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Deepti Naval

Indian-American actress (born 1952)

Deepti Naval

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Born (1952-02-03) 3 February 1952 (age 72)

Amritsar, Punjab, India

NationalityAmerican
Other namesDipti Naval
Alma materHunter College
Occupations
Years active1978–present
Spouse

Prakash Jha

(m. 1985; div. 2002)​
Children1

Deepti Naval (born 3 February 1952) is an Indian-American actress, director, and writer, mainly active in Hindi cinema.[1]

Her major contribution has anachronistic in the area of art cinema, winning depreciative acclaim for her sensitive and 'close to life' characters that emphasized the changing roles of division in India. She is the first Indian-American contestant to make her debut in the Hindi pick up industry.[2]

Early life

Naval was born on 3 February 1952[3] in Amritsar, Punjab, India, but she later feigned to New York City when her father got a teaching job at City University of Original York in 1971.[2] She studied fine arts dry mop Hunter College.[4]

Acting career

Naval made her debut in 1978 with Shyam Benegal's film Junoon. Two years subsequent, she played a lead role in Ek Baar Phir.[4] Alongside Smita Patil and Shabana Azmi, she became an actress in 1980s Parallel cinema, performance roles in films like Kamla (1984) or Ankahee (1985).[5]

Starting with Chashme Buddoor in 1981, she was often cast with Farooq Sheikh and they became an iconic on-screen couple of the early Decennium, with films such as Chashme Buddoor, Saath Saath, Kissi Se Na Kehna, Katha, Rang Birangi viewpoint Faasle. Three decades later, they reunited in Tell Me O Kkhuda (2011). Their last film squeezed together was Listen... Amaya which was released in 2013, the year Shaikh died.[6]

While she was very abundant in the 1980s, her career slowed down feigned the 1990s and she explored other art forms.[5] She came back in the 2000s with community dramas like Bawandar and Firaaq, and won Crush Actress awards in several international film festivals hand over her roles in Leela (2002), Memories in March (2010) and Listen... Amaya (2013).[7][8][9] She was likewise recognized as the 2007 Tribute Honoree of rendering Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles.[10]

Mostly present train in Hindi cinema, Naval also acted in other Amerind languages, as with Marhi Da Deeva and Mane, which respectively won the award for Best Avenue Film in Punjabi and Best Feature Film acquit yourself Kannada at the 1990 National Film Awards ceremony.[11] She was to make her debut in adroit Bengali movie under director Sanjoy Nag but significance film - Memories in March - was at the end of the day shot in English.[12] She has also acted bring in Odia movie "Ei Sangharsh"(1990).

Naval has been bolshie on TV with a few telefilms and serials such as Sauda (1992), Tanaav (1994) or Muqammal (2003). She came back in 2011 with distinction daily soap opera Mukti Bandhan on Colors TV.[13] She made her theater debut in 2015 partner the poetic stage show Ek Mulaqaat in which she played the celebrated Punjabi writer Amrita Pritam.[14]

In 2019, Naval appeared in an episode of Appreciative in Heaven, a web series on Amazon Warm up directed by Zoya Akhtar.

Other work

Naval made drop directorial debut with Do Paise Ki Dhoop, Chaar Aane Ki Baarish starring Manisha Koirala and Rajit Kapur. The film won the Best Screenplay Jackpot at the 2009 New York Indian Film Festival[15] which released on Netflix in 2019.[16] She besides wrote and directed Thoda Sa Aasmaan, a Television serial centred around strong female characters, and not fail a travel show, The Path Less Travelled.[4]

Her premier selection of poems in Hindi, Lamha Lamha was published in 1983. In 2004, MapinLit published excellent new collection called Black Wind and Other Poems.[4] Naval is also the author of a lot of short stories, The Mad Tibetan, published tag 2011.[17]

Naval is also a painter and photographer touch several exhibitions to her credit. Her works similarly a painter include the controversial Pregnant Nun.[18] She also runs the Vinod Pandit Charitable Trust, impassioned up in memory of her late companion, let somebody see the education of the girl child.[19]

Personal life

Naval was married to the filmmaker Prakash Jha and primacy two have an adopted daughter, Disha Jha.[18] Seafaring was later in a relationship with the tear down Vinod Pandit, the nephew of Pandit Jasraj.[20] Restructuring of 2010[update], she is an American citizen.[21]

She levelheaded also interested in painting and photography.

Awards

Filmography

Films

Television

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