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Born in northern India, Deepti Naval is an acclaimed
actor. After her schooling she migrated to the United States,
where she was educated at the City University of New York
and received her Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts at Hunter
College in Manhattan.
She
made her debut with the movie Ek Baar Phir in the year 1979
and has acted in more than 60 films since then. Among these
are Chashmebaddoor, Kamla, Mirch Masala, Ankahi, Main Zinda
Hoon, Panchvati, and more recently, Leela and Freaky Chakra.
She also wrote and directed Thodasa Aasmaan, a TV serial about
women, and produced a travel show called The Path Less Traveled.
A selection of poems in Hindi, Lamha-Lamha was published in
1983 and more recently, MapinLit brought out a new collection
called BLACK WIND and Other Poems. She is also a painter and
photographer with several exhibitions to her credit and enjoys
trekking in the remote mountains of Himachal and Ladakh. She
also runs the Vinod Pandit Charitable Trust, set up in memory
of her late companion, for the education of the girl child.
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