
Acting
Jun 19, 1936
Delhi, India
Sushma Seth
Acting
Biography
Sushma Seth (born 20 June 1936) is an Indian stage, film and television actress. She started her career in the 1950s, and was a founder member of the Delhi-based theatre group Yatrik. Her first movie was Junoon in 1978. She is known for playing the mother and the grandmother in movies and television, and is best remembered for her role of Dadi in the pioneering TV soap Hum Log (1984–1985).She has worked with famous directors like Dev Raj Ankur, Ram Gopal Bajaj, Manish Joshi Bismil, Chander Shekhar Sharma
Feature Films (66)

An uptight MBA student falls for the charismatic new neighbor who charms her troubled family – but he has a secret that forces him to push her away.
Kal Ho Naa Ho

Rohit (Rishi Kapoor) meets Taniya (Rukhsaar) and its love at first sight. Rohit informs his mother (Sushma Seth) that he has found the girl of his dream. On the threshold of marriage, Rohit and Taniya meet with an accident. Taniya is not to be seen anywhere. After a few days, he spots Taniya in a hotel in Bombay but Taniya declines having ever met him. She reacts as if Rohit is a stranger. Rohit gathers that she is the daughter of Mahindir Pratap (Pran) a millionaire. As luck would have it, Rohit's mother succeeds in arranging Rohit's marriage with none other than Taniya. On the day of Taniya's birthday her father announces her engagement to Rohit but Taniya returns the engagement ring to Rohit saying that she loves Sagar (Emraan Khan). Rohit then asks her the reason for playing with his life. Taniya reveals that she had never gone to Palampur and that she's never met him before. Will Rohit ever solve the puzzle?
Inteha Pyar Ki

Shortly after giving birth to Savitri, her mom passes away, leaving her disabled dad, Dharamraj, no alternative save to re-marry Champa, who gives birth to a son, Ketan. Champa is very cruel to Savitri and severely slaps and beats her around.
Aurat Teri Yehi Kahani

Lucknow-based Nawabzada Aslam lives a wealthy lifestyle along with his dad, Bakar, and mom. He writes poems under the pen name of Raj Lakhnavi, and is a close friend of Iqbal. One day he meets and falls in love with Salma Banarsi, a Banaras-based Courtesan. When his parents arrange his marriage with his foreign-returned cousin, Mumtaz, he informs them that he loves Salma and incurs their displeasure so much so that his dad shoots him, and he gets hospitalized. When he recovers fully he is shocked to find that Salma has not only accepted Iqbal as her lover, but has also taken a lot of money and jewelry from his mother. He takes to alcohol in a big way and swears to exact vengeance against Salma by getting married to Mumtaz and forcing Salma to sing and dance at his wedding.
Salma

A singer marries his biggest fan, but his uncle plans to kill him in order to gain his money.
Deewana

3 escapees from jail help a simple, desperate and cheated man avenge his perpetrator- a notorious smuggler.
Hum Farishte Nahin

Ismail Merchant's feature directorial debut addresses a subject close to his heart: the expressive Urdu language of Northern India, in danger of extinction as political trends and modernization obscure its contributions to Indian culture. Merchant 's treatment is wry and good humored , as his characters - an aging Urdu poet (Shashi Kapoor) and a worshipful young college lecturer - clash despite their shared passion for the beauty of words.
In Custody

Ek jhalak me pyaar hota hai… ye to sunna hi hoga? Ye kuch aisi hi kahaani hai, ek aisi ending ke sath jo aapke dil ko chhu jaye. A story about an all-rounder who’s the the perfect dad and great at whatever he does! Par uski life mein kuch missing hai.
Ek Jhalak

Judge D.K. Sinha is an honest and hard-working man. He lives with his wife, and two sons, Rajkishan and Suresh. While he is confident that Rajkishan is honest and diligent, he is clearly disappointed with Suresh, who is not only dishonest, but has a violent temper, which gets him into trouble with the police. Imagine the shock the Sinha family gets when they come to know that Suresh has been arrested for murder, and the case has been assigned to Suresh's dad for disposal.
Sarphira

The son of a politician loyal to the British rule falls in love with the daughter of a freedom fighter.
1942: A Love Story

A cabaret dancer who was raised in a brothel sets out to find her biological mother.
Dil Aashna Hai

A multi-millionaire, Ram Khanna, is advised by a fake astrologer that he will meet and marry a woman whose name will start with "M". Ram does meet Mamta, and they both fall in love. Ram marries her, despite the fact that she is the daughter of a prostitute, Heerabai, and brings her home with her. Mamta gets a chilling welcome from Ram brother's, Murli Manohar, and his wife, Maya. Mamta decides to assert herself and takes over the household matters, forcing Murli and Maya to leave the house. Soon Mamta and Ram give birth to a baby boy. One day Ram asks Mamta to take care of a suitcase full of cash, as he has to go out of town. Mamta is lured out of the house along with the suitcase, and is brutally killed by Gulu Goli, a hired hit-man, who buries her in a secluded spot. Though physically dead and buried, Mamta's spirit is still alive and active, though she cannot be heard, nor seen by anyone. She decides to return home and expose Murli and Maya.
Maa
Television & Series (2)

Dekh Bhai Dekh was one of the most popular comedy Hindi sitcom created, developed, edited, directed and line produced by Aanand Mahendroo, produced by Jaya Bachchan, starring, Shekhar Suman, Navin Nischol, Farida Jalal, Bhavana Balsavar, Deven Bhojani, Sushma Seth, Vishal Singh, Nattasha Singh lead roles. It premiered on Doordarshan's metro channel, on 6 May 1993 until 1997. Subsequently, there have been several re-runs on DD National, Sony TV, and SAB TV till 2005. It is considered as a classic, among Indian television shows.The story revolves around three generations of the Diwan family, who live as an extended family in an ancestral bungalow in the suburbs of Mumbai. The serial takes the viewer through their various ups and downs. Their never-say-die attitude helps them overcome sibling rivalry, relationship troubles, business problems, irksome parents and in-laws. A distinctive feature of this show were its fast speaking characters.
Dekh Bhai Dekh

Dard Ka Rishta is an Indian Television Show on DD National with a Tagline ‘Badalte Sambandhon ki kahani‘.
