Nadira Babbar (Urdu: ????? ?????, Hindi: ?????? ?????) born on 20 January 1948, 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 Mumbai-based theatre group called Ekjute, a known name in Hindi theatre in 1981.Nadira Babbar was most recently seen as the mother to Aishwariya Rai in Gurinder Chadha's film Bride and Prejudice (2004), and M. F. Hussain's Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities (2004). She is also being portrayed as the mother of Salman Khan in Sohail Khan's Jai Ho, releasing in 2014.