ratna pathak shah says she cant help but wonder how her mother late veteran actor dina pathak would have shattered stereotypes if she were working in the film industry today as the current setup offers artistes to break free an opportunity the earlier generation of artistes were deprived of a theatre stalwart dina pathak featured in several landmark films of the 1970s and 80s including gol maal khubsoorat umrao jaan and the national awardwinning mohan joshi hazir ho but ratna pathak shah whose sister supriya pathakis also an acclaimed actor said it was unfortunate the industry never really knew how to use her mothers potentialread alsoheres why ratna pathak shah titled her relationship with naseeruddin shah as sambhog se sanyaas takratna pathak shah is currently on a promotional spree for her upcoming film in a recent interview with indian express she spoke about her married life with naseeruddin shahdina pathak passed away in 2002 at the age of 80what a wonderful actress she was she said you guys never saw anything of her abilities because what i saw of her on stage films never gave her a chance to do any of that she just had three and a half expressions that she trotted out in fact supriya and i used to often laugh oh theres maa doing expression number 65 i am sure it would be followed by expression number 33 very soon it was like that poor thing the actor told pti in an interview ratna pathak shah began her career in the 80s and got a breakthrough with the comedy show idhar udhar the sitcom in which she appeared with supriya pathak led her to sarabhai vs sarabhai the 2004 hit tv show that shot her to prominence as the socialite maya sarabhai the 64yearold actor is known for her stellar work in films like mandi mirch masaala jaane tu ya jaane na ek main aur ekk tu kapoor sons and lipstick under my burkha i really wish maa had been around today because she was meant for this kind of work she was meant to be out of the box but she was trapped in the white sari and expression number 65 for 3040 years my heart goes out to her even just thinking of the boredom that she had to face or so many other actors like her she added ratna pathak shah said acting stalwarts in india have been completely ignored unlike other artistes from the world like english legends alec guinness or laurence olivier its tragic that most of the young actors today arent even aware of some of the most remarkable but lesser talked about indian actors she said shriram lagoo for example you guys dont have a clue about the kind of magic he created on stage he was breathtakingly good but nobodys going to write about him as yet ratna pathak shah said about the veteran film and stage actor popular for marathi films pinjra mukta and hindi movies