16 Facts About Deepti Naval

Deepti Naval was born on 3 February 1952 and is an Indian-American actress, director, and writer, predominantly active in Hindi cinema.

Deepti Naval is the first Indian-American actress to make her debut in the Hindi film industry.

Deepti Naval made her debut in 1978 with Shyam Benegal's film Junoon.

Deepti Naval came back in the 2000s with social dramas like Bawandar and Firaaq, and won Best Actress awards in several international film festivals for her roles in Leela, Memories in March and Listen.

Deepti Naval was recognized as the 2007 Tribute Honoree of the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles.

Mostly present in Hindi cinema, Deepti Naval acted in other Indian languages, as with Marhi Da Deeva and Mane, which respectively won the award for Best Feature Film in Punjabi and Best Feature Film in Kannada at the 1990 National Film Awards ceremony.

Deepti Naval has been active on TV with a few telefilms and serials such as Sauda, Tanaav or Muqammal.

Deepti Naval came back in 2011 with the daily soap opera Mukti Bandhan on Colors TV.

Deepti Naval made her theater debut in 2015 with the poetic stage show Ek Mulaqaat in which she played the celebrated Punjabi writer Amrita Pritam.

In 2019, Deepti Naval appeared in an episode of Made in Heaven, a web series on Amazon Prime directed by Zoya Akhtar.

Deepti Naval made her directorial debut with Do Paise Ki Dhoop, Chaar Aane Ki Baarish starring Manisha Koirala and Rajit Kapur.

Deepti Naval wrote and directed Thoda Sa Aasmaan, a TV serial centred around strong female characters, and produced a travel show, The Path Less Travelled.

Deepti Naval is the author of a collection of short stories, The Mad Tibetan, published in 2011.

Deepti Naval is a painter and photographer with several exhibitions to her credit.

Deepti Naval was married to the filmmaker Prakash Jha and the two have an adopted daughter.

Deepti Naval was later in a relationship with the late Vinod Pandit, the nephew of Pandit Jasraj.