Archive · 6 Aug 2026
Pavitra Rishta actor Usha Nadkarni, 80, lives alone in Mumbai
Usha Nadkarni is a famous actress from India who has acted in TV shows and movies for almost 70 years.
She is 80 years old and is best known for a popular show called Pavitra Rishta.
Usha lives all by herself in an apartment in Mumbai, and she has lived alone since 1987.
She is not scared of being alone anymore, but she wonders if anyone would notice if something happened to her.
Usha separated from her husband a long time ago, but she is not angry with him or his family.
Her son lives far away in another country.
When Usha was busy working, her own mother raised her son, and her son sometimes tells her that his grandmother was his real mother.
When Usha was a child, her father, who was in the Air Force, was very violent and sometimes hurt her and her siblings.
Her mother also did not want her to become an actress and once threw her out of the house.
Even after all these hard times, Usha still loves acting and keeps working at 80 years old.
Veteran actor Usha Nadkarni, 80, best known for the daily soap Pavitra Rishta, has acted for nearly 70 years in Hindi and Marathi films, television and theatre.
She has lived alone in a Mumbai apartment since 1987 and says she is no longer scared, though she wonders if anyone would find out if she died.
She revealed she separated from her husband many years ago but holds no ill will towards him or his family, and has even hosted dinners for the Nadkarni family.
Her son, who was raised by her mother and grew up at her brother's house, lives abroad and tells her she has 'only given birth to him', while his real mother was her own mother.
She described her father, an Air Force officer, as violent, recalling beatings, torn schoolbooks, and a 'koita' knife attack that injured her arm, and said her mother threw her out when she wanted to act.
- Who
- Usha Nadkarni, the 80-year-old veteran actor best known for Pavitra Rishta
- What
- Revealed she separated from her husband, has lived alone in Mumbai since 1987, and opened up about her son, her violent childhood, and aging alone
- When
- In recent interviews, at age 80; she has been living alone since 1987
- Where
- Mumbai, India
- Why
- To candidly share her personal reflections on living alone, family relationships, and the hardships that shaped her childhood and career
- Name
- Usha Nadkarni
- Age
- 80
- Known for
- Daily soap Pavitra Rishta
- Career span
- Almost 70 years in Hindi and Marathi films, television and theatre
- Residence
- Lives alone in an apartment in Mumbai
- Living alone since
- 1987 (about 40 years)
- Family
- Son lives abroad; separated from husband long ago
- Father
- Air Force officer, described by her as 'violent'
