Family life

Shilpa is the elder sister of actress and former Miss India Namrata Shirodkar, and is the granddaughter of the famous Marathi actress Meenakshi Shirodkar.

Career

Shilpa Shirodkar made her debut with the Ramesh Sippy's Bhrashtachar 1989 film with Mithun Chakraborty and Rekha in which she played the role of a blind girl. She starred opposite Anil Kapoor in the hit 1990 film Kishen Kanhaiya. She appeared in several other hit films such as Trinetra (1991), Hum (1991), Khuda Gawah (1992), Aankhen (1993), Pehchaan (1993), Gopi Kishan (1994), Bewafa Sanam (1995) and Mrityudand (1997). Her last film appearance was in the 2000 film Gaja Gamini. She was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for Khuda Gawah. Shilpa paired in 9 films with Mithun Chakraborty and fans appreciated their onscreen pairing.

She took a 13-year hiatus from show business to raise her family and in 2013 she made her return to acting, this time on television. She shifted residence to Mumbai and started shooting in the Delhi suburb for her comeback vehicle, Zee TV's new show Ek Mutthi Aasmaan based on the life of domestic helps. The series ended in late 2014. Her second television serial Silsila Pyar Ka started airing on Star Plus on January 4, 2016.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language
1989	Bhrashtachar	Gopi
1990	Kishen Kanhaiya	Radha
	Ghar Ki Laxmi
	Paap Ki Kamaee
	Nyay Anyay	Anju Singh
1991	Yodha
	Trinetra	Mona
	Hum	Anita Pratap Singh
	Benaam Badsha	Bijli
	Do Matwale	Dr. Pooja
	Swarg Yahan Narak Yahan	Radha S. Kumar
	Lakshmanrekha	Vaishali
1992	Tilak	Daku Mangla/Chanda
	Dil Hi To Hai	Jayshree
	Brahma		Telugu
	Apradhi	Kamini
1993	Prateeksha	Renu Khanna
	Pehchaan	Seema
	Jeevan Ki Shatranj	C.I.D. Inspector Kiran
	Aankhen	Chandramukhi
	Khuda Gawah	Insp. Henna Ranveer Sethi	nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress
	Parwane	Mona S. Saxena
	Aakhri Chetawani
1994	Juaari
	Gopi Kishan	Chanda (Gopi's wife)
	Gopalaa	Sandra Dimento
	Chhoti Bahoo	Radha
	Hum Hain Bemisaal	Didi
1995	Raghuveer	Roshni
	Bewafa Sanam	Mamta Prasad Shukla
1996	Return of Jewel Thief	Sonu
	Apne Dam Par	Sapna Saxena
	Bandish
	Hum Hain Premi
	Rangbaaz
1997	Mrityudand	Kanti
	Jayate	Pooja M. Desai	(TV movie)
	Arasiyal	Vasuki	Tamil film
1998	Hitler	Advocate Sheila S. Sharma
	Dand Nayak
	Badmaash	Geeta
1999	Jai Hind	Roshni
2000	Gaja Gamini	Sindhu
2010	Barood : (The Fire) - A Love Story	Sona

Television

Year	Title	Role	Channel
2013-2014	Ek Mutthi Aasmaan	Kamla Vitthal Jadhav	Zee TV
2015-Present	Silsila Pyar Ka	Janki Tiwari	STAR Plus

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