Another Filmfare nomination for Kapadia came that year for her supporting role as Shanti, a street prostitute whose husband and child were burnt alive, in the Priyadarshan-directed crime drama "Gardish". An adaptation of the 1989 Malayalam film "Kireedam", the film starred Jackie Shroff and Amrish Puri and was met with approval from critics and the public. "The Indian Express" praised the film's "script, vivid characters and powerful dialogues", and noted Kapadia's ability to command audience attention. Mrinal Sen's 1993 Bengali drama "Antareen", which was adapted from Saadat Hasan Manto's short story "Badshahat ka Khatama" (1950), was Kapadia's first non-Hindi project since "Vikram" (1986). She played a woman caught in a loveless marriage, a role she insisted on playing spontaneously and refused to enrol in a crash-course in Bengali, which she felt she would be able to speak convincingly. Her voice was later dubbed by Anushua Chatterjee, a decision with which Kapadia was unhappy. "Antareen" was well-received and was named the Best Bengali Film at the 41st National Film Awards but Kapadia was dissatisfied with the outcome and dismissed it as "a poor film".