Raisa Padamsee is an Indian actress, who acted in the well-known Indian auteur

Mani Kaul Mani Kaul (25 December 1944 – 6 July 2011) was an Indian director of Hindi films and a reputed figure in Indian parallel cinema. He graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) where he was a student of Ritwik Ghatak and ...

's 1973 Hindi film ''

Duvidha ''Duvidha'' is a 1973 ghost movie directed by Mani Kaul, based on a Rajasthani story of the same name by Vijaydan Detha. The film stars Ravi Menon and Raisa Padamsee in lead roles. The film was critically acclaimed and won the director the Na ...

''.

Early life

Raisa is the only daughter of an Indian-French couple, the well-known painter

Akbar Padamsee Akbar Padamsee (12 April 1928 – 6 January 2020) was an Indian artist and painter, considered one of the pioneers in modern Indian painting along with S.H. Raza, F.N. Souza and M.F. Husain. Over the years he also worked with various mediums ...

and Solange Gounelle. She was named by M.F. Hussain, whose daughter is named Raisa, as well.

Career

She played the female protagonist in the critically acclaimed film ''Duvidha'' that won best director's national award and Critics Award for Best Film at the 1974

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. Raisa did not know a word of Hindi and only spoke French, when she played the role of the silent bride in the movie.

Personal life

Raisa did not act in any more movies after her debut movie, and went back to

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. ...

where she now lives with her family. Her husband Laurent Brégeat is a filmmaker. Well-known theater personality and ad film maker

Alyque Padamsee Alyque Padamsee (5 March 1928 – 17 November 2018) was an Indian theatre personality and ad film maker. He played Muhammad Ali Jinnah in the 1982 British period film ''Gandhi''. Besides being involved in Indian theatre as an actor and producer ...

is her paternal uncle. He was married to the singer and actress

Sharon Prabhakar Sharon Prabhakar (born 4 August 1955) is an Indian pop singer, theatre personality and public speaker. Personal life Prabhakar was born to a Punjabi father who was a public servant, and a Christian mother who was a music teacher. Along with her ...

. Their daughter and Raisa's cousin

Shazahn Padamsee Shazahn Padamsee is an Indian actress and model who primarily worked in Hindi films. Daughter of noted actors Alyque Padamsee and Sharon Prabhakar, she made her first film appearance in the 2009 Hindi film '' Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year ...

too is an actress.

References

Year of birth missing (living people) Living people 20th-century Indian actresses Indian film actresses Indian people of French descent Actresses in Hindi cinema Actresses of European descent in Indian films Actresses of European descent in Bollywood films Indian expatriates in France Khoja Ismailism Gujarati people {{India-actor-stub