| Deepti Naval | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 3, 1957 Amritsar, India |
| Occupation | Film actor, director |
| Years active | 1979 - present |
| Spouse | Prakash Jha 1985 - 2002 |
| Website | |
| http://www.deeptinaval.com/ | |
Deepti Naval (born 3 February 1957) is an acclaimed Indian actress. She has acted in over 75 Hindi films, and most often worked in arthouse and independent films, known as parallel cinema in India.
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Born in Amritsar, Punjab, India. She went to the City University of New York and received her Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts at Hunter College in Manhattan.[1]
Deepti Naval started her film career with Junoon in 1978 and then she worked in Ek Baar Phir in 1980. She is known to be a sensitive actress and was a part of the art films and light films of the 80's. Saath Saath , Chashme Buddoor and Mirch Masala are some of her films from the era. She was often cast with Farooq Shaikh. Though considered as talented as Shabana Azmi and Smita Patil she somehow did not achieve the same stature in terms of awards or memorable casts.
Once she moved out of lead roles, she portrayed character roles in mainstream Hindi films but was not satisfied with the roles she got and took a break. Of late she has made a comeback of sorts with films like Bawandar and Freaky Chakra.
In April Naval was recognized as the 2007 Tribute Honoree of the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles.
She is directing her first film as a director in Do Paise Ki Dhoop, Chaar Aane Ki Baarish which stars Manisha Koirala.
She published a collection of her Hindi poems in 1981, entitled 'LAMHA LAMHA'
She also starred in the critically acclaimed Punjabi film Marhi Da Diva (1989).
She is back in acting with a daily soap Mukti Bandhan in colors.
Deepti Naval was at one time married to filmmaker and director Prakash Jha with whom she has an adopted daughter Disha.[2] Naval was also once involved with actor Nana Patekar, and later engaged to Vinod Pandit before he died.[3]
Chronology of Deepti's work as an actress in various specific projects are listed below: