FILM WORLD – NOV 1980
Deepti has been deluged with enviable offers. Not strange really, considering she has youth, beauty, and above all freshness of talent, which most of our newcomers desperately lack.

BOLD THEME - WELL HANDLED
Deepti Naval, who plays the young married woman, having an extramarital affair, steals the show with her charm and vivacity. She verily lives the role, so much so that her portrayal becomes the life and breath of the film.

TV & VIDEO WORLD, AUG 1985
This was Deepti’s first film. And if the choice of the role was unconventional, Deepti’s debut was all the more impressive. She handles the transformation from an obedient, if subservient, wife, to a liberated woman extremely competently. Indeed this film heralded the arrival of a major talent on the Hindi screen.

CARAVAN, NEW DELHI - SEP 1, 1980
Deepti Naval comes off with flying colours and renders her role with rare histrionics, bringing life to her character.

CINEMA TODAY - MAR 14, 1980
‘Ek Baar Phir’: Lyrical love poem on celluloid
The principle players Deepti Naval, Suresh Oberoi and Pradeep Varma are very convincing.

CINEMA TODAY, MAR 14, 1980
The principal players Deepti Naval, Suresh Oberoi and Pradeep Varma are very convincing.

FILMFARE BOMBAY - MAY 1, 1980
Deepti Naval’s potential as a sensitive actress is under-utilised.

FILMFARE, FEB 1 – 15, 1980
In marked contrast is the woman, whose character has been well etched by the director and ably portrayed by Deepti Naval. The only time she appears awkward is during the love scenes when she tends to look rather wooden.

HOME LIFE, JUNE 1980
Deepti Naval is genuinely captivating and convincing, though histrionically the role does not demand very much.

INDIA NEWS, LONDON - AUG 9, 1979
Deepti Naval plays the leading role of the young, bored wife with considerable sensitivity and perception.

STATESMAN, NEW DELHI – JULY 6, 1980
Deepti Naval with her docile freshness lends charm to her character

SUN, NEW DELHI – OCT 1981
The role of the wife has been played with superb understanding and perception by Deepti Naval, for which the actress received immense appreciation both from the Press and the public alike.

SUNDAY, STATESMAN – JULY 6, 1980
While Deepti Naval with her docile freshness lends charm to her character and Suresh Oberoi verve to his Pradeep Verma is inadequate as the lover who wins the young wife from the glamorous husband.

WEEKEND REVIEW, NEW DELHI- 4th JAN., 1981
Deepti Naval was the most promising find of the year. Natural, talented and exquisitely feminine, Deepti broke a lot of hearts (including Pradeep’s) with her controlled performance in Ek Baar Phir.

WOMAN’S ERA, DELHI - 1980
Deepti Naval is impressive