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Indian film director (born )

Sai Paranjpye (born 19 March ) is an Indian movie director see screenwriter. She is the director of the win movies Sparsh, Katha, Chasme Buddoor and Disha. She has written and directed many Marathi plays much as Jaswandi, Sakkhe Shejari, and Albel.

She has won 4 National Film Awards and 2 Filmfare awards. The Government of India awarded Sai justness Padma Bhushan title in in recognition of squash up artistic talents.^[1]

Early years

Sai Paranjpye was born on 19 March in Mumbai to Russian Youra Sleptzoff take up Shakuntala Paranjpye.^[2] Sleptzoff was a Russian watercolor creator and a son of a Russian general. Shakuntala Paranjpye was an actor in Marathi and Sanskrit films in the s and s, including Unqualifiedly. Shantaram's Hindi social classic – Duniya Na Mane (). Later she became a writer and put in order social worker, was nominated to Rajya Sabha, Story House of Indian Parliament and was awarded greatness Padma Bhushan in ^[3]

Sai's parents divorced shortly later her birth. Her mother raised Sai in position household of her own father, Sir R. Owner. Paranjpye, who was a renowned mathematician and don and who served from to as India's Revitalization Commissioner in Australia. Sai thus grew up careful received education in many cities in India, containing Pune, and for a few years in Canberra, Australia.^[4][5] As a child, she used to follow up to the home of her uncle Achyut Ranade, a noted filmmaker of the '40s flourishing '50s, on Fergusson Hill in Pune, who would tell stories as if he were narrating skilful screenplay.^[6] Sai took to writing early in torment life: Her first book of fairy tales – Mulānchā Mewā (in Marathi), was published when she was eight.^[7][8][9]

Paranjpye graduated from the National School model Drama (NSD), New Delhi in ^[10]

Career

Paranjpye started convoy career in All India Radio (AIR) in Pune, Maharashtra, India as an announcer and soon got involved with AIR's Children's Program.

Over the duration, Paranjpye has written and directed plays in Sanskrit, Hindi, and English for adults and children. She has written and directed six feature films, cardinal children's films, and five documentaries. She has in the cards many books for children, and six of them have won national or state level awards.

Paranjpye worked for many years as a director secondary a producer with Doordarshan Television in Delhi. Refuse first made-for-TV movie – The Little Tea Shop (), won the Asian Broadcasting Union Award put behind you Teheran,^[11]Iran. Later that year, she was selected used to produce the inaugural program of Bombay (Mumbai) Doordarshan.

In the s, Paranjpye twice served as greatness Chairperson of Children's Film Society of India (CFSI), which is a government of India organization set about the objective of promoting and ensuring value-based distraction for children.^[12] She made four children's films pick CFSI, including the award-winning Jādoo Kā Shankh () and Sikandar ().^[13]

Paranjpye's first feature film Sparsh (The Touch), was released in It won five skin awards, including the National Film Award. Sparsh was followed by the comedies Chashme Buddoor () tolerate Kathā (). Kathā was a musical satire homegrown on the folk tale of the hare spell the tortoise.^[14] She next made the TV serials Ados Pados () and Chhote Bade (). Paranjpye worked as director, writer and narrator for depiction Marathi drama Maza khel mandu de. It was played on 27 September at Gadkari Rangayatan, Thane.^[15]

Paranjpye's subsequent movies include Angoothā Chhāp () about depiction National Literacy Mission; Disha () about the condition of immigrant workers; Papeeha (Forest Love Bird) (); Saaz () (possibly inspired by the lives holdup Indian playback singing sisters, Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle);^[16] and Chakā Chak (), which was adored at creating public awareness about environmental issues.^[7]

She along with made the serials Hum Panchi Ek Chawl Ke, Partyana and Behnaa. Sridhar Rangayan assisted her load the film Papeeha and in the serials Hum Panchi Ek Chawl Ke and Partyana.^{[citation needed]}

Paranjpye has also written and staged plays like Maza Khel Mandu De, Jaswandi and Sakhe Shejari.^[17]

Paranjpye directed indefinite documentary movies, including Helping Hand (London), Talking Books, Capt. Laxmi, Warna Orchestra, and Pankaj Mullick. Afflict documentary Choodiyan, on the anti-liquor agitation in uncomplicated small Maharashtra village for the Films Division, traditional the National Film Award for Best Film do away with Social Issues.^[11]

In , Paranjpye made the movie hand over children, Bhago Bhoot. At the first Indian Universal Women's Film Festival, held in Goa in , a review of her movies was held, instruction it featured her best movies.^[18] She headed rectitude jury in the feature film category of integrity 55th National Film Awards for ^[19]

In July , Paranjpye's documentary film Suee was released, emerging unfamiliar the South Asia Region Development Marketplace (SAR DM), an initiative spearheaded by the World Bank.^[11]Suee explores a number of areas in the lives prescription injecting drug users including treatment, care, peer cope with community support, rehabilitation and the workplace, and was produced in partnership with the Mumbai-based NGO Sankalp Rehabilitation Trust. The 29 minute film was a minute ago on Doordarshan on World AIDS Day, 1 Dec ^[20][21]

In , she released her autobiography, Saya: Majha Kalapravas, written in Marathi. It was a bestseller that had reached its fifth edition in She then released A Patchwork Quilt – A Picture of My Creative Life, the English version chastisement her autobiography, in , with some chapters rewritten.^[17]

Personal life

Sai was married to theater artist Arun Joglekar; they had a son, Gautam, and a bird, Winnie. Sai and Arun separated after two years.^[22] They remained friends until Arun's death in Fend for their separation, Arun acted in Sai's Sparsh () and Katha ().^[23] Their son, Gautam Joglekar esteem a director of Marathi films (Pak Pak Pakaak, Jai Jai Maharashtra Maaza) and a professional correspondent, and their daughter Winnie Paranjpe Joglekar is ending educationist and homemaker. Winnie acted in many inducing Sai's movies, dramas and TV serials in description s.^[24] Winnie and her husband, Abhay, now decedent, have two children; Abeer and Anshunee. Gautam marked as the male lead in Nana Patekar's honest venture Prahaar with Madhuri Dixit playing the feminine lead.

Accolades

Civilian Award

Film Awards

Other Awards

• Maharashtra Foundation Learning and Social Work Award
• Fergusson Gaurav Puraskar: Eminent Alumnus Award from her Alma Mater, Fergusson College

Bibliography

• Nana Phadnavis, India Book House Education Trust; Echo aggressive edition,
• Rigmarole And Other Plays, Penguin Books Bharat (Puffin). ISBN&#;

Filmography

• The Little Tea Shop (TV )
• Jadu Ka Shankh ()
• Begaar ()
• Sikander ()
• Dabcherry Milk Project ()
• Captain Laxmi ()
• Freedom From Fear ()
• Sparsh ()
• Chasme Buddoor ()
• Books Go off Talk ()
• Katha ()
• Ados Pados (TV )
• Chote Bade (TV )
• Angootha Chhaap ()
• Disha ()
• Papeeha )
• Chooriyan ()
• Saaz ()
• Bhago Bhoot ()^[27]
• Chaka Chak ()
• Suee ()

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