Deepa Sahi Height, Age, Husband, Family, Biography & More

Bio/Wiki
Profession(s)	• Film Actress • Producer • Director • Script and Story Writer
Famous Role	She is popularly known for her 'Maya' in Bollywood film Maya Memsaab (1993)
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	in centimeters- 173 cm in meters- 1.73 m in feet & inches- 5’ 8”
Eye Colour	Brown
Hair Colour	Brown
Career
Debut	As a Film Actress: Party (1984) As a Film Producer: Maya Memsaab (1992) As a Screenplay Writer: Oh Darling! Yeh Hai India (1995) As a Film Director: Tere Mere Phere (2011)
Awards	Filmfare Awards 1992: Best Supporting Actress Nomination for Hum National Film Awards 1993: Best Actress for Maya Memsaab
Personal Life
Date of Birth	30 November 1962 (Friday)
Age (as of 2023)	61 Years
Birthplace	Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
Zodiac sign	Sagittarius
Nationality	Indian
College/University	• Indraprastha College for women, New Delhi, India • Dehli School of Economics, New Delhi, India • National School of Drama, New Delhi, India
Educational Qualification	Gold Medalist in Socialogy from Delhi School of Economics [1]The Times of India
Controversy	In 2008, she received heavy criticism for shooting an explicit love making scene with Shah Rukh Khan in her movie "Maya Memsaab (1992)" [2]Asianet Newsable
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Married
Family
Husband/Spouse	• First Husband : Nataranjan Bohidar (m. 1977 ; div. 1984) • Second Husband : Ketan Mehta (m. 1988)
Favourites
Film Director(s)	• Prakash Jha • Rajkumar Hirani • Ketan Mehta

Some Lesser Known Facts About Deepa Sahi

• Deepa Sahi is an Indian actress, producer, screenplay writer, and director who lives in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

• She is known for her role as Maya in the Bollywood film “Maya Memsaab” for which she won a National Film Award.

• She was born in an Army family and was the youngest in her family.

• Her elder sister died at the age of 18, and in an interview, while talking about her family, Deepa said,
  

  After my sister’s death, my vision and concept of living life got changed. I started having an excessive desire of living my life without any compromises.”

• Later, her family shifted to Canada, but Deepa decided to stay in India and achieve her goals.

• She further joined the National School of Drama to amplify in film direction but owing to the fact that she had extremely good looks and voice, she was constantly preferred for films as an actress.

• Amidst her acting career, she co-produced her film “Maya Memsaab” in 1992.

• She acted in 18 films but later quit acting to direct films, and while talking about her acting career, in an interview, she said,
  

  “People don’t believe but I was always interested in direction. Acting happened to me by chance. During my student days at NSD, I got an opportunity to direct an adaptation of Girish Karnad’s ‘Hayavadan’. But the leading lady dropped out 48 hours before the show. Everybody felt since I know the character inside out I would be the best person to fill in. The performance was appreciated. After that, a friend, who was studying at FTII asked me to act in the diploma film that she was expected to make as part of her course. The film was screened at some film festivals and a hoity film critic of The Village Voice described my performance as ‘sublime’. Soon I became the talk of the town. The director called me that Govind Nihalani is looking for me. I insisted that I came here for direction but I was told that anybody can give an arm to work with Nihalaniji. So that is it. I was fully committed to whatever films I did but I never saw it as a career. As an actor, you have to shoot for 15-20 minutes a day. At times it is even less. The rest of the day goes into make-up and other things, where you don’t have much of a say. I didn’t have that kind of patience.”

• In an interview, she said, she had always been fascinated with computers and their working, and how it has reduced man labour.

• In 2001, Deepa and her husband, Ketan Mehta, founded India’s leading training institute “MAAC” in high-end 3d animation and visual effects.

• In 2008, an explicit video clip of Shah Rukh Khan and Deepa Sahi from their movie Maya Memsaab was leaked on YouTube, and later an article was published by an unknown writer, defaming Shah Rukh Khan and Deepa Sahi, for which Shah Rukh Khan lost his cool for being framed in a fake story and later was arrested for abusing the journalist without any piece of evidence. ^[3]Asianet Newsable

• In 2009, Deepa and Ketan further launch “Maya in-studio Training” at film city in Mumbai to provide advanced training based on studio ready training modules. ^[4]Movie Talkies – YouTube

• In 2015, after 18 years of break from acting, Deepa returned to the screen as an actor for the movie “Manjhi – The Mountain Man” in which she played the role of the former Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi.
  

  Deepa Sahi as Indira Gandhi in the movie Manjhi

• In an interview, while talking about her return as an actor in the film “Manjhi – The Mountain Man” for the role of our former Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi, Deepa said,
  

  Yes, I am playing Indira Gandhi, it’s a cameo. I’ve always been fascinated by her and I am sure everyone would want to play her on-screen.” ^[5]The Times of India

• India’s popular animated sitcom “Motu Patlu” is produced by Deepa Sahi under the production of her Cosmos-Maya studios.

• Owing to the “Motu Patlu,” Cosmos-Maya studio has become India’s first homegrown animated franchise.