17 Facts About Tara Deshpande

Tara Deshpande is an Indian actress, writer, former model and MTV VJ.

Tara Deshpande appeared in several acclaimed films such as Sudhir Mishra's Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin and Kaizad Gustad's Bombay Boys.

Tara Deshpande's husband is a graduate of Harvard Business School and is in finance.

Tara Deshpande published her first book at the age of 23, Fifty and Done.

Tara Deshpande played Begum Sumroo in Alyque Padamsee's play of the same name.

Apart from her work in television and films, Tara Deshpande has appeared in many other shows as herself.

Tara Deshpande had appeared on the Movers and Shakers show with Shekhar Suman as a Guest star in episode 55.

Tara Deshpande has even co-hosted many award shows like the Filmfare awards in 1998,2000 and 2001.

Tara Deshpande even appeared in the Bhoomi episodes on the DD Metro channel produced by Siddharth Kak.

Tara Deshpande was featured on the WGHB World of Chocolate show produced by PBS and was seen on the Amul hoarding as the Amul girl in her eponymous role as Dolly in Bombay Boys.

Ms Tara Deshpande even appeared on the MasterMind quiz show hosted by Siddharth Basu as well as Zee Tv quiz show with Sonu Nigam and Gul Panag, Naseeruddin Shah hosted by Derek O'Brien.

Tara Deshpande began her career on the professional stage at the age of 14.

Tara Deshpande was formally launched by Alyque Padamsee in the eponymous role of the historical figure Begum Sumroo in 1995.

Tara Deshpande trained under Marathi theatre legend Atmaram Bhende, Pearl Padamsee and Shiraz Jefferies.

Tara Deshpande is actively involved in many charities and is a supporter of various social issues.

Besides her charity work, Tara Deshpande has been a longtime supporter of LGBTQ rights and has been a jury member for Kashish 2018 which is a famous International Queer Film Festival in Mumbai.

Tara Deshpande is a registered Democrat and served as co-chair of the South Asian Fundraising committee for Robert Reich, former Secretary of Labor, during his campaign for Governor in 2001 and was briefly part of the South Asian fundraising committee for John Kerry gubernatorial race in Massachusetts.