Deepa Sahi

After marrying film director Ketan Mehta — also a rising light of alternate Hindi cinema — she acted in several of his films including Hero Hiralal (1988), Maya Memsaab (1992) and Oh Darling! Yeh Hai India (1995). She wrote the screenplay for Oh Darling! Yeh Hai India.

In 2005 she co-produced her husband's film Mangal Pandey: The Rising, which was a moderate success at the box office.

Besides this, she has produced 12 TV series and is promoter of Maya Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. one of India's leading animation studios. She was the CEO of Maya Entertainment from 2000 to 2002 and was responsible for the long-term strategy of the company; she made many entries into other animation avenues such as MAAC, etc. After her stint as the CEO of Maya Entertainment, she returned to her first love — cinema. She is currently producing 2 movies: One to be directed by Ketan Mehta and one by her.

Her last film appearance was in Aar Ya Paar (1998) and she has not appeared in any films since.

Deepa Sahi is an Indian actress and producer from an Army background, who is best known for her role as Maya in the 1993 movie Maya Memsaab, opposite actor Shah Rukh Khan. She made her directorial debut with the movie Tere Mere Phere in 2011.

She became a producer in 1993. She has produced seven films to date:

Her other notable films include Hum (1991) and Ek Doctor Ki Maut (1991).

In her early film career she collaborated with noted auteur Govind Nihalani and made her debut with the 1984 film Party. This was well received, and she subsequently acted in Aghaat (1985). Her thespian achievement, however, will always remain her role as the independent-minded and empowered lower-caste Punjabi woman she played in the highly acclaimed television film Tamas (1986).