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Deepa Sahi
Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
Deepa Sahi is an Indian actress and producer, who is best known for her role as Maya in the 1993 movie "Maya Memsaab", opposite actor Farooq Sheikh. She made her directorial debut…
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Deepa Sahi is an Indian actress and producer, who is best known for her role as Maya in the 1993 movie "Maya Memsaab", opposite actor Farooq Sheikh. She made her directorial debut with the movie "Tere Mere Phere" in 2011. Sahi pursued her education at Indraprastha College for Women, and was a gold medalist in Sociology from Delhi School of Economics. Sahi started off with a theater career, with strong 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).
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2015
Manjhi: The Mountain Man
Movie Prime Minister Indira Gandhi
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2014
Motu Patlu: Deep Sea Adventure
Movie Producer
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2012
Motu Patlu
TV show Producer
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2011
Tere Mere Phere
Movie Director
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2010
Ramayana: The Epic
Movie Producer
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2005
Mangal Pandey - The Rising
Movie Producer
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2001
Daughters of This Century
Movie Champia
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1997
Aar Ya Paar
Movie Anu Chauhan
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1995
Oh Darling! Yeh Hai India!
Movie Miss India
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1993
Maya Memsaab
Movie Maya
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1991
Trinetra
Movie Seema
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1991
Hum
Movie Aarti Kumar Malhotra (Kumar's wife)
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1990
Death of a Doctor
Movie Paromita
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1990
Dushman
Movie Geeta
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1988
Hero Hiralal
Movie Sitara Devi
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1988
Tamas
TV show Kammo
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1985
Aghaat
Movie Chhotelal's wife
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1984
Party
Movie Sona Rane
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1983
During Holidays
Movie Deepa Dixit
