Sudha Shivpuri

Sudha Shivpuri is a noted TV actress, who is most famous for her role as 'Baa' in the Hindi TV serial Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi.  Brought up in Rajasthan, Sudha Shivpuri started her career early, when she was in the eighth standard in school. Her father had died, and her mother had fallen ill, thus the onus of earning a living for the family came on to her, and so she started acting in plays. She joined All India Radio, Jaipur as a radio artist; it was here she met Om Shivpuri, who was working there. Later they both joined National School of Drama, New Delhi and, when they graduated in 1964, they joined the recently formed NSD Repertory Company, as actors; Om Shivpuri became its first chief as well.Om Shivpuri and Sudha got married in 1968 and continued work in Delhi theatre. They formed their own theatre company, Dishantar, which produced several important play of its era, including Aadhe Adhurey, Tughlaq, and Vijay Tendulkar's Khamosh! Adalat Jari Hai in which she played the lead role, all directed by Om Shivpuri. After the death of her husband in 1990, she started acting again and went on to do many TV serials, including Missing, Rishtey, and Bandhan. Her big break in television came in 2000, when she was asked to perform the role of 'Baa', the old mother-in-law, in the TV serial Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi produced by Balaji Telefilms. She has done many other shows like Sheeshe Ka Ghar, Waqt Ka Dariya, Daman, Santoshi Ma, Yeh Ghar, Kasamh Se, and Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil. In 2003 she acted in Hindi film Pinjar, based on Amrita Pritam's famous partition novel.

- Wishing her a very happy birthday..