15 Facts About Sushma Seth

Sushma Seth was born on 20 June 1936 and is an Indian stage, film and television actress.

Sushma Seth started her career in the 1950s, and was a founder member of the Delhi-based theatre group Yatrik.

Sushma Seth is known for playing a mother and grandmother role in movies and on television, and notable for her role as Dadi in the pioneering TV soap Hum Log.

Sushma Seth has worked with famous directors like Dev Raj Ankur, Ram Gopal Bajaj, Manish Joshi Bismil and Chander Shekhar Sharma.

Thereafter Sushma did a teachers training diploma in home science, Lady Irwin College, New Delhi, Associate in Science diploma, Briarcliff College, New York, and later, Bachelor of Fine Arts, from Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, United States.

Sushma Seth made her big screen debut with Shyam Benegal's 1978 period film Junoon, in which she played Shashi Kapoor's aunt.

Sushma Seth has starred in some of the biggest hits in the Indian industry including Silsila, Prem Rog, Ram Teri Ganga Maili, Chandni, Deewana, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham.

Sushma Seth appeared in the Punjabi film Chann Pardesi.

Sushma Seth has played the mother and grandmother of many Bollywood performers including Rishi Kapoor, Akshay Kumar, Shahrukh Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Anil Kapoor and Preity Zinta.

Sushma Seth appeared in the TV sitcom Dekh Bhai Dekh, directed by Anand Mahendroo, where she played the matriarch of the Divan family.

Sushma Seth has worked with theatre directors like Ram Gopal Bajaj and Manish Joshi Bismil.

Sushma Seth is notable for her performance on the TV soap Hum Log, telecast in the early 80s on Doordarshan, in which she played Daadi.

Sushma Seth was so popular that her character, who was shown suffering from throat cancer, had to be extended on viewer's demand.

Since the early 2000s, Sushma Seth has been working with an NGO called Arpana, directing plays and dance dramas.

Sushma Seth has written a play called Sitaron Ke Paas inspired by the life of astronaut Kalpana Chawla.