Deepa Sahi (born 30 November 1962) is an Indian actress and producer
from an Army background, who is best known for her role as Maya in the
1993 movie Maya Memsaab, opposite actor Shah Rukh Khan. She made her
directorial debut with the movie Tere Mere Phere in 2011.Deepa Sahi,
an ethnic Punjabi, was born in Dehradun in an Army background and is
the youngest sibling in her family. She grew up in Meerut. Her family
later shifted to Canada, but she continued to stay in India. She had
an elder sister who died at the age of 18. Sahi pursued her education
at Indraprastha College for Women, and was a gold medalist in
Sociology from Delhi School of Economics. Sahi later joined the
National School of Drama with the aim of becoming a director. However,
she started receiving acting offers from her NSD days, which prompted
her to shift to acting. Sahi decided to direct her first film in the
early days of her career but the film, Nana Karte Pyaar which was
supposed to star Nana Patekar and Hema Malini failed to take off due
to a recession. She is married to film director Ketan Mehta, who is
the nephew of freedom fighter Usha Mehta. It is the second marriage
for both of them.An alumnus of National School of Drama, Delhi, Sahi
started off with a theater career, with strong Leftist leanings and
social activism a core value of the productions she was involved with.
from an Army background, who is best known for her role as Maya in the
1993 movie Maya Memsaab, opposite actor Shah Rukh Khan. She made her
directorial debut with the movie Tere Mere Phere in 2011.Deepa Sahi,
an ethnic Punjabi, was born in Dehradun in an Army background and is
the youngest sibling in her family. She grew up in Meerut. Her family
later shifted to Canada, but she continued to stay in India. She had
an elder sister who died at the age of 18. Sahi pursued her education
at Indraprastha College for Women, and was a gold medalist in
Sociology from Delhi School of Economics. Sahi later joined the
National School of Drama with the aim of becoming a director. However,
she started receiving acting offers from her NSD days, which prompted
her to shift to acting. Sahi decided to direct her first film in the
early days of her career but the film, Nana Karte Pyaar which was
supposed to star Nana Patekar and Hema Malini failed to take off due
to a recession. She is married to film director Ketan Mehta, who is
the nephew of freedom fighter Usha Mehta. It is the second marriage
for both of them.An alumnus of National School of Drama, Delhi, Sahi
started off with a theater career, with strong Leftist leanings and
social activism a core value of the productions she was involved with.
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