# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gita-mehta
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:52:04.902Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gita-mehta"
name: "Gita Mehta"
slug: "gita-mehta"
description: "Gita Mehta was an Indian-American writer and documentary filmmaker. As a journalist and documentary filmmaker she frequently covered war and conflict including covering the Bangladesh liberation war of 1971. As an author she published five books which were translated into 21 languages. Her works described aspects of life in India and were intended to interpret the country for a largely western audience."
tagline: "Indian novelist and film director (1942–2023)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/70/Photo_of_Gita_Mehta.jpg"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1942-12-12"
deathDate: "2023-09-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.15
  momentum:             0
  historical:           18.57481066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11237846/"
    handle:    "nm11237846"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    title: "Gita Mehta"
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    title: "Gita Mehta"
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    title: "Gita Mehta"
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    title: "Мехта, Гита"
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    title: "கீதா மேத்தா"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump