Personal info
Known for
Actor
Gender
Female
Birthday
07 February
Location
Maharashtra, India
Edit pagePrachee Shah
Biography
Prachee Shah Pandya, also known as Prachi Shah, is an Indian actress and Kathak dancer who appears in Hindi films and television. She is known for her roles in television shows like Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi and Ek Shringaar-Swabhiman.
Shah is a Gujarati Jain by birth but her family has lived in Maharashtra for three generations. In an interview, she admitted not knowing how to speak Gujarati but being fluent in Marathi because of her upbringing.
She is a trained Kathak dancer and has performed in dance shows both nationally and internationally.
She trained with her guru Ganesh Hiralal ji, of the seventh generation of the Hiralal family of the Jaipur gharana and holds the Guinness World Record for performing 93 spins in one minute in 2015 was appointed as the Kathak ambassador by the Government of India.
In 2019, Shah attended the Cannes Film Festival moderating a session discussing women in global cinema.
Shah has been married to filmmaker Vishwas Pandya since 9 December 2005. She gave birth to their daughter Khiana in 2009 and subsequently took a year off from work.
