Deepti Naval

Film Living TMDB #150220

Date of birth: 1952-02-03
Place of birth: Amritsar, Punjab, India
Nationality: India
Education: Not available (TMDB does not publish education data)
Career span: 1978–2025 (from credited release years)
Known for: Lion · Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara · Bang Bang! · NH10 · Criminal Justice
Also known as: Miss Chamko
TMDB popularity: 0.57
Last synced: 2026-08-01 14:33 UTC

Biography

Deepti Naval , actress, director, and writer, predominantly active in Hindi cinema. Her major contribution has been in the area of art cinema, winning critical acclaim for her sensitive and 'close to life' characters that emphasized the changing roles of women in India.

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Filmography (40 titles)

Raat Akeli Hai - The Bansal Murders (2025) Film

As: Guru Maa Rating: 6.1/10 (27 votes) Genres: Thriller, Mystery, Crime, Drama Box office: Not available

When members of the Bansal family are found murdered, Inspector Jatil Yadav uncovers a trail of greed, betrayal and secrets tied to a deadly conspiracy.

Top billed cast (15)

Nawazuddin Siddiqui Inspector Jatil Yadav
Radhika Apte Radha
Chitrangada Singh Meera Bansal
Rajat Kapoor DGP Sameer Verma
Revathi Dr. Rosie Panicker
Deepti Naval Guru Maa
Sanjay Kapoor Rajesh Bansal
Ila Arun Sarita Kumari
Akhilendra Mishra SP Chauhan
Priyanka Setia Nisha Pal
Delzad Hiwale Aarav Bansal
Additi Gupta Kajal
Abhay Joshi Constable Manoj Mishra
Mohit Chauhan Prashant Bansal
Shreedhar Dubey Narendra Singh

Mother Teresa & Me (2022) Film

As: Deepali Rating: 6.9/10 (11 votes) Genres: Drama, History Box office: Not available

Mother Teresa of Calcutta, one of the few canonized saints of our day, is discovered through the eyes of Kavita, a young Englishwoman abandoned by her boyfriend after she’s found to be pregnant. Kavita journeys to Calcutta to escape her pain and soon discovers that even holy people like Mother Teresa have to face life’s challenges and, in fact, struggle through years of spiritual crisis known as the “dark night of the soul”. Inspired by Teresa’s example of perseverance and compassionate love, Kavita rediscovers hope and purpose.

Top billed cast (15)

Banita Sandhu Kavita
Jacqueline Fritschi-Cornaz Teresa
Deepti Naval Deepali
Bryan Lawrence Van Exem
Heer Kaur Sister Agnes
Kevin Mains Rupert
Jina Baishya Mita
Shobu Kapoor Aparna
Mahi Ali Khan Young Deepali
Kezia Burrows Johanna
Atul Sharma Laughing Man
Vikram Kochhar Dr. Ahmed
Gavi Singh Chera Rajiv
Liza Sadovy Mother Superior
Tom Bonington Angry Priest

Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors (2020) TV

As: Mrs. Viji Chandra Rating: 7.5/10 (28 votes) Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery Box office: Not available

What made Anu Chandra stab her perfect husband? The evidence and confession are clear, but what's the truth?

Top billed cast (15)

Pankaj Tripathi Madhav Mishra
Kirti Kulhari Anuradha Chandra
Anupriya Goenka Nikhat Hussain
Deepti Naval Mrs. Viji Chandra
Jisshu Sengupta Bikram Chandra
Mita Vashisht Mandira Mathur
Shilpa Shukla Ishaani Naath
Ayaz Khan Dr. Moksh Singhvi
Khushboo Atre Ratna Mishra
Ashish Vidhyarthi Dipen Prabhu
Adrija Sinha Rhea Chandra
Komal Chhabria Rukhsana Hussain
Vibhavari Deshpande Mukta Tai
Ajeet Singh Palawat SI Harsh Pradhan
Kalyanee Mulay ASI Gauri Pradhan

Criminal Justice (2019) TV

As: Not available Rating: 7.6/10 (56 votes) Genres: Crime, Mystery, Drama Box office: Not available

Sex, drugs and a gruesome murder. An edgy one night stand turns into a nightmare for Aditya, when he wakes up with blood on his hands. The evidence is stacked against him, but he doesn't remember the grisly crime. Is he guilty or not ?

