Person Details

Birthday: 1922-03-04 17:56:22

Death: 2008-10-11 17:56:22

Aliases: दीना पाठक

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India

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Movie Involvements: 51

TV Involvements: 1


Most Famous Work

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Dina Pathak or Deena Pathak née Gandhi (4 March 1922 - 11 October 2002) was a veteran actor and director of Gujarati theatre and also a film actor. She was also a woman activist and remained the President of the 'National Federation of Indian Women' (NIFW). A doyen of Hindi and Gujarati films as well as theatre, Dina Pathak acted in over 120 films in a career spanning over six decades; her production Mena Gurjari in Bhavai folk theatre style, ran successfully for many years, and is now an part of its repertoire. She is best known for her memorable roles in the Hindi films Gol Maal and Khubsoorat. She was a favourite of the Art Cinema in India where she essayed powerful roles in films like Koshish, Umrao Jaan, Mirch Masala and Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho!. Her notable Gujarati films were Moti Ba, Malela Jeev, and Bhavani Bhavai while her well-known plays include Dinglegar, Doll's House, Vijan Sheni and Girish Karnad's Hayavadana, directed by Satyadev Dubey. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dina Pathak, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Most Famous Work

Tamas
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10

Tamas

(1988) Banto
A Passage to India
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7

A Passage to India

(1984) Begum Hamidullah
Devdas
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8

Devdas

(2002) Bhuvan's mother
Sabse Bada Khiladi
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6

Sabse Bada Khiladi

(1995) Jamna's mother
Mirch Masala
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8

Mirch Masala

(1987) Maanki, factory worker
Zakhmi Sipahi
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0

Zakhmi Sipahi

(1995) Shakti's Grandmother
Maidan-E-Jung
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7

Maidan-E-Jung

(1995) Buaji
Dil... Akhir Dil Hai
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0

Dil... Akhir Dil Hai

(1982) Shobha Desai

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2004 Self (archive footage)
2003 Rahim's aunt
2002 Grandma ji
Bhuvan's mother
2000 Mohit's grandmother
N/A
1999 N/A
1998 Dadi Maa
1996 N/A
1995 Rammo
Jamna's mother
Shakti's Grandmother
Buaji
Buaji
1993 (uncredited)
N/A
Dharamraj's mother
1992 Daadi Maa
Naina's paternal grandmother
1991 Bir Singh's elder sister
Fateh's mother
N/A
1989 N/A
1988 Mrs. Yadav
Banto
Amijaan
Banto
N/A
1987 N/A
N/A
Mrs. Jagmohan
Maanki, factory worker
1986 N/A
Jindhi
Govinda's mother
Jankibai
Savithri
1985 Devki Chaturvedi
1984 Begum Hamidullah
N/A
Mangala
Joshi's Wife
Chandan's mom
1983 Rosy
Naniji
Savitri (Anand's Mom)
1982 Kavita's Mother
N/A
N/A
Mrs. Verma
Mrs. Acharya
N/A
Shobha Desai
Vikram's Mother
N/A
1981 Husseini
Nani
Bhagat's wife
1980 Mrs. Raghunath Gupta
N/A
Nirmala Gupta
N/A
1979 Anu Choudhury
Mother
Mrs. Biramdev Rathod a.k.a. 'Kunwarbai'
Mrs. Kamala Srivastava
Shantu (Ramu & Rani's mom)
N/A
1978 Mrs. Choudhary
Mrs. Thakur
1977 Babla's Mother
Mrs. Kale
Aarti's Mother
1976 Geeta's mother
1975 Gangu Rani
N/A
1974 Taxi driver's wife
N/A
Laxmidevi
1972 Durga (Aarti's Mother)
1971 Rajmata (as Dina Gandhi)
1970 Inspector Pradhan's Mother
1969 Mrs. Thakur
1966 N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

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