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Nafisa Ali is a social activist from India. She has accomplishments in several fields. She was the national swimming champion from 1972-1974. She won the Miss India title in 1976 and was runner-up at the Miss International contest in 1977. She was also a jockey at the Calcutta Gymkhana in 1979. She acted in several bollywood films, the notable ones being Junoon (1979) with Shashi Kapoor and Major Saab with Amitabh Bachchan (1998), and the most recent being Bewafaa (2005). She is associated with Action India, an organisation working in the area of spreading awareness on AIDS. She contested the 2004 Lok Sabha elections unsuccessfully from South Kolkata. In September 2005, she was appointed the chairperson of the Children's Film Society of India (CFSI). Her mother was a Roman Catholic, father - a Muslim, husband - a Sikh and she herself believes in Vedanta.

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