Top billed cast (12)

Pankaj Tripathi Madhav Mishra
Vikrant Massey Aditya Sharma
Jackie Shroff Mustafa
Mita Vashisht Mandira Mathur
Dibyendu Bhattacharya Layak
Anupriya Goenka Nikhat Hussain
Rucha Inamdar Avni Sharma (Aditya's sister)
Pankaj Saraswat ACP Raghu Salian
Gaurang Dwivedi Avni's husband
Madhurima Roy Sanaya Rath (The Victim)
Gayatri Gauri Ronjana (Victim's mother)
Komal Chhabria Rukhsana Hussain

The Boy with the Topknot (2017) Film

As: Sathnam's Mother Rating: 5.8/10 (8 votes) Genres: Drama, TV Movie Box office: Not available

Born to traditional Punjabi parents and growing up in Wolverhampton, Sathnam Sanghera moves to London after graduating from Cambridge University. Now in his late 20s he is planning to reveal to his family that he will defy expectations of an arranged marriage - but instead learns a painful family secret.

Top billed cast (13)

Sacha Dhawan Sathnam
Joanna Vanderham Laura
Anupam Kher Sathnam's Father
Deepti Naval Sathnam's Mother
Vineeta Rishi Puli
Jaz Deol Rajah
Anjli Mohindra Bindi
Himmut Singh Datt Young Sathnam
Mick Ford Laura's Father
Joanna David Laura's Mother
Shaheen Khan Aunt Sharanjit
Kriss Dosanjh Uncle Mohinder
Sharon Duncan-Brewster Carol

Lion (2016) Film

As: Saroj Sood Rating: 8.0/10 (7006 votes) Genres: Drama Box office: Not available

A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.

Top billed cast (15)

Dev Patel Saroo Brierley
Rooney Mara Lucy
David Wenham John Brierley
Nicole Kidman Sue Brierley
Abhishek Bharate Guddu
Divian Ladwa Mantosh Brierley
Priyanka Bose Kamla Munshi
Deepti Naval Saroj Sood
Tannishtha Chatterjee Noor
Nawazuddin Siddiqui Rama
Sunny Pawar Young Saroo
Keshav Jadhav Young Mantosh
Benjamin Rigby Waiter
Kaushik Sen Police Official
Riddhi Sen Cafe Man

NH10 (2015) Film

As: Ammaji Rating: 6.9/10 (90 votes) Genres: Crime, Thriller Box office: Not available

Meera and Arjun are professionals living in Gurgaon. On their way to a luxurious desert holiday they stop on a Highway dhaba for dinner, where they witness a young girl being picked up by a bunch of hoodlums. Arjun chooses to step in, unmindful of the danger ahead.

Top billed cast (9)

Anushka Sharma Meera
Neil Bhoopalam Arjun
Darshan Kumaar Satbir
Deepti Naval Ammaji
Ravi Jhankal Fauji Mama
Ravi Beniwal Chhote
Tanya Purohit Manju
Radhika Duggal Mrs. Duggal
Sushil Tyagi Police Inspector

Tevar (2015) Film

As: Pintoo's Mother Rating: 4.9/10 (35 votes) Genres: Thriller, Action, Drama Box office: Not available

A Kabaddi player rescues a young woman from an unwanted marriage and hides her in his home.

Top billed cast (11)

Arjun Kapoor Ghanshyam "Pintoo" Shukla
Sonakshi Sinha Radhika Mishra
Manoj Bajpayee Vijender Singh
Subrat Dutta Kaakdi
Gunjan Malhotra Pinky
Rajesh Sharma Home Minister Mahender Singh
Raj Babbar SP Ravikant Shukla
Deepti Naval Pintoo's Mother
Kader Khan Police Officer
Shruti Haasan Special Appearance in "Madamiyan" Song
Shaji Choudhary Role not available

Bang Bang! (2014) Film

As: Rajveer's mother Rating: 6.2/10 (258 votes) Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance, Thriller Box office: Not available

A young bank receptionist gets mixed up with Rajveer Nanda, a man who has a mysterious background.

Top billed cast (12)

Hrithik Roshan Rajveer Nanda
Katrina Kaif Harleen Sahni
Danny Denzongpa Omar Zafar
Javed Jaffrey Hamid Gul
Jimmy Shergill Viren Nanda
Pavan Malhotra Zorawar Kalwa
Vikram Gokhale Narayanan
Kanwaljit Singh Rajveer's father
Deepti Naval Rajveer's mother
Ron Smoorenburg Henchman
Ankur Vikal Shoaib
Frank M. Ahearn Bok Choy

Heartless (2014) Film

As: Gayatri Singh Rating: 5.3/10 (5 votes) Genres: Drama, Family, Romance Box office: Not available

A young man, Aditya Singh (Adhyayan), who fell deeply in love with a beautiful girl (Ariana). Soon he had a severe heart-attack, and when consulted with his doctor-friend (Shekhar Suman), he then suggested him to do a heart-transplant. As Aditya lands in the operation theatre, some bizarre thing happens in his life, and lots of unsaid and controversial betrayed story unfolds.

