Deepti Naval (born 22 August 1957) is an acclaimed Indian actor. She has acted in over 50 Hindi films, and most often worked in arthouse and independent films, known as parallel cinema in India.
Deepti Naval was 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.
Deepti Naval started her film career with Ek Baar Phir in 1980. She is known to b...
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Deepti Naval (born 22 August 1957) is an acclaimed Indian actor. She has acted in over 50 Hindi films, and most often worked in arthouse and independent films, known as parallel cinema in India.
Deepti Naval was 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.
Deepti Naval started her film career with 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 also starred in the critically acclaimed Punjabi film Marhi Da Diva (1989). 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...
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