FILM DIRECTOR

Sai Paranjpye

1938 - Today

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Sai Paranjpye (born 19 March 1938) 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. She has won four National Film Awards and two Filmfare awards. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Sai Paranjpye is the 2,003rd most popular film director (down from 1,910th in 2024), the 1,299th most popular biography from India (down from 1,219th in 2019) and the 44th most popular Indian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Sai Paranjpye ranks 2,003 out of 2,041. Before her are Gia Coppola, Gracia Querejeta, Klaus Härö, John Ridley, André Øvredal, and Karyn Kusama. After her are Laurence Rees, Jalmari Helander, S. S. Rajamouli, John Carney, Rajkumar Hirani, and Oles Sanin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Sai Paranjpye ranks 619. Before her are Bertie Auld, Michael Bell, Anne Helm, Ishmael Reed, Patrick John, and Derek Dougan. After her are Shashi Deshpande, Bill Christian, Paul G. Kirk, Suniti Solomon, Frank Kelly, and Tom Lester.

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In India

Among people born in India, Sai Paranjpye ranks 1,299 out of 1,861. Before her are Navjot Singh Sidhu (1963), Neena Gupta (1959), Ranjan Gogoi (1954), Sonali Bendre (1975), Seema Punia (1983), and Mahima Chaudhry (1973). After her are Sanal Edamaruku (1955), Ramesh Krishnan (1961), Archanna Guptaa (1979), Akshay Venkatesh (1981), Esha Deol (1981), and S. S. Rajamouli (1973).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In India

Among film directors born in India, Sai Paranjpye ranks 44. Before her are David Dhawan (1955), Mehboob Khan (1907), Basu Chatterjee (1930), Farah Khan (1965), Puri Jagannadh (1966), and Shakti Samanta (1926). After her are S. S. Rajamouli (1973), Rajkumar Hirani (1962), Rituparno Ghosh (1963), Ram Gopal Varma (1962), Prakash Jha (1952), and Kiran Rao (1973).

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