Actor

Deepa Sahi

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Movies: 17Series: 2Crew credits: 7

TMDB ID: 612985

IMDb ID: nm0756313

Known for: Acting

Born: November 30, 1962

Age: 63

Place of birth: Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1983 - 2015

Years active: 33

Average TMDB rating: 6.31

Wikidata: Q3021150

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Producer (5)Director (1)Screenplay (1)

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Biography

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).