Mother of Bollywood actress Alia Bhatt, Indian actress Soni Razdan started her career in English theatre with John Fowler`s The Collector and her Hindi stage career with Bund Darvaze, an adaptation of Jean-Paul Sartre`s No Exit. She later went on to star in Sulochana in the hit Doordarshan TV series Buniyaad. She also acted in the Hindi TV serials Saahil and Gaatha. She has also acted in Bollywood movies, including 36 Chowringhee Lane (1981), Ahista Ahista (1981), Mandi (1983), Saaransh (1984), Trikaal (1985), Khamosh (1985), Such a Long Journey (1988), Sadak (1991), Saathi (1991), Monsoon Wedding (2001), Page 3 (2005), Jaan-E-Mann (2006), Patiala House (2011), Love Breakups Zindagi (2011), Shootout at Wadala (2013), Love Affair (2016). Her other projects include Meghna Gulzar`s Raazi (2018) starring her daughter Alia Bhatt in the lead. Her 2019 releases include No Fathers in Kashmir, Noblemen, and War, an action-thriller movie starring Hrithik Roshan and Tiger Shroff in central roles. In 2021, she acted in the Netflix movie Sardar Ka Grandson.

Filmography

• Bait — Nalia
• Brown — Janice Brown
• 2026Hari Ka Om
• Shaque: Trust No One — Madhu Dutt
• 2025Aabeer Gulaal — Sushma
• 2025Songs of Paradise — Noor Begum
• 2025War 2 — Nafisa Rahmani
• 2023Pippa — Maati
• Tanaav
• Call My Agent Bollywood — Treasa
• Dalgliesh — Anita Mehta
• Kaali Peeli Tales — Neena
• 2021Sardar Ka Grandson — Simi
• 2019No Fathers in Kashmir — Halima
• 2019Noblemen
• Out of Love — Mrs. Kapoor
• The Verdict - State Vs Nanavati — Mehra Nanavati
• 2019War — Nafeesa Rahmani
• 2019Yours Truly — Mithi Kumar
• 2018Raazi — Teji
• 2017Baby Steps
• 2011Patiala House — Dimple Bua
• 2006Jaan-E-Mann — Mrs. Goyal
• 2006Take 3 Girls — Romila
• 2005Nazar — Director
• 2005Page 3 — Anjali Thapar
• 2004Dobara — Mrs. Devika Mehta
• 2001Monsoon Wedding — Saroj Rai
• 1998Such a Long Journey — Dilnavaz Noble
• 1996Papa Kahte Hain
• 1993Gumrah — Angela
• 1993Gunaah
• 1993Sir
• 1991Saathi — Tina
• 1991Sadak — Roopa
• 1991Swayam — Nandini
• 1989Daddy
• 1987Kaash — Najma
• 1986Khamosh — Soni Razdan
• 1986On Wings of Fire — Thais
• 1985Trikal — Aurora
• 1984Party — 'Vicky' Malvika
• 1984Saaransh — Sujata Suman
• 1983Mandi — Nadra
• 1982My Story
• 198136 Chowringhee Lane — Rosemary Stoneham
• Buniyaad — Lochan (Sulochana)
• Hero Heeroine
• Pashmeena — Nusrat

Appearances as themselves (2)

• Simply Baatein With Raveena — Herself
• Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai — Herself