Raisa Padamsee

Raisa Padamsee is an Indian film actress, who acted in well-known Indian auteur Mani Kaul's 1973 Hindi film Duvidha.

Half-French, Raisa is the daughter of well-known painter Akbar Padamsee and Solange Gunelle. She was named by well-known artist M.F. Hussain, whose own daughter too is named Raisa.

She played the female protagonist in the critically acclaimed film Duvidha that won best director's national award and Critics Award for Best Film at the 1974 Filmfare Awards. Raisa did not know a word of Hindi and only spoke French, when she played the role of the silent bride in the movie.

Raisa did not act in any more movies after her debut movie, and went back to Paris where she now lives with her family. Her husband Laurent Brégeat is a filmmaker.

Well-known theater personality and ad film maker Alyque Padamsee is her uncle. He was married to the singer and actress Sharon Prabhakar. Their daughter and Raisa's cousin Shazahn Padamsee too is an actress.