Shrabani Deodhar is an Indian film director and screenwriter who won the Indian

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for her very first project, the 1993 feature film ''

Lapandav ''Lapandav'' () is a 1993 Indian Marathi-language romantic comedy film directed by Shravani Deodhar and produced by Sachin Parekar and Sanjay Parekar. It stars an ensemble cast of Ashok Saraf, Vandana Gupte, Vikram Gokhale, Savita Prabhune, ...

''.

Background

Dedhar has no formal training as a filmmaker. Her parents were both doctors, and she concedes that her filmmaking knowledge came from her husband, cinematographer

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. He advised she combines the sciences of what goes on behind-the-camera with that of motion pictures, and encouraged her to take film appreciation courses at the

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so as tmodo pursue her wish to become a filmmaker. He worked with her on her very first film, and with her on every one of her projects before she created ''

Sata Lota Pan Sagla Khota ''Sata Lota Pan Sagla Khota'' is a 2015 Marathi-language comedy film directed by Shrabani Deodhar. The film had its theatrical release on 5 June 2015. The Movie Stars Adinath Kothare, Siddharth Chandekar, Pooja Sawant, Makarand Anaspure, Pushka ...

''. Dedhar was slated to direct the upcoming ''Sugar, Salt Ani Prem'' for writer/producer Sonali Bangera, but when she chose to leave the project due to personal issues, Bangera opted to direct the film herself. She recently completed work on ''Sata Lota Pan Sagla Khota'', which is expected for release November 2014. Deodhar related that she conceived the idea before Rohit Shetty became a film director, and that while she intended to make the film "years ago", due to personal issues surrounding her husband's death in 2010, production was held off for four years. Her daughter

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encouraged her mother to consider the changes in Indian film industry during her four-year absence from filmmaking and move forward, resulting Shrabani's decision to use a younger set of actors for ''Stat Lota''. Deodhar is a creative director for Star Pravah and is on the jury of the 14th

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. She has plans to make additional films in both the

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and

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languages.

Filmography

* ''

'' (1993) * ''

Sarkarnama ''Sarkarnama'' is an Indian Marathi cinema, Marathi film directed by Shravani Deodhar released in India in 1998. This movie is famous for the powerful performances of Dilip Prabhavalkar and Yashwant Dutt as political rivals. Plot The film revol ...

'' (1998) * ''

Silsila Hai Pyar Ka ''Silsila Hai Pyar Ka'' is a 1999 Hindi romance film directed by Shrabani Deodhar and starring Karishma Kapoor, Chandrachur Singh and Danny Denzongpa. The cast includes Shakti Kapoor, Alok Nath, Johnny Lever, Aruna Irani, Tiku Talsania, Dina Pat ...

'' (1999) (and as writer) * '' Lekaru'' (''The Child'') (2000) * '' Penchaan'' (2005) (and as writer) * ''

'' (2014) * '' Dekhaa Jaayega'' (2015) * ''

The Sholay Girl ''The Sholay Girl'' is a 2019 Hindi-language biographical period drama film directed by Aditya Sarpotdar and produced by Shrabani Deodhar, Sai Deodhar and Shakti Anand. Written by Faizal Akhtar and Shrabani Deodhar, the film is based on India' ...

'' (2019) * ''

Mogra Phulaalaa ''Mogra Phulaalaa'' is an Indian Marathi language family-drama film, directed by Shrabani Deodhar, and produced by Arjun Singgh Baran and Kartik Nishandar. The film starring Swwapnil Joshi, Sai Deodhar, Neena Kulkarni and Chandrakant Kulkarni ...

'' (2019)

Recognition

* 1993, won

's Silver Lotus for 'Best Marathi Feature Film" for her first film, ''Lapandav''. * 1998, won

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for ''

'' * 1998, won

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for ''Sarkarnama'' * 1998, won

Maharashtra State Film Award Maharashtra State Film Awards, one of the prestigious awards of Marathi cinema, are awarded by the Government of Maharashtra to Marathi language films and artists. They were first awarded in 1963. Winners 2000 This year's award ceremony took pla ...

for ''Sarkarnama'' * 1998, nominated for V. Shantaram Award for ''Sarkarnama'' * 2000, won Maharashtra State Film Award for '' Lekaru * 2000, won Hollywood Award for ''Lekhru''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Deodhar, Shrabani Living people 20th-century Indian film directors Film directors from Kolkata 1962 births Marathi film directors Marathi screenwriters 20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights Screenwriters from Kolkata