Shilpa Shirodkar


Shilpa Shirodkar is an Indian actress and former photo model who worked primarily in Hindi-language films from 1989 to 2000. After a 13-year hiatus from acting, she made her comeback to acting, this time on television in the Zee TV series Ek Mutthi Aasmaan in 2013. In 2024, she participated in ''Bigg Boss 18.''
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Career

Shirodkar made her debut with Ramesh Sippy's film Bhrashtachar, with Mithun Chakraborty and Rekha, in which she played the role of a blind girl. She starred opposite Anil Kapoor in the hit 1990 film Kishen Kanhaiya. The following year she had successful films like Trinetra and Hum. She appeared in several other hit films such as Khuda Gawah, Aankhen, Pehchaan, Gopi Kishan, Bewafa Sanam and Mrityudand. She decided to quit acting after marriage and her last film appearance was in the 2000 film Gaja Gamini. She was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1993 for Khuda Gawah. Shilpa paired in nine films with Mithun Chakraborty and fans appreciated their onscreen pairing.
She took a 13-year hiatus from show business to raise her family in London and in 2013 made her comeback on television after shifting residence to Mumbai. The first shooting location was in a Delhi suburb for her comeback, Zee TV's new show Ek Mutthi Aasmaan, based on the life of domestic helpers. The series finished in late 2014.
Her second television serial Silsila Pyar Ka aired on Star Plus on 4 January 2016 and ended six months later in June. From May 2017 to September 2018, she appeared in the Colors TV serial Savitri Devi College & Hospital. In February 2020, she made a comeback to films playing a supporting role in Guns of Banaras, a film which had been completed in 2014 but was delayed for six years.

Personal life

Born to Marathi actress Gangu Bai on 20 November 1973, Shilpa is the younger sister of actress and former Miss India Namrata Shirodkar and grand-daughter of Meenakshi Shirodkar. She married United Kingdom-based banker Aparesh Ranjit in 2000. They have a daughter together.

Filmography

YearFilmRoleNotes
1989BhrashtacharGopi
1990Kishen KanhaiyaRadha
1990Ghar Ki Laxmi
1990Paap Ki KamaeeSalma
1990Nyay AnyayAnju Singh
1991YodhaShilpa Singh
1991TrinetraMona
1991HumAnita Sinha
1991Benaam BadshaBijli
1991Do MatwaleDr. Pooja
1991Swarg Yahan Narak YahanRadha
1991LakshmanrekhaVaishali
1992TilakDaku Mangla / Chanda
1992BrahmaTelugu film
1992Khuda GawahInspector Heena SinghNominated:Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress
1992ApradhiKamini
1992Dil Hi To HaiJayshree
1993PrateekshaRenu Khanna
1993PehchaanSeema
1993Jeevan Ki ShatranjCID Inspector Kiran
1993AankhenChandramukhi
1993ParwaneMona Saxena
1994JuaariAnita
1994Gopi KishanChanda
1994GopalaaSandra Dimento
1994Chhoti BahooRadha
1994Hum Hain BemisaalDidi
1995RaghuveerRoshni
1995Bewafa SanamMamta/Sheetal
1996Return of Jewel ThiefSonu
1996Apne Dam ParSapna Saxena
1996Bandish
1996Hum Hain Premi
1996RangbaazChampa
1997MrityudandKanti
1997ArasiyalVasukiTamil film
1998HitlerAdvocate Sheila S. Sharma
1998Dand NayakJournalist
1998BadmaashGeeta
1999Jai HindRoshni
2000Gaja GaminiSindhu
2010Barood : – A Love StorySonaDelayed release
2020Guns of BanarasBrijesh Singh's wifeDelayed release
2025JatadharaShobhaTelugu-Hindi bilingual film