Top billed cast (5)

Adhyayan Suman Aditya Singh
Ariana Ayam Ria
Deepti Naval Gayatri Singh
Om Puri Dr. Sanjay Trehan
Shekhar Suman Dr. Sameer Saxena

Aurangzeb (2013) Film

As: Ramaa Phogat Rating: 6.0/10 (24 votes) Genres: Thriller, Action, Drama Box office: Not available

Yashwardhan, a corrupt businessman, is suspected of grave crimes by the police. Inspector Ravikant kidnaps Yash's son, Ajay, and replaces him with a lookalike, Vishal, to expose his criminal deeds.

Top billed cast (15)

Arjun Kapoor Ajay / Vishal
Rishi Kapoor Ravikant Phogat
Prithviraj Sukumaran Arya Phogat
Swara Bhasker Suman Phogat
Jackie Shroff Yashwardhan Singh
Tanvi Azmi Veera Singh/Phogat
Sikandar Kher Dev Phogat
Anupam Kher Inspector Vijaykant Phogat
Sasha Agha Ritu
Deepti Naval Ramaa Phogat
Amrita Singh Neena Wadhwa
Kavi Shastri Inder
Pramod Kumar Role not available
Sumeet Vyas Vishnu
Rasika Dugal Trishala

Inkaar (2013) Film

As: Mrs. Kamdhar Rating: 5.5/10 (23 votes) Genres: Not available Box office: Not available

At a leading ad agency, the battle for the top job between Rahul Verma, the advertising CEO, and Maya Luthra, his ambitious protégée, takes an ugly turn when Maya files a sexual harassment complaint against Rahul.

Top billed cast (6)

Arjun Rampal Rahul Verma
Chitrangada Singh Maya Luthra
Deepti Naval Mrs. Kamdhar
Vipin Sharma Gupta
Kanwaljit Singh Rahul's father
Rehana Sultan Maya's mother

Mahabharat (2013) Film

As: Kunti (voice) Rating: 6.8/10 (8 votes) Genres: Adventure, Animation, Action, History, Family Box office: Not available

Mahabharat is considered as the greatest and the longest epic in world literature It has all the possible elements that a story could have - conflict, duty, sacrifice, heroism, truth, justice, romance, adventure, fantasy and relationships - making it truly an all-encompassing fascinating saga.

Top billed cast (15)

Shatrughan Sinha Krishna (voice)
Manoj Bajpayee Yudhisthir (voice)
Sunny Deol Bheem (voice)
Ajay Devgn Arjun (voice)
Vidya Balan Draupadi (voice)
Amitabh Bachchan Bheeshma (voice)
Anil Kapoor Karna (voice)
Jackie Shroff Duryodhan (voice)
Anupam Kher Shakuni (voice)
Ashutosh Rana Dronacharya (Voice)
Deepti Naval Kunti (voice)
Reema Lagoo Gandhari (Voice)
Paresh Rawal Dhritarashtra (Voice)
Vrajesh Hirjee Dushasana (voice)
Chandrakant Nayak Dhritarastra (voice)

B.A. Pass (2012) Film

As: Mrs. Suhasini Rating: 5.5/10 (45 votes) Genres: Drama Box office: Not available

After losing his parents in a car accident, Mukesh stays at his Aunt's house in Delhi. Enrolled in a good for nothing course in college he finds peace by playing chess at the local cemetery, the rest of the times he worries over ways to make a living and taking care of his sisters. 'B.A.Pass' is a story looking at the fatal promise of a new life. When Mukesh meets Sarika 'auntie' at a kitty party, little does he know of the city and it's ways and means to survive. Sarika seduces Mukesh, shy and inexperienced he falls for her. What follows is a twist of destiny, a kind of story that appears in the tabloids as 'heinous acts of crime'

Top billed cast (13)

Shadab Kamal Mukesh
Shilpa Shukla Sarika Khanna
Dibyendu Bhattacharya Johnny
Rajesh Sharma Ashok Khanna
Deepti Naval Mrs. Suhasini
Geeta Agrawal Sharma Bua Ji
Vijay Kaushik Phupha ji
Shikha Joshi Role not available
Padam Mishra Role not available
Anula Navlekar Chotti
Happy Ranjit Phd
Amit Sharma Amit
Raveena Singh Sonu

Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011) Film

As: Rahila Qureshi Rating: 7.6/10 (424 votes) Genres: Drama, Comedy, Romance Box office: Not available

Three friends who were inseparable in childhood decide to go on a three-week-long bachelor road trip to Spain, in order to re-establish their bond and explore thrilling adventures, before one of them gets married. What will they learn of themselves and each other during the adventure?

