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Vijaya Mehta | |
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 Mehta in 2012 | |
| Born | Vijaya Jaywant 4 November 1934 |
| Spouse(s) | Harin Khote (died) Farrokh Mehta |
| Children | Anahita Uberoi |
| Awards | 1975 Sangeet Natak Akademi Award 1985 Asia Pacific Film Festival, Best Actress: Party 1986 National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress: Rao Saheb |
Vijaya Mehta (born 4 November 1934),[1] is a noted Indian Marathi film and theatre director and also an actor in many films from the Parallel Cinema. She is a founder member of Mumbai-based theatre group, Rangayan with playwright Vijay Tendulkar, and actors Arvind Deshpande and Shriram Lagoo. She is most known for her acclaimed role in film Party (1984) and for her directorial ventures, Rao Saheb (1986) and Pestonjee (1988). As the founder member of theatre group, Rangayan, she became a leading figure in the experimental Marathi theatre of the 1960s.[2]
- ^ Abhijit Varde: Daughters of Maharashtra: Portraits of Women who are Building Maharastra : Interviews and Photographs, 1997, p. 87
- ^ "The return of Desdemona". Mumbai Mirror. 25 January 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2014.