1. Neena Gupta was born on 4 June 1959 and is an Indian actress and television director who works in Hindi films and television along with few Malayalam films.
24 Facts About Neena Gupta
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Neena Gupta has received several awards including three National Film Awards, a Filmfare Award and two Filmfare OTT Awards.
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Neena Gupta was born on 4 June 1959 in Kolkata, India to R N Gupta, a LL.
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Neena Gupta grew up in the Karol Bagh area of New Delhi, doing her elementary schooling at the Bal Bharti School and secondary schooling at Vidya Bhawan.
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Neena Gupta went on to get her Bachelor of Arts from Janki Devi Memorial College, Delhi University and her Master of Arts in Sanskrit from Delhi University.
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Neena Gupta earned an MPhil from the same university for her thesis on 'Stage Techniques in Sanskrit Drama: Theory and Practice'.
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Neena Gupta was active in the theatre scene while at university, forming a close friendship with fellow actor-director Satish Kaushik, who encouraged her to follow his lead and join the National School of Drama.
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Neena Gupta has made appearances in several international films, such as Gandhi, in which she played the niece of Mahatma Gandhi, and Merchant Ivory films, The Deceivers, Mirza Ghalib, In Custody, and Cotton Mary.
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Neena Gupta made an impression in Indian parallel cinema such as Mandi, Rihaee, Drishti and Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda.
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Neena Gupta starred along with Madhuri Dixit in Khalnayak ; she was featured in the popular song "Choli Ke Peeche" in the movie.
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Neena Gupta starred in several television films, including Lajwanti and Bazar Sitaram, the latter of which won her the National Film Award for Best First Non-Feature Film of a Director.
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In 2020, Neena Gupta appeared in Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari's sports comedy-drama Panga, and reunited with Khurana for the social romantic comedy-drama Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan, earning positive reviews for her performance in both films, earning her first nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress.
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Neena Gupta appeared alongside Manoj Bajpayee and Sakshi Tanwar in the thriller Dial 100.
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In 2021, Neena Gupta starred in the black comedy-drama Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar alongside Parineeti Chopra, Arjun Kapoor, Jaideep Ahlawat and Raghubir Yadav, as the wife of Yadav's character.
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Neena Gupta hosted the Indian version of the TV series The Weakest Link, Kamzor Kadii Kaun and appeared in Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin which gave her considerable popularity.
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Neena Gupta played the role of Shubha, one of the four women main leads in Ladies Special, a daily soap on Sony TV.
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Neena Gupta is seen in Dil Se Diya Vachan as a doctor by profession and mother-in-law of the lead character Nandani which airs on Zee TV.
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Neena Gupta ran a theatre production company, 'Sahaj Productions' with actor, Rajendra Gupta, and acted as well as produced the Hindi play Soorya Ki Antim Kiran Se Soorya Ki Paheli Kiran Tak.
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Neena Gupta made an appearance in Amazon Prime's Panchayat as Manju Devi Pradhan.
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Neena Gupta has been a part of Masaba Masaba, a Netflix show based on her and her daughter Masaba Gupta, who is a designer by profession.
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Neena Gupta married Amlan Kusum Ghose, studying at IIT-Delhi, while still a bachelor's student.
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Neena Gupta was briefly engaged to Shaarangdev Pandit, the son of Pandit Jasraj.
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Neena Gupta was in a relationship with former West Indies cricketer Vivian Richards in the late 1980s.
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Since Richards was already married, Neena Gupta decided to raise Masaba on her own as a single mother.