Nadira Babbar is an Indian theatre actress, director and an actress in Hindi cinema, who is the recipient of Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2001. A leading name in Indian theatre, Nadira founded a Mumbaibased theatre group called Ekjute, a known name in Hindi theatre in 1981.
Nadira Zaheer was born onJanuary 1948 to communist leader Syed Sajjad Zaheer and Urdu writer Razia Sajjad Zaheer, Nadira is third amongst four sisters, Najma Ali Baquer, Naseem Bhatia and Noor Sajjad Zaheer. Her parents were actively associated with Progressive Writers Association, and IPTA, giving her an upbringing strongly rooted culture and theatre.
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