Top billed cast (15)

Hrithik Roshan Arjun Saluja
Abhay Deol Kabir Dewan
Farhan Akhtar Imran Qureshi
Katrina Kaif Laila
Kalki Koechlin Natasha Arora
Naseeruddin Shah Salman Habib
Ariadna Cabrol Nuria
Deepti Naval Rahila Qureshi
Anisa Tanya Arora
Suhel Seth Natasha's Father
Anisa Butt Zoya
Aashrita Kamath Air Hostess
Lolo Herrero Skydiving Instructor
Ravi Khemu Kabir's Father
Raaghav Chanana Nikhil

Trapped in Tradition: Rivaaz (2011) Film

As: Paro Rating: 5.2/10 (4 votes) Genres: Drama Box office: Not available

Rivaaz is a film against exploitation, a film about dignity, about hope of women who are traded in the name of tradition. Family-based Prostitution in which exists in many districts. But unfortunately Our Law and Order System does not consider this as a major issue. The system which started as a community tradition (rivaaz) now operating as a money-making trade within the knowledge of the lawmakers and protectors. A man falls in love with a village belle who is destined for traditional prostitution.

Top billed cast (9)

Deepti Naval Paro
Vijay Raaz Manghi
Meghna Naidu Chanda
Sayaji Shinde Thakur Ranjeet Singh
Reema Lagoo Role not available
Alok Nath Role not available
Rajendra Gupta Role not available
Yashpal Sharma Role not available
Saadhika Randhawa Role not available

Memories in March (2011) Film

As: Arati Mishra Rating: 5.5/10 (4 votes) Genres: Drama Box office: Not available

The film is the effective exploration of a situation wherein a bereaved mother comes to terms with her late son’s sexual identity.

Top billed cast (15)

Deepti Naval Arati Mishra
Rituparno Ghosh Arunabh / Ornob
Raima Sen Sahana Chowdhury
Rajat Ganguly Sahana's father
Ekavali Khanna Secretary to CEO
Pradip Roy Chauffeur Ramratan
Manjit Mukherjee Vikas
Kunal Padhi Man at the Airport
Suchita Ray Chaudhury Sahana's mother
Anya Chowdhury Woman at the Airport
Buddhadev Chakraborty Karim
Abeer Chakraborty Ad Agency CEO
Niladri Chatterjee New Trainee
Dhruv Mookerji Siddhartha's voice
Vikram Goray Nishant

Firaaq (2009) Film

As: Arati Rating: 6.1/10 (18 votes) Genres: Drama Box office: Not available

Firaaq is an Urdu word that means both separation and quest. The film is a work of fiction, based on a thousand stories. The story is set over a 24-hour period, one month after a campaign that took place in Gujarat, India, in 2002. It traces the emotional journey of ordinary people- some who were victims, some perpetrators and some who choose to watch silently.

Top billed cast (15)

Naseeruddin Shah Khan Sahab
Paresh Rawal Sanjay
Inaamulhaq Munna
Nassar Grave digger
Shahana Goswami Muneera
Nawazuddin Siddiqui Hanif
Honey Chhaya Bapuji
Deepti Naval Arati
Dilip Joshi Deven
Kavan Antani Arati's son
Raghubir Yadav Karim
Sanjay Suri Sameer Shaikh
Tisca Chopra Anuradha Desai
Suchita Trivedi Ketki
Pranav Subramaniya Ketki's son 1

Shakti: The Power (2002) Film

As: Shekhar's Mother Rating: 6.4/10 (21 votes) Genres: Action, Drama Box office: Not available

A couple visits the husband's family in India and finds itself in the middle of a fratricidal battle.

Top billed cast (14)

Karisma Kapoor Nandini
Nana Patekar Narasimha
Sanjay Kapoor Shekhar
Shah Rukh Khan Jai Singh
Deepti Naval Shekhar's Mother
Tara Deshpande Shekhar's Sister
Ritu Shivpuri Kamli
Prakash Raj Sharpshooter
Vijay Raaz Beeja
Tiku Talsania Nandini's Uncle
Jaspal Bhatti Nandini's Uncle
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Special Appearance in 'Ishq Kamina' Song
Prabhu Deva Special Appearance in 'Dumroo Baja Re' Song
Rocky Verma Goon

Bawandar (2000) Film

As: Shobha Devi Rating: 6.3/10 (4 votes) Genres: Drama Box office: Not available

A rural Indian woman joins a campaign against social injustice. Her activism sparks violent retaliation from village elders, forcing her to navigate a corrupt legal system.

