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Deepa Sahi Born 1965
IndiaOccupation Film actor, Producer Years active 1984 - present Spouse Ketan Mehta Deepa Sahi is an Indian actress and producer.[1]
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Early life
Deepa Sahi was born in India in Dehradun. Her family later shifted to Canada but she continued to stay in India.[2]
Early career
An alumnus of National School of Drama, Delhi, Sahi started off with a theater career, with strong Leftist leanings and social activism a core value of the productions she was involved with.
In her early film career she collaborated with noted auteur Govind Nihalani and made her debut with the 1984 film Party. This was well-received and she subsequently acted in Aghaat (1985). Her thespian achievement, however, will always remain her role as the independent-minded and empowered lower-caste Punjabi woman she played in the highly acclaimed television film Tamas (1986).
Commercial cinema
After marrying film director Ketan Mehta — also was a rising light of alternate Hindi cinema — she acted in several of his films including Hero Hiralal (1988), Maya Memsaab (1992) and Oh Darling! Yeh Hai India (1995). She wrote the screenplay for Oh Darling! Yeh Hai India.
Her other notable films include Hum (1991) and Ek Doctor Ki Maut (1991).
Her last film appearance was in Aar Ya Paar (1998) and she has not appeared in any films since.
In 2005 she co-produced her husband's film Mangal Pandey: The Rising which was a moderate success at the box office.
She got a Filmfare best supporting actress nominee for Hum and National Award(Jury) for Maya Memsaab.
Production career
She became a producer in 1993. She has produced seven films to date:
- Maya Memsaab
- O darling yeh hai India
- Aar ya Paar
- Rules pyaar ka super hit formula
- Mangal Panday (co-producer)
- Rang Rasiya
- Phir Zindagi (under production)
Besides this, she has produced 12 TV series and is promoter of Maya Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. India's leading animation studio. She was CEO of Maya Entertainment from 2000 to 2002 and was responsible for the long-term strategy of the company; she made many entries into other animation avenues such as MAAC, etc. After her stint as the CEO of Maya Entertainment, she returned to her first love — cinema. She is currently producing four movies: Two to be directed by Ketan Mehta and the other two to be directed by Sudhir Mishra. She is about to direct a movie herself starring Hema Malini and Nana Patekar, amongst others.
Personal life
She is married to film director Ketan Mehta who is nephew of freedom fighter Dr. Usha Mehta.
Filmography
- Tere mere Phere (2011) (Director)
- Mangal Pandey: The Rising .... (producer)
- Daughters of This Century (2001)
- Aar Ya Paar (1997)
- Oh Darling! Yeh Hai India! (1995) (writer) (screenplay)
- Bhookamp (1993)
- Maya Memsaab (1992)
- Siyasat (1992)
- Hum (1991)
- Ek Doctor Ki Maut (1991)
- Trinetra (1991)
- Dushman (1990)
- Hero Hiralal (1988)
- Tamas (1986)
- Aghaat (1985)
- Party (1984)
External links
References
- ^ [1]
- ^ "deepa sahi News". Thaindian.com. http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/tag/deepa-sahi. Retrieved 2010-12-04.
Categories:- Indian actors
- Living people
- National School of Drama alumni
- Indian film actors
- Hindi film actors
- Indian film producers
- 1965 births
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