Nafisa Ali

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Nafisa Ali (born 18th January 1957) is an actor and social activist from India.


Early life
Ali was born to Roman Catholic mother and Indian photographer Ahmed Ali (not to be confused with Pakistani novelist Ahmed Ali), son of S. Cambridge from La Martinere Girls, Calcutta.
She has also studied Vedanta taught by Swami Chinmayananda ,who started the center Chinmaya Mission of World Understanding.
Career
Ali has accomplishments in several fields.She won the Miss India title in 1976 and was runner-up at the Miss International contest in 1977. Ali was also a jockey at the Calcutta Gymkhana in 1979.
Acting career
She has acted in several Bollywood films, the notable ones being Junoon (1979) with Shashi Kapoor and Major Saab with Amitabh Bachchan (1998), Bewafaa (2005) and the most recent being Life In A...Metro with Dharmendra in 2007.
She has also acted in a Malayalam film called Big B (2007) with Mammootty. She is associated with Action India, an organisation working to spread AIDS awareness.
Political career
She contested the 2004 Lok Sabha elections unsuccessfully from South Kolkata.
In September 2005, she was appointed the chairperson of the Children's Film Society of India (CFSI).
On 5th April 2009, It was declared that she will contest the Lok Sabha elections Lucknow on a Samajwadi Party ticket.Earlier, Sanjay Dutt was slated to contest from Lucknow on a Samajwadi Party ticket, but the Supreme Court barred him on the basis of his conviction.
Personal life
Husband: Col. S.Sodhi a Sikh, a product of the renown Lawrence School Sanawar.Her husband is a world class Polo player and an Arjuna Awardee for Polo.