Top billed cast (14)

Nandita Das Saanvri
Raghubir Yadav Sohan
Deepti Naval Shobha Devi
Rahul Khanna Ravi
Laila Rouass Amy
Govind Namdeo Dhanraj Meena
Lillete Dubey Anita
Ishrat Ali Purnia Gujjar
Yashpal Sharma Sarju
Anupam Shyam Mangal Panda
Shri Vallabh Vyas Lawyer
Gulshan Grover Lawyer
Ravi Jhankal Police Inspector
Mohan Bhandari Role not available

Dushmani: A Violent Love Story (1995) Film

As: Rama Oberoi Rating: 7.0/10 (6 votes) Genres: Action, Romance Box office: Not available

In order to settle personal scores; two gang leaders, Jai Singh and Oberoi fight for many years in gang-wars. There enmity multiplies when Jai's younger brother, Suraj falls in love with Oberoi's sister, Sapna which forces Suraj and Sapna to elope. Jai then locates the duo and brings them back to try and convince Oberoi to get them marry albeit successful.

Top billed cast (9)

Sunny Deol Suraj Singh
Jackie Shroff Jai Singh
Anupam Kher Oberoi
Manisha Koirala Sapna Oberoi
Deepti Naval Rama Oberoi
Raghubir Yadav Raghu
Manohar Singh Sardar Saab
Dina Pathak Buaji
KD Sandhu Vikranta

Jai Vikraanta (1995) Film

As: Harnam's Wife Rating: 7.5/10 (6 votes) Genres: Action Box office: Not available

Choudhary Amar Singh is a farmer in rural India and lives a modest lifestyle with his wife, Sharda, and son, Vikraanta. He excels in sugar cane production and is presented an award and a tractor by the State Government. He has named his farm after his son, and expects him to continue farming.

Top billed cast (7)

Sanjay Dutt Vikraanta A. Singh
Zeba Bakhtiar Nirmala
Amrish Puri Thakur Jaswant Singh
Shahbaz Khan DIG Sher Ali Khan
Suresh Oberoi Raja
Deepti Naval Harnam's Wife
Aruna Irani Sakina

Guddu (1995) Film

As: Kavita Bahadur Rating: 7.4/10 (5 votes) Genres: Romance, Drama Box office: Not available

When Guddu and Salina end up in a car accident, Salina loses her sight. Guddu soon finds out that he has a brain tumour, and decides to donate his eyes to Salina.

Top billed cast (6)

Shah Rukh Khan Guddu Bahadur
Manisha Koirala Salina Gupta
Ashok Saraf Baliya
Deepti Naval Kavita Bahadur
Mukesh Khanna Vikram Bahadur
Shylendar Suraj

Yalgaar (1992) Film

As: Sunita Rating: 4.6/10 (7 votes) Genres: Action, Drama Box office: Not available

Childhood friends became enemies when one Mahendra Ashwini Kumar grows up to be Additional Police Commissioner and the other Raj Pratap Singhal becomes a smuggler.

Top billed cast (13)

Feroz Khan Rajesh Ashwini Kumar
Sanjay Dutt Vishal Singhal
Kabir Bedi Raj Pratap Singhal
Manisha Koirala Meghna Kumar
Nagma Anu Singhal
Mukesh Khanna Mahendra Ashwini Kumar
Vishwajeet Pradhan Jaichand
Deepti Naval Sunita
Manjeet Kular Lily
Maya Alagh Bharati Singhal
Neena Gupta Kaushalya Kumar
Deep Dhillon Jagtyaani
Mohan Bhandari Police Insp. Deepak

Current (1992) Film

As: Sita Rating: 7.0/10 (4 votes) Genres: Drama Box office: Not available

The Film revolves around life and struggle of Farmer, who has to pay his electricity bill and is tired of dealing with the corrupt systems in bureaucracy and politics in India.

Top billed cast (8)

Om Puri Velu
Deepti Naval Sita
Shreeram Lagoo Role not available
Aanjjan Srivastav Role not available
Savita Prabhune Role not available
Suresh Bhagwat Role not available
Deepak Qazir Role not available
Achyut Potdar Role not available

Saudagar (1991) Film

As: Aarti Rating: 6.3/10 (16 votes) Genres: Drama Box office: Not available

Two childhood friends have become bitter enemies. So much so, in fact, that they have divided their territories and sworn to kill anyone who crosses the boundary. Against this backdrop, their grandchildren fall in love and when their romance surfaces, the rivalry between is rekindled. The two young lovers are told never to see each other again, on pain of death ... when they get together, it's too late for their grand family ..

