Deepti Naval
Deepti Naval (born 3 February 1952) is an Indian-American actress, filmmaker, writer, painter, photographer and novelist, best known for her influential presence in Hindi cinema. An American citizen, she was born in Amritsar, Punjab, and moved to New York in 1971 when her father accepted a teaching position at the City University of New York. Naval studied fine arts at Hunter College, an artistic foundation that would later inform her multidisciplinary career. She was married to filmmaker Prakash Jha, and the couple share an adopted daughter. Naval made her screen debut in Shyam Benegal's Junoon (1978) and gained wider recognition with Ek Baar Phir (1980). Alongside contemporaries Smita Patil and Shabana Azmi, she emerged as a leading voice of India's Parallel Cinema movement, noted for her nuanced portrayals in films such as Kamla (1984) and Ankahee (1985). Beginning with Chashme Buddoor (1981), her on-screen partnership with Farooq Sheikh became emblematic of gentle, middle-class storytelling in Hindi cinema, continuing through Saath Saath (1982), Kissi Se Na Kehna (1983), Katha (1982), Rang Birangi (1983), and Faasle (1985). They reunited three decades later in Tell Me O Kkhuda (2011), and their final collaboration, Listen…Amaya (2013), was released the year Sheikh passed away. In the 2000s, Naval returned to prominence through socially engaged dramas including Bawandar and Firaaq. She earned Best Actress honours at several international festivals for Leela (2002), Memories in March (2010) and Listen… Amaya (2013). In 2007, she was named Tribute Honouree at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles. Her television work spans telefilms and serials such as Sauda (1992), Tanaav (1994), and Muqammal (2003). She later appeared in the series Mukti Bandhan (2011) and made her stage debut in 2015 with Ek Mulaqaat, portraying celebrated Punjabi writer Amrita Pritam. In 2019, she featured in an episode of Zoya Akhtar's acclaimed series Made in Heaven. Naval's directorial debut, Do Paise Ki Dhoop, Chaar Aane Ki Baarish (2009), starring Manisha Koirala and Rajit Kapur, won Best Screenplay at the 2009 New York Indian Film Festival and was released globally on Netflix in 2019. She later wrote and directed the television series Thoda Sa Aasmaan (1995) and produced the travel programme The Path Less Travelled (1995). A published poet and author, Naval has released Lamha Lamha (1983), Black Wind and Other Poems (2004), and The Mad Tibetan (2011). She is also an accomplished painter and photographer. Through the Vinod Pandit Charitable Trust, she supports the education of underprivileged girls. Naval's enduring contribution lies in her sensitive, life-affirming portrayals that reshaped the cinematic representation of Indian women. She remains the first Indian-American actress to debut in Hindi cinema.
Deepti Naval (born 3 February 1952) is an Indian-American actress, filmmaker, writer, painter, photographer and novelist, best known for her influential presence in Hindi cinema. An American citizen, she was born in Amritsar, Punjab, and moved to New York in 1971 when her father accepted a teaching position at the City University of New York. Naval studied fine arts at Hunter College, an artistic foundation that would later inform her multidisciplinary career. She was married to filmmaker Prakash Jha, and the couple share an adopted daughter. Naval made her screen debut in Shyam Benegal's Junoon (1978) and gained wider recognition with Ek Baar Phir (1980). Alongside contemporaries Smita Patil and Shabana Azmi, she emerged as a leading voice of India's Parallel Cinema movement, noted for her nuanced portrayals in films such as Kamla (1984) and Ankahee (1985). Beginning with Chashme Buddoor (1981), her on-screen partnership with Farooq Sheikh became emblematic of gentle, middle-class storytelling in Hindi cinema, continuing through Saath Saath (1982), Kissi Se Na Kehna (1983), Katha (1982), Rang Birangi (1983), and Faasle (1985). They reunited three decades later in Tell Me O Kkhuda (2011), and their final collaboration, Listen…Amaya (2013), was released the year Sheikh passed away. In the 2000s, Naval returned to prominence through socially engaged dramas including Bawandar and Firaaq. She earned Best Actress honours at several international festivals for Leela (2002), Memories in March (2010) and Listen… Amaya (2013). In 2007, she was named Tribute Honouree at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles. Her television work spans telefilms and serials such as Sauda (1992), Tanaav (1994), and Muqammal (2003). She later appeared in the series Mukti Bandhan (2011) and made her stage debut in 2015 with Ek Mulaqaat, portraying celebrated Punjabi writer Amrita Pritam. In 2019, she featured in an episode of Zoya Akhtar's acclaimed series Made in Heaven. Naval's directorial debut, Do Paise Ki Dhoop, Chaar Aane Ki Baarish (2009), starring Manisha Koirala and Rajit Kapur, won Best Screenplay at the 2009 New York Indian Film Festival and was released globally on Netflix in 2019. She later wrote and directed the television series Thoda Sa Aasmaan (1995) and produced the travel programme The Path Less Travelled (1995). A published poet and author, Naval has released Lamha Lamha (1983), Black Wind and Other Poems (2004), and The Mad Tibetan (2011). She is also an accomplished painter and photographer. Through the Vinod Pandit Charitable Trust, she supports the education of underprivileged girls. Naval's enduring contribution lies in her sensitive, life-affirming portrayals that reshaped the cinematic representation of Indian women. She remains the first Indian-American actress to debut in Hindi cinema.
Deepti Naval (born 3 February 1952) is an Indian-American actress, filmmaker, writer, painter, photographer and novelist, best known for her influential presence in Hindi cinema. An American citizen, she was born in Amritsar, Punjab, and moved to New York in 1971 when her father accepted a teaching position at the City University of New York. Naval studied fine arts at Hunter College, an artistic foundation that would later inform her multidisciplinary career. She was married to filmmaker Prakash Jha, and the couple share an adopted daughter.
Naval made her screen debut in Shyam Benegal's Junoon (1978) and gained wider recognition with Ek Baar Phir (1980). Alongside contemporaries Smita Patil and Shabana Azmi, she emerged as a leading voice of India's Parallel Cinema movement, noted for her nuanced portrayals in films such as Kamla (1984) and Ankahee (1985). Beginning with Chashme Buddoor (1981), her on-screen partnership with Farooq Sheikh became emblematic of gentle, middle-class storytelling in Hindi cinema, continuing through Saath Saath (1982), Kissi Se Na Kehna (1983), Katha (1982), Rang Birangi (1983), and Faasle (1985). They reunited three decades later in Tell Me O Kkhuda (2011), and their final collaboration, Listen…Amaya (2013), was released the year Sheikh passed away.
In the 2000s, Naval returned to prominence through socially engaged dramas including Bawandar and Firaaq. She earned Best Actress honours at several international festivals for Leela (2002), Memories in March (2010) and Listen… Amaya (2013). In 2007, she was named Tribute Honouree at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles.
Her television work spans telefilms and serials such as Sauda (1992), Tanaav (1994), and Muqammal (2003). She later appeared in the series Mukti Bandhan (2011) and made her stage debut in 2015 with Ek Mulaqaat, portraying celebrated Punjabi writer Amrita Pritam. In 2019, she featured in an episode of Zoya Akhtar's acclaimed series Made in Heaven.
Naval's directorial debut, Do Paise Ki Dhoop, Chaar Aane Ki Baarish (2009), starring Manisha Koirala and Rajit Kapur, won Best Screenplay at the 2009 New York Indian Film Festival and was released globally on Netflix in 2019. She later wrote and directed the television series Thoda Sa Aasmaan (1995) and produced the travel programme The Path Less Travelled (1995).
A published poet and author, Naval has released Lamha Lamha (1983), Black Wind and Other Poems (2004), and The Mad Tibetan (2011). She is also an accomplished painter and photographer. Through the Vinod Pandit Charitable Trust, she supports the education of underprivileged girls.
