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Deepa Sahi
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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, how…
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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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Deepa Sahi's Filmography
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Manjhi: The Mountain Man
as Prime Minister Indira Gandhi
Daughters of This Century
as Champia
Aar Ya Paar
as Anu Chauhan
Oh Darling! Yeh Hai India!
as Miss India
Maya Memsaab
as Maya
Trinetra
as Seema
Hum
as Aarti Kumar Malhotra (Kumar's wife)
Death of a Doctor
as Paromita
Dushman
as Geeta
Hero Hiralal
as Sitara Devi
Aghaat
as Chhotelal's wife
Party
as Sona Rane
During Holidays
as Deepa Dixit