Top billed cast (14)

Dilip Kumar Veer Singh
Raaj Kumar Rajeshwar Singh
Vivek Mushran Vasu
Manisha Koirala Radha
Amrish Puri Chuniya
Anupam Kher Mandhari
Deepti Naval Aarti
Mukesh Khanna Gagan
Dalip Tahil Gajendar
Gulshan Grover Baliram
Dina Pathak Bir Singh's elder sister
Jackie Shroff Vishal
Pallavi Joshi Amla
Akash Khurana Police Commander

Ghar Ho To Aisa (1990) Film

As: Sharda Rating: 6.3/10 (6 votes) Genres: Drama Box office: Not available

The Kumar family consists of Ramprasad, his wife, Durga; their married son, Vijay, his wife, Sharda, their daughter, Pinky; a married daughter who lives with them, Kanchan, her husband, Bajrangi, and a son; an unmarried and unemployed son, Amar. Save for Bajrangi and Amar everyone else likes to bully and abuse Sharda and make her do all the house-work, especially Kanchan and Durga who don't even need an excuse to beat, slap her, and even burn her arm in scalding hot water. Amar finds a job with Dwarkaprasad, and falls in love with his daughter, Seema. One day Amar has to be go to Delhi, and four days later when he returns home he finds that Sharda and Pinky are missing, and Sharda's mom, Devki, is dead. He frantically searches for them and comes across their dead bodies. The question remains how did Devki die, and how were Sharda and Pinky killed?

Top billed cast (10)

Anil Kapoor Amar
Meenakshi Sheshadri Seema
Kader Khan Bajrangi
Raj Kiran Vijay
Deepti Naval Sharda
Bindu Durga
Saeed Jaffrey Ram Prasad
Om Prakash Karamchand
Rita Bhaduri Kanchan
Satyendra Kapoor Dwarka Prasad

Main Zinda Hoon (1988) Film

As: Beena Rating: 7.3/10 (9 votes) Genres: Drama Box office: Not available

Beena, a villager married to a man in the city, is shocked to find that her husband has left the house. She begins to provide for the family, but faces issues when she falls in love with a co-worker.

Top billed cast (7)

Deepti Naval Beena
Pankaj Kapur Ravi
Alok Nath Alok
Kulbhushan Kharbanda Father
Sushmita Mukherjee Anjali
Rajendra Gupta Father-in-law
Sarita Joshi Mother-in-law

Mirch Masala (1987) Film

As: Saraswati Rating: 7.8/10 (20 votes) Genres: Drama, Thriller Box office: Not available

Early-1940s, rural British India. When a woman decides to fight against the village's despotic subedar and is supported by the guard of the local spice factory, more women join to defy the prevailing oppression.

Top billed cast (15)

Smita Patil Sonbai
Naseeruddin Shah Subedar
Om Puri Chowkidar Abu Miya
Deepti Naval Saraswati
Suresh Oberoi Mukhi
Benjamin Gilani Masterji
Harish Patel Pandit
Paresh Rawal Villager
Amole Gupte Role not available
Dina Pathak Maanki, factory worker
Ratna Pathak Shah Factory worker
Supriya Pathak Factory worker
Mohan Gokhale Mukhi's Brother
Deep Dhillon Role not available
Ram Gopal Bajaj Factory owner

Damul (1985) Film

As: Not available Rating: 7.3/10 (4 votes) Genres: Drama Box office: Not available

Damul (Bonded Until Death) highlights the ill effects of the Bonded Labour System while narrating the story of a bonded labor who is left with no choice but to steal by his landlord.

Top billed cast (4)

Annu Kapoor Sanjeevan
Sreela Majumdar Role not available
Manohar Singh Madho
Deepti Naval Role not available

Holi (1984) Film

As: Not available Rating: 6.4/10 (5 votes) Genres: Drama Box office: Not available

In a typical college in a typical Indian city, the hostel boys Madan Sharma (Aamir Khan) and his friend are a rowdy lot. The teaching staff suffer from the common apathy of most teachers in similar colleges. The administration has the usual problems, with ill-paid employees periodically going on strike. On the whole, the college is a very normal place. But on this particular day, when Madan and his friends rise from their slumber, some with the customary hangover, they are not so perturbed to find no water in the taps again, as when they hear that it is not going to be a holiday after all. Instead there will be a lecture in the auditorium by the Chairman of the Board (Dr. Shriram Lagoo), on the day of the festival of fire, Holi, and the boys decide not to attend the classes. The hostel superintendent Professor Singh (Naseeruddin Shah), the only lecturer with some human links with the students...

Top billed cast (10)

Aamir Khan Madan Sharma
Naseeruddin Shah Professor Singh
Om Puri Principal Pandey
Ashutosh Gowariker Ranjeet Prakash
Shreeram Lagoo Role not available
Deepti Naval Role not available
Amole Gupte Role not available
Raj Zutshi Role not available
Kitu Gidwani Role not available
Neeraj Vora Role not available

Kissi Se Na Kehna (1983) Film

As: Dr. Ramola Sharma Rating: 7.1/10 (8 votes) Genres: Comedy Box office: Not available

As his son, Ramesh, reaches marriageable age, Kailash sets out to find him a wife, insisting that she should be a traditional, Indian village girl.

Top billed cast (12)

Farooq Shaikh Kailashpati Trivedi
Deepti Naval Dr. Ramola Sharma
Utpal Dutt Kailashpati Trivedi
Deven Verma Mansukhlal
Saeed Jaffrey Lalaji
Lalita Kumari Lalaji's wife
Prema Narayan Urvashi Mitra / Vyjanti Iyer
S N Banerjee Omprakash Sharma / Ramola's uncle
Amol Sen Bholu kaka / Ramola's house help
Yunus Parvez Chiraunjilal
Harish Magan Inspector Manohar Salvi
Ketki Dave Shyamali / Molly

Rang Birangi (1983) Film

As: Anita Sood Rating: 5.7/10 (5 votes) Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance Box office: Not available

Sparkling comedy about a meddling friend whose attempt to rekindle the spark in his friend's relationship with his wife of seven years leads to complications to their lives, and to the lives of his secretary and her boyfriend he has not 'scripted' ... Splendid performances by Amol Palekar, Deepti Naval, Parveen Babi and Farooq Shaikh, a perfectly pitched script, witty dialogue and a plethora of aptly placed film references make this a film one can watch over and over and never fail to laugh out loud.

Top billed cast (12)

Amol Palekar Ajay Sharma
Parveen Babi Nirmala Sharma
Farooq Shaikh Prof. Jeet Saxena
Deepti Naval Anita Sood
Utpal Dutt Police Inspector Durendra Bhatavdekar
Om Prakash Role not available
Chhaya Devi Role not available
Deven Verma Role not available
Javed Khan Role not available
Moolchand Role not available
Raj Babbar Role not available
Bindiya Goswami Role not available

Angoor (1982) Film

As: Tanu Rating: 7.4/10 (33 votes) Genres: Comedy Box office: Not available

Two pairs of identical twins are separated following an unfortunate incident. However, years later, their lives intertwine, leading to confusion and misunderstandings. Based on William Shakespeare's 'A Comedy Of Errors'.

Top billed cast (13)

Sanjeev Kumar Ashok Tilak
Deven Verma Bahadur
Moushumi Chatterjee Sudha
Aruna Irani Prema
Deepti Naval Tanu
Utpal Dutt Raj Tilak
Shammi Mrs. Raj Tilak
C.S. Dubey Chhedilal
Padma Chavan Alka
T.P. Jain Ganeshilal
Yunus Parvez Mansoor Miyan
Rammohan Sharma Taxi Driver
Arjun Chakraborty office assistant under Ashok Tilak

Katha (1982) Film

As: Sandhya Sabnis Rating: 5.3/10 (8 votes) Genres: Comedy, Drama Box office: Not available

A modern retelling of the classic folktale about the hare and the tortoise. Hard-working yet timid Rajaram has a secret crush on his neighbor. Before he gets the courage to tell her how he feels, fast-talking Bashu swoops in.

Top billed cast (9)

Naseeruddin Shah Rajaram Purshotam Joshi
Farooq Shaikh Bashudev
Deepti Naval Sandhya Sabnis
Leela Mishra Dadi Amma
Yatin Karyekar Dancer
Mallika Sarabhai Anuradha Dhindhoria
Jalal Agha Himself
Sarika Herself
Tinnu Anand Himself

Saath Saath (1982) Film

As: Gitanjali Gupta 'Geeta' Rating: 8.5/10 (4 votes) Genres: Comedy, Romance Box office: Not available

The story is about a simple man with high moral values. Avinash (Farookh Shekh) is a poor but self respected guy. His policy is to earn while you learn. He excels in his studies and wishes for an idealistic society to live in. He wants to change the world with truth and simplicity. Movie has beautiful Gazals from Jagjit Singh and Chitra Singh

Top billed cast (15)

