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Sai Paranjape

Film Director / Screenwriter / Writer | * 03/19/1938 (86) | Lucknow (India)
Sai Paranjpye (born 19 March 1938) is an Indian movie director and screenwriter. She is the director of the award-winning movies Sparsh, Katha, Chasme Buddoor and Disha. She has written and directed many Marathi plays such as Jaswandi, Sakkhe Shejari, and Albel. She has won 4 National Film Awards and 2 Filmfare awards. The Government of India awarded Sai the Padma Bhushan title in 2006 in recognition of her artistic talents. ()

Sai Paranjpye has succeeded as a woman filmmaker of contemporary India in making work that has received both critical recognition and popular commercial appeal.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

Known for these Movies & Shows

Anirudh Parmar is blind, but he does not let this impairment bind him down. He runs a school for the blind as a Principal. He meets with the recently widowed Kavita. Kavita is attracted to him, and he ...

Sparsh

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1980 | 3.8/5 | 2h 25min
Drama, Romance / Love
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Womanizing slackers Omi and Jai attempt to woo the new girl in the neighborhood, and fail - miserably. Their third roommate - shy, and a bookworm - succeeds, much to their chagrin. The two scheme up c ...

Chashme Buddoor

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1981 | 3.6/5 | 2h 25min
Comedy, Romance / Love
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Two peasants are ill-prepared for life in the big city after moving from their tiny village to Bombay. ...

Disha

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1990 | 2h 15min
 
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Awards & Nominations for Sai Paranjape

Padma Bhushan National Film Award for Best Screenplay Filmfare Award for Best Director
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Movies with Sai Paranjape as Crew(8)

Directing/Director1997 Saaz
Directing/Director1990 Disha
Directing/Director1983 Katha
Directing/Director1981 Chashme Buddoor
Writing/Writer1981 Chashme Buddoor
Directing/Director1980 Sparsh
Writing/Writer1980 Sparsh
Directing/Director1974 Jadu Ka Shankh

Citizenship: India
Born: Saturday, 03/19 1938 (March) in Lucknow (India) (current age: 86 years + 37 days)
Zodiac sign: Pisces (Chinese zodiac sign: Tiger)
Languages: Marathi (MR)
Educated at: National School of Drama, Huzurpaga, Fergusson College
Children: Gautam Joglekar
Mother: Shakuntala Paranjpye
Other names for Sai Paranjape (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Sai Paranjpye"
Sai Paranjape frequently works together with these people:
Shabana Azmi (3x, Actress)
Om Puri (2x, Actor)
Naseeruddin Shah (2x, Actor)
Leela Mishra (2x, Actress)
Deepti Naval (2x, Actress)
Farooq Shaikh (2x, Actor)
Raghubir Yadav (2x, Actor)
Tinnu Anand (1x, Actor)
Saeed Jaffrey (1x, Actor)
Yatin Karyekar (1x, Actor)
Virendra Saini (1x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:360391, Added: 08/15/2018, Last updated: 04/22/2024