Deepika Amin

Deepika Deshpande-Amin is an Indian film, television and theatre actress. She is known for Bollywood films like Fan, Raanjhanaa and Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania and TV shows like Farmaan and Tashn-e-Ishq .[1]

Early life

Deepika Amin was born Deepika Deshpande in Mumbai in a Maharashtrian family. Her paternal grandfather was the Sahitya Akademi Award-winning Marathi poet Atmaram Ravaji Deshpande. Her maternal grandmother Kusumavati Deshpande, was a writer of Marathi literature and professor of English Literature in Nagpur University.

Her father Ulhas Deshpande was an Air Vice Marshall in the Indian Air Force. Her mother Kshama Deshpande is a Kathak dancer and disciple of the Kathak maestro Shri Gopi Krishna.

She grew up in Delhi, attending school in Loreto Convent and studying Economics (Hons) in Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Delhi University.[2]

She lives with her husband and daughter in Mumbai.

Filmography
YearFilmRoleNotes
2009Well Done AbbaLata, Inspector's Wife
2011PadduramPrincipal, Mrs Engineer
2013RaanjhanaaZoya's Mother
RajjoKamladevi
2014BewakoofiyaanRupali Wadhwa (Mohit's Boss)
2014Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania Kavya's Mother
2016FanGaurav's mother
Rough BookBina
2018 Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety Mrs. Sharma (Sweety's mother)
2019 Gone Kesh Enakshi's mother
Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi
Mardaani 2 Dr. Harni Kapur
2020 Ghoomketu Mrs. Badlani

Television & Web series

She got her first break with Lekh Tandon's and Gul Anand's serial Farmaan where she played the lead opposite Kanwaljit.[3] Some of her noted serials are Tashan-e-Ishq and 9 Malabar Hill on Zee TV, Junoon on Doordarshan, Siyasat on Epic.[1]

She was in Shyam Benegal's serial Amravati Ki Kathayein and his 10 part historic series Samvidhaan. She played the role of Empress Ruqaiya Sultan Begum in the critically acclaimed series Siyaasat on Epic channel.[1]

YearTitleRoleNotes
1994FarmaanAiman BibiTV series
1996Junoon
19979 Malabar Hill
2007Left Right LeftMrs. Sahani, Yudi's mother
2014SiyaasatEmpress Ruqaiya Sultan Begum, Akbar's wife
SamvidhaanSmt Renuka RayTV Mini-series
2015Tashan-E-IshqUsha SarnaTV series
2017 What the Folks Sudha SharmaWeb series
2018 The Family Vacation Mrs. Chopra (Rohini's mother)

Theatre

Deepika Amin began her theatre career with plays directed by noted theatre director Barry John - Theatre Action Group.[1][4] Her other co actors were Shah Rukh Khan and Manoj Bajpayee.[1] She has been a member of Prime Time Theatre Company for many years working in plays directed by Lillete Dubey.

She has acted in plays like Girish Karnad's Boiled Beans on Toast[5] and Wedding Album (directed by Lilette Dubey),[6] Partap Sharma's Sammy,[7] and in musicals like Annie Get Your Gun and South Pacific.[4]

She is trained singer in Indian Classical music and also plays the guitar.

References
  1. "SRK is as enthusiastic and fun-loving as he was: Deepika Deshpande Amin | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". 14 April 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  2. "FILM STAR'S JOURNEY THROUGH YOUTH". www.afternoondc.in. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  3. "Farmaan was a hit television show directed by Lekh Tandon in the early 90s. Main Characters in this TV serial: Kawaljit Sigh as Aazar Nawab & Deepika Deshpande as Aiman". photogallery.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  4. "The Eclectist: Deepika Amin's Interview". theeclectist.blogspot.in. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  5. "Theatre: Boiled Beans on Toast". The Hindu. 30 June 2016. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  6. "A moving portrayal of an Indian family". The Hans India. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  7. Munjal, Sunil Kant; Rai, S. K. (22 June 2016). All the World is a Stage: The Story of How the LSS Invigorated Ludhiana's Art and Culture. Notion Press. ISBN 9781945579974.
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