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Sai Paranjpye

Indian film director · India · On the map · Directors · Born 1938 · age 88

Sai Paranjpye is an Indian film 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.

Sai Paranjpye is read about 121 times a day, in 18 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026

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A life in dates

2020“I used my imagination to make up for what I lacked in physical swiftness”In their words9 December 2020The Hindu BusinessLine article by P Anima - Cover to cover: Life and times of a storyteller - 9 December 2020 - Archive

“I guess I was born with a grin, I have this attitude or aptitude to look on the bright side. Pollyanna always looked on the bright side too.”In their words28 November 2020Scroll.in article by Nandini Ramnath - Sai Paranjpye interview: ‘I guess I was born with a grin’ - 28 November 2020 - Archive

“Women actually have a fantastic sense of humour, better than men. Men tend to have crass and predictable humour.”In their words28 November 2020Scroll.in article by Nandini Ramnath - Sai Paranjpye interview: ‘I guess I was born with a grin’ - 28 November 2020 - Archive

2019“I always like to maintain that I am a writer first and then a director. But unfortunately, I am not known as much as a writer.”In their words23 March 2019The Hindu article by Arti Das - I am a first-class writer and a second-class director: Sai Paranjpye - 23 March 2019 - Archive

2018“I was shocked by the response to my adaptation of Neil Simon’s Last of the Red Hot Lovers, about a 50yish man who resolves to have flings with women.”In their words30 October 2018Mumbai Mirror article by Khalid Mohamed - Sai Paranjpye: I have had my #MeToo moments too - 30 October 2018 - Archive

2013Chashme BaddoorFilm, Writer2009NeedleFilm, Director2008Call of the HornFilm, Director2006Padma BhushanAward2005ChakachakFilm, Director1997SaazFilm, Director, Writer1993PapeehaFilm, Director1990DishaFilm, Director1988Angutha ChhapFilm, Director, Writer1985Filmfare Award for Best DirectorAward1982KathaFilm, Director1981Chashme BuddoorFilm, Director, Writer1980SparshFilm, Director, Writer1979National Film Award for Best ScreenplayAward1976SikandarFilm, Director1974Jadu Ka ShankhFilm, Director1938Born19 March 1938

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18 credits on file

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In their own words 2

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  1. I am sure I speak for all my sisters when I say that we prefer to be known as directors, not just as women directors.

    FirstPost article by Chintan Girish Modi - Originally an excerpt from Sai Paranjpye's English Autobiography titled "A Patchwork Quilt: A, Own words

  2. I was very fat then, and Alkazi would scold me about my chubbiness. ‘An actor must look trim,’ he would tell me.

    FirstPost article by Chintan Girish Modi - Originally an excerpt from Sai Paranjpye's English Autobiography titled "A Patchwork Quilt: A, Own words

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Awards

Padma Bhushan2006
Filmfare Award for Best Director1985
National Film Award for Best Screenplay1979

About this person

Country
India
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1938 · age 88

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In the same film or series as Sai

DivyennduAlso in Chashme Baddoor (2013)Bharati AchrekarAlso in Chashme Baddoor (2013)Parikshit SahniAlso in Saaz (1997)Rakesh BediAlso in Chashme Buddoor (1981)

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