Naval's enduring contribution lies in her sensitive, life-affirming portrayals that reshaped the cinematic representation of Indian women. She remains the first Indian-American actress to debut in Hindi cinema.
Introduction
Filmography
Ek Baar Phir | Hindi | Actor
Feature | Booklet
Junoon | Hindi | Actor
Feature | Fiction | Colour | Booklet
Prem Jaal | Hindi | Actor
Feature
Chirutha | Hindi | Actor
Feature
Angoor | Hindi | Actor
Feature | Fiction | Colour | Booklet
Chashme Buddoor | Hindi | Actor
Feature | Booklet
Ehsaan Aap Ka | Hindi | Actor
Feature | Booklet
Hum Paanch | Hindi | Actor
Feature | Fiction | Colour | Booklet
Doosra Kinara | Hindi | Actor
Feature
Partner | Hindi | Actor
Feature | Booklet
Pande, Vinod (Producer), Ek Baar Phir, 1979 | Song-Synopsis Booklet
Kapoor, Shashi (Producer), Junoon, 1979 | Song-Synopsis Booklet
Singh, Jai (Producer), Angoor, 1981 | Song-Synopsis Booklet
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Kapoor, Shashi (Producer), Junoon, 1979 | Song-Synopsis Booklet
Pande, Vinod (Producer), Ek Baar Phir, 1979 | Song-Synopsis Booklet
Nihalani, Govind (Cinematographer), Junoon, 1979 | Photographic Still Mounted on Lobby Card
Nihalani, Govind (Cinematographer), Junoon, 1979 | Photographic Still Mounted on Lobby Card
Nihalani, Govind (Cinematographer), Junoon, 1979 | Photographic Still Mounted on Lobby Card
Nihalani, Govind (Cinematographer), Junoon, 1979 | Photographic Still Mounted on Lobby Card
Nihalani, Govind (Cinematographer), Junoon, 1979 | Photographic Still Mounted on Lobby Card
Strausfeld, Peter (Designer), Junoon, 1979 | British Quad Posters
Nihalani, Govind (Cinematographer), Junoon, 1979 | Photographic Still
Nihalani, Govind (Cinematographer), Junoon, 1979. Shashi Kapoor And Shyam Benegal On The Sets | Working Still
Nihalani, Govind (Cinematographer), Junoon, 1979 | Photographic Still
Nihalani, Govind (Cinematographer), Junoon, 1979 | Photographic Still
Nihalani, Govind (Cinematographer), Junoon, 1979 | Photographic Still
Nihalani, Govind (Cinematographer), Junoon, 1979 | Photographic Still
Nihalani, Govind (Cinematographer), Junoon, 1979 | Photographic Still
Nihalani, Govind (Cinematographer), Junoon, 1979 | Photographic Still
Nihalani, Govind (Cinematographer), Junoon, 1979 | Photographic Still
Nihalani, Govind (Cinematographer), Junoon, 1979 | Photographic Still
Nihalani, Govind (Cinematographer), Junoon, 1979 | Photographic Still
Singh, Bikram (Editor). Filmfare, 01 August 1980 | Magazine | 00793677
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Singh, Bikram (Editor). Filmfare, 01 August 1980 | Magazine | 00793677
Singh, Bikram (Editor). Filmfare, 01 September 1981 | Magazine | 00793696
Singh, Bikram (Editor). Filmfare, 01 October 1981 | Magazine | 00793698
Singh, Bikram (Editor). Filmfare, 16 August 1982 | Magazine | 00793716
Singh, Bikram (Editor). Filmfare, 16 August 1982 | Magazine | 00793716
Singh, Bikram (Editor). Filmfare, 01 April 1982 | Magazine | 00793707
Subramaniam, K.N. (Assistant Editor). Filmfare, 01 April 1983 | Magazine | 00793731
Subramaniam, K.N. (Assistant Editor). Filmfare, 01 May 1984 | Magazine | 00793753
Subramaniam, K.N. (Assistant Editor). Filmfare, 16 January 1984 | Magazine | 00793746
Ewing, Gulshan (Editor), Adelaide Chand, A.T. Jayanthi, Nalini Uchil and Meena Iyer (Sub-Editor). Star & Style, 19 July 1984 | Magazine | 00808843
Ewing, Gulshan (Editor), Adelaide Chand, A.T. Jayanthi, Nalini Uchil and Meena Iyer (Sub-Editor). Star & Style, 19 July 1984 | Magazine | 00808843
Nandy, Pritish (Editor). Filmfare, 01 July 1985 | Magazine | 00793776
Ewing, Gulshan (Editor) and Mukta Hegde (Sub-Editor). Star & Style, 7 November 1985 | Magazine | 00808877
Ewing, Gulshan (Editor) and Mukta Hegde (Sub-Editor). Star & Style, 7 November 1985 | Magazine | 00808877
Ahmed, Rauf (Editor). Filmfare, 01 May 1989 | Magazine | 00794055
Tiwari, Vinod (Editor). Filmfare, 01 May 1989 | Magazine | 00794056
Baliga, Shashi (Editor). Filmfare, 01 May 2003 | Magazine | 00794072
Naval, Deepti (Author). Black Wind and Other Poems, 2004 | Authored Book | 00802151
Osians (Auction House) and Neville Tuli (Curator). Dare to Care. 19 April 2013 | Auction Catalogue | 00862145
Naval, Deepti (Author). A Country Called Childhood, 2022 | Authored Book | 00845568
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Kapoor, Shashi (Producer), Junoon, 1979 | Song-Synopsis Booklet
Pande, Vinod (Producer), Ek Baar Phir, 1979 | Song-Synopsis Booklet
Nihalani, Govind (Cinematographer), Junoon, 1979 | Photographic Still Mounted on Lobby Card
Nihalani, Govind (Cinematographer), Junoon, 1979 | Photographic Still Mounted on Lobby Card
Nihalani, Govind (Cinematographer), Junoon, 1979 | Photographic Still Mounted on Lobby Card
Nihalani, Govind (Cinematographer), Junoon, 1979 | Photographic Still Mounted on Lobby Card
Nihalani, Govind (Cinematographer), Junoon, 1979 | Photographic Still Mounted on Lobby Card
Strausfeld, Peter (Designer), Junoon, 1979 | British Quad Posters
Nihalani, Govind (Cinematographer), Junoon, 1979 | Photographic Still
Nihalani, Govind (Cinematographer), Junoon, 1979. Shashi Kapoor And Shyam Benegal On The Sets | Working Still
Nihalani, Govind (Cinematographer), Junoon, 1979 | Photographic Still
Nihalani, Govind (Cinematographer), Junoon, 1979 | Photographic Still
Nihalani, Govind (Cinematographer), Junoon, 1979 | Photographic Still
Nihalani, Govind (Cinematographer), Junoon, 1979 | Photographic Still
Nihalani, Govind (Cinematographer), Junoon, 1979 | Photographic Still
Nihalani, Govind (Cinematographer), Junoon, 1979 | Photographic Still
Nihalani, Govind (Cinematographer), Junoon, 1979 | Photographic Still
Nihalani, Govind (Cinematographer), Junoon, 1979 | Photographic Still
Nihalani, Govind (Cinematographer), Junoon, 1979 | Photographic Still
Kapoor, Surinder (Producer), Hum Paanch, 1981 | Song-Synopsis Booklet
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Jindal, Suresh (Producer), Katha, 1983 | Song-Synopsis Booklet
Lamba, Perry (Producer), Kamla, 1985 | Song-Synopsis Booklet
Sen, Arabind (Producer), Nasihat, 1986 | Song-Synopsis Booklet
Naval, Deepti (Author). A Country Called Childhood, 2022 | Authored Book
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