Nagma's biological father was Sri Arvind Pratapsinh Morarji who's forefathers hailed from a royal background from Jaisalmer later migrating to Gujrat,Porbandar then Mumbai, Her great grandfather Sri Gokuldas Morarji was a reputed business man in the shipping, textile, agricultural and pharmaceutical industries. They were renowned for their philanthropy, charity, generosity and made many prominent educational institutions and Dharamshalas (relegious resthouses) which still exist in places such as Pune and also hospitals. Her mother hailed from the Konkan region of Maharastra belonging to the Kazi freedom fighter family, Who's original name was Shama Kazi now better known as Seema, who married Morarji in 1969 in CCI Club in Mumbai, but separated in 1973. According to Nagma's passport, the name given to her at birth was Nandita Arvind Morarji, which has now been updated to Nagma Arvind Morarji. In her father's obituary printed by the family when her father died she is referred by her original name (Nandita). After divorcing Morarji due to some family problems on August 1973, Nagma's mother married Chander Sadanah, a film producer in March 1975, with whom she had three children: 2 daughters Radhika (completed her further studies in Georgia University, Atlanta USA and did her masters from George Washington University in DC and is married and currently settled with 2 children San Francisco, California USA) and Jyothika (is a Tamil Cinema actress who married Surya a top tamil actor and is currently settled with two kids in Chennai),and a son named Suraj (who works as a associate director with many big directors of bollywood such as Priyadarshan, Madhur Bhandarkar, Sanjay Leela Bansali, Sajid Khan an is currently workng with Ayaan Mukherji for Dharma Productions and producer Karan Johar). Through her biological father, who had re-married earlier, Nagma has two half-brothers, Dhanraj and Yuvraj.
Nagma was "a prominent campaigner for the Congress party...on the election trail for the party in Bihar and Jharkhand." She is quoted on the front page of The Telegraph as asking "Why were the reports made public when I have just returned from successful political campaigning in Jharkhand?"
Jayalalithaa (1972) · Jayalalithaa (1973) · Lakshmi (1974) · Sujatha (1975) · Sujatha (1976) · Sujatha (1977) · Latha (1978) · Sobha (1979)
Jyothika (2000) · Laila (2001) · Simran (2002) · Laila (2003) · Sandhya (2004) · Asin (2005) · Bhavana (2006) · Priyamani (2007) · Parvathi Menon (2008) · Pooja (2009)
Inspired by her entrepreneurial background Nagma forayed into the clothing business by opening a boutique in Mumbai in Bandra West on Hill Road called Nagma's, which was inaugurated in September 2000 by Akshay Kumar.. Although the boutique was highly successful and an instant hit. She had to shut it down in 2003 as she had to leave everything behind to be by the side of her ailing father while simultaneously honoring her bhojpuri and other language film commitments apart from her spiritual quest, then teaching Art Of Living. Since she belongs from a her maternal side to a freedom fighters family who owed their loyalty towards their nation who were Congressmen. She idolizes Mrs. Indra Gandhi, was impressed by Rajiv Gandhi and highly inspired by Mrs. Sonia Gandhi. She officially joined the Congress Political Party from the year 2003-04 as an official Star Campaigner, promoting the party, and propagating its agenda nationwide, She later went on to become an AICC (All India Congress Committee) Member from Maharashtra and remains so till date.
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