Birth Name: Shefali Shetty (Shefali Shah)
Shefali Shah has dabbled with theatre, television and done eye-catching character roles in many noted films, including Satya and Gandhi My Father. She recently made a comeback in Kucch Luv Jaisaa .
Date of Birth: July 1974
Shefali Shah was born to udhakar Shetty (former RBI employee) and Shobha Shetty (a homeopathy doctor). She spent her early childhood at the RBI quarters in Santa Cruz, Mumbai. She went to school at Arya Vidya Mandir, Santacruz, Mumbai.
Shah made her film debut with Rangeela (1995), although she only had a few scenes in the film. She ventured into television with the serial Kabhie Kabhie.
She starred in the critically acclaimed film Satya (1998). Shefali starred in the hit Waqt: The Race Against Time (2005) as Amitabh Bachchan's wife. The film was directed by her husband Vipul Shah. Her performance was appreciated by the critics.
Shefali Shah's breakthrough performance was as Ria Verma in the internationally acclaimed Monsoon Wedding. She graduated to mature roles as Kasturba Gandhi in Gandhi, My Father and as Anil Kapoor's wife in the 2008 film Black & White.
In 2011 she did a film Kuch Luv Jaisaa which crashed badly at the box office.
Shah was married to television actor Harsh Chhaya. After their divorce, she married director Vipul Amrutlal Shah. She has two sons with Shah.