*After Love*](https://film.one/film/after-love.md) (83), [*Mogul Mowgli*](https://film.one/film/mogul-mowgli.md) (79)

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

## Biography

Sudha Bhuchar is a Tanzanian-born British Asian actor and playwright. Born in Tanga, Tanzania, to Indian parents, she moved to England as a child and studied maths and sociology at Roehampton Institute. She co-founded the Tamasha Theatre Company in 1989 with Kristine Landon-Smith and served as its co-artistic director until 2015, focusing on stories of British Asians.

Bhuchar is known for her theatre work including the plays *Balti Kings* (1999), *A Fine Balance* (2005), *The Trouble with Asian Men* (2005) and *My Name Is...* (2014). Her screen credits include *Mary Poppins Returns* (2018), *Mogul Mowgli* (2020) as Nasra, *After Love* (2021) as Farzanna, *We Are Lady Parts* (2021) and *Vera* (2011). She founded Bhuchar Boulevard in 2015 to continue producing new writing.

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

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget* (2023), Fi1m 64, as Additional Voices (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/chicken-run-dawn-of-the-nugget.md)
- *After Love* (2021), Fi1m 83, as Farzanna — [page](https://film.one/film/after-love.md)
- *We Are Lady Parts* (2021), Fi1m 80, as Nazneen — [page](https://film.one/tv/we-are-lady-parts.md)
- *Mogul Mowgli* (2020), Fi1m 79, as Nasra — [page](https://film.one/film/mogul-mowgli.md)
- *Mary Poppins Returns* (2018), Fi1m 67, as Miss Lark — [page](https://film.one/film/mary-poppins-returns.md)

## Complete filmography (32)

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

- *Ish* (2026), as Nanu
- *Believe Me* (2026), series, as Salma
- *Dekho* (2025), as Gurinder
- *Virdee* (2025), series, as Jyoti
- *A Game of Two Halves* (2024), as Sanjay's Mother
- *Expats* (2024), series, as Brinder
- *Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget* (2023), as Additional Voices (voice) — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/chicken-run-dawn-of-the-nugget.md)
- *Ridley* (2022), series, as Sarita Grant
- *Into Dust* (2021), Actor
- *Trinity* (2021), as Samanya
- *After Love* (2021), as Farzanna — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/after-love.md)
- *We Are Lady Parts* (2021), series, as Nazneen — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/we-are-lady-parts.md)
- *The Long Goodbye* (2021), as Mum
- *Mogul Mowgli* (2020), as Nasra — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/mogul-mowgli.md)
- *Mary Poppins Returns* (2018), as Miss Lark — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/mary-poppins-returns.md)
- *Happy New Year, Colin Burstead* (2018), as Maya
- *The Living and the Dead* (2016), series, as Dr. Kahn
- *Boj* (2014), series, as Mrs. Nibblit (voice)
- *All in Good Time* (2012), as Auntie Nushie
- *Vera* (2011), series, as Aisha Sharma — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/vera.md)
- *Midnight Feast* (2003), Writer
- *Blue Murder* (2003), series, as Dr. Sarita Gupta
- *Greenfingers* (2001), as Prison Board Official
- *Bad Girls* (1999), series, as Magistrate
- *Memsahib Rita* (1994), as Film Star
- *Family Pride* (1991), series, as Kiran Bedi
- *The Darling Buds of May* (1991), series, as Mrs. Sikkim
- *Billy Webb's Amazing Story* (1991), series, as Mrs Kaur
- *Alfonso Bonzo* (1990), series, as Mrs Kaur
- *Shalom Salaam* (1989), as Humera
- *Lovejoy* (1986), series, as Aisha Subhani
- *Majdhar* (1984), Actor

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