Farooq Shaikh Avinash Verma
Neena Gupta Neena
Deepti Naval Gitanjali Gupta 'Geeta'
Rakesh Bedi Rakesh
Avtar Gill Avtar
A.K. Hangal Professor Chaudhary
Iftekhar Mr. Gupta
Javed Khan Javed
Satish Shah Satish Shah
Aanjjan Srivastav Dr. B M Acharya
Yunus Parvez Jagat Murari
Gita Siddharth Mrs Gupta (Voice)
Helena Luke Helena Luke
Kiran Vairale Kiran
Sudha Chopra Professor

Shriman Shrimati (1982) Film

As: Veena Rating: 6.6/10 (4 votes) Genres: Family, Comedy, Drama Box office: Not available

A rich and wealthy couple, Shankarlal and Parvati are appalled at the problems of the world, especially in households, so they decide to try and make things right.

Top billed cast (13)

Sanjeev Kumar Shriman Shankar Lal
Rakhee Gulzar Shrimati Parvati Devi
Rakhee Gulzar Rajesh Kumar
Deepti Naval Veena
Amol Palekar Madhu Gupta
Sarika Aruna Gupta
Dheeraj Kumar Pyarelal
Lalita Pawar Mrs. Kumar
A.K. Hangal Vishwanath Gupta
Kanwarjeet Paintal Role not available
Leela Mishra Role not available
Dinesh Hingoo Role not available
Kumari Naaz Role not available

Chashme Buddoor (1981) Film

As: Neha Rajan Rating: 7.5/10 (18 votes) Genres: Comedy, Romance Box office: Not available

Womanizing slackers Omi and Jai attempt to woo the new girl in the neighborhood, and fail - miserably. Their third roommate - shy, and a bookworm - succeeds, much to their chagrin. The two scheme up comical ideas to split the two lovebirds, so that their secrets and humiliation are not revealed.

Top billed cast (12)

Farooq Shaikh Siddharth Parashar
Deepti Naval Neha Rajan
Saeed Jaffrey Lalan Mian
Rakesh Bedi Omi
Leela Mishra Dadima
Ravi Baswani Jai Lakhanpal
Vinod Doshi Neha's Father
Ranjan Grewal Neha's Brother
Veeni Paranjape Joglekar Girl riding with Jai
Amitabh Bachchan Self
Rekha Self
Vinod Nagpal Music Instructor

Hum Paanch (1980) Film

As: Lajiya Rating: 6.8/10 (10 votes) Genres: Action, Drama Box office: Not available

Tyrannical and wealthy Veer Pratap Singh, rules over a small town - ruthlessly. Whoever opposes him is crushed. He is attracted to women, and has a lengthy affair with Soundariya, and even has a secret marriage ceremony with her. When Soundariya gets pregnant, he asks her to abort the child. When she refuses, he shuns her, and denies ever having married her or even being intimate with her. Her brothers attempt to get justice, but are dealt with ruthlessly by Pratap Singh's bodyguard, Bhima. Soundariya then must garner support of herself, and must find someone who can stand up to Veer Pratap Singh and end his tyranny, in a town with men who have been subdued for eons by Veer Pratap Singh and his men for eons.

Top billed cast (15)

Sanjeev Kumar Krishna
Shabana Azmi Sundariya
Mithun Chakraborty Bhima
Deepti Naval Lajiya
Naseeruddin Shah Suraj
Raj Babbar Arjun
Gulshan Grover Mahavir
Uday Chandra Swaroop
Amrish Puri Vir Pratap Singh
Aruna Irani Nishi
Roopesh Kumar Vijay
Geeta Kak Vir Pratap's Sister
A.K. Hangal Pandit
Kanhaiyalal Chaturvedi Lala Nainsukh Prasad Srivastav
Sunder Role not available

Junoon (1978) Film

As: Rashid's wife Rating: 5.7/10 (7 votes) Genres: War, Drama Box office: Not available

Set during the 1857 War of Independence, an obsessed Indian Nawab desires to wed a young Anglo-Indian woman, but the girl's obstinate mother stands between them.

Top billed cast (14)

Shashi Kapoor Javed Khan
Shabana Azmi Firdaus (Javed's wife)
Jennifer Kendal Mrs. Mariam Labadoor
Naseeruddin Shah Sarfaraz Khan
Kulbhushan Kharbanda Lalal Ramjimal
Jalal Agha Kader Khan
Nafisa Ali Ruth Labadoor
Ismat Chughtai Maternal Grandmother of Ruth Labadoor
Deepti Naval Rashid's wife
Tom Alter Priest
Kunal Kapoor Role not available
Geoffrey Kendal Role not available
Karan Kapoor Role not available
Laura Liddell Role not available