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Notable people named Deepa

Deepa Bhaskar Deepa Bhaskar is an Indian film and theatre actor, voice artiste and Kathak dancer. Considered by many to be a child prodigy who was introduced to the film industry through Tiger Prabhakar's movie ''Mahendra Varma''. She has acted in several K ...

, Indian actress *

Deepa Bhatia Deepa Bhatia is a Bollywood film editor, producer and director based in Mumbai. She is known for editing commercially successful films like ''Tare Zameen Par'', ''My Name is Khan'', ''Rock On'', ''Kai Po Che'', '' Student of the Year'' and ...

, Indian film editor *

Deepa Chari Deepa Chari is an Indian actress and swimsuit model working in Kollywood. Background Chari was born in Mumbai, India. She took to modeling at an early age and became one of the most sought after bikini models in Mumbai. Career Chari has myriad ...

, Indian actress and model *

Deepa Dasmunsi Deepa Dasmunsi (née Ghosh; born 15 July 1960) is an Indian politician. She served as the member of parliament for Raiganj in the 15th Lok Sabha. She was the Minister of State for Urban Development from October 2012 until May 2014. She was the ...

(born 1960), Indian politician and member of the 15th Lok Sabha *

Deepa Fernandes Deepa Fernandes is a journalist with a focus on radio journalism. She has been one of the hosts of NPR's Here and Now (Boston), ''Here and Now''. Before that, she hosted the WBAI radio program ''Wakeup Call'' and the nationally syndicated Paci ...

, Indian-American journalist and radio host *

Deepa Gahlot Deepa Gahlot is a theater and film critic, book author, and scriptwriter. She has written several books on cinema, translated several plays (by Manav Kaul and Paresh Mokashi) into English and adapted Paulo Coelho's novel ''The Alchemist'' for the s ...

, Indian critic and writer *

Deepa Jayakumar Deepa Jayakumar (born 10 November 1974), better known as J. Deepa, is a former politician and journalist. Personal life Deepa was born on 10 November 1974

(born 1974), Indian politician * Deepa Kaul (born 1944), Indian politician and social worker *

Deepa Malik Deepa Malik (born 30 September 1970) is an Indian para athlete from Haryana. She is the first Indian woman to win a medal in Paralympic Games. She won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in shot put. In 2020, she was elected as Presid ...

(born 1970), Indian athlete * Deepa Marathe (born 1972), Indian cricketer *

Deepa Mehta Deepa Mehta, (; born 15 September 1950) is an Indian-born Canadian film director and screenwriter, best known for her Elements Trilogy, Fire (1996 film), ''Fire'' (1996), ''Earth (1998 film), Earth'' (1998), and ''Water (2005 film), Water'' (2 ...

(born 1950), Canadian-Indian director and screenwriter *

Deepa Miriam Deepa Miriam (Malayalam: ദീപ മിറിയം, Tamil: தீபா மிரியம்; born April 1981) is an Indian playback singer of South Indian movies. Her debut film was '' Naan Avanillai''. Deepa rose to fame with the song ''K ...

(born 1981), Indian singer *

Deepa M. Ollapally Deepa M. Ollapally is research professor of international affairs and the associate director of the Sigur Center for Asian Studies at the Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University. She is also the director of the Rising ...

, American political scientist *

Deepa Shree Niraula Deepa Shree Niraula (दिपाश्री निरौला) is a Nepalese actress, comedian, director and radio personality. Beginning her career with supporting roles in films, she is known for her role in the Nepali television sitcom '' ...

(born 1975), Nepalese actress * Deepa Parab (born 1981), Indian actress and entertainer *

Deepa Sahi Deepa Sahi is an Indian actress and producer, best known for her role as Maya in the 1993 movie ''Maya Memsaab'', opposite actor Farooq Sheikh. She made her directorial debut with the movie ''Tere Mere Phere'' in 2011. Early and personal life ...

(born 1965), Indian actress and producer *

Deepa Sannidhi Deepa Sannidhi (born Rahasya) is an Indian former actress who mainly appears in Cinema of Karnataka, Kannada films. She made her acting debut in the 2011 film ''Saarathi'', which won her the Suvarna Film Awards, Suvarna Film Award for Best Femal ...

(born 1990), Indian actress *

Deepa Sashindran Deepa Sashindran (born 3 July 1974) is an Indian artist and a disciple of the Kuchipudi expert Smt. Manju Bhargavi. She is a performing artist, teacher of the Indian classical dance form Kuchipudi, choreographer, art curator, entrepreneur, and ...

(born 1974), Indian choreographer and dancer *

Deepa Venkat Deepa Venkat is an Indian actress and dubbing artist. She works as a radio disc jockey at Hello FM Chennai in addition. She has starred in several Tamil films as well as television series. Career Deepa made her acting career with the movie ...

, Indian actress in Tamil films and television * Deepa, stage name of

Unni Mary Unni Mary is an Indian actress who works mainly in Malayalam films. She has also worked in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi and Kannada films, where she used the screen name ''Deepa''. Personal life Unnimary was born 12 March 1962 to Augustine Fernandes a ...

in Tamil films

Notable people named Dipa

Dipa Nusantara Aidit Dipa Nusantara Aidit (born Ahmad Aidit; 30 July 1923 – 22 November 1965) was an Indonesian communist politician, who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI) from 1951 until his summary execution during the mass ...

(1923–1965), Indonesian politician *

Dipa Karmakar Dipa Karmakar (; born 9 August 1993) is an Indian former artistic gymnast. She is the first Indian female gymnast to compete at the Olympic Games. At the 2016 Olympics, in the vault event, she missed a medal by just 0.15 points. Karmakar is one ...

(born 1993), Indian gymnast *

Dipa Khondokar Deepa Khandakar (born 28 November) is a Bangladeshi television actress. She mainly acts in television dramas, while also appearing in films and commercials. Among her notable Indian Bengali films is ''Bhaijaan Elo Re'' (2018). Early life and care ...

, Bangladeshi actress *

Dipa Ma Nani Bala Barua (25 March 1911 – 1 September 1989), better known as Dipa Ma, was an Indian meditation teacher of Theravada Buddhism and was of Barua descent. She was a prominent Buddhist master in Asia and also taught in the United States w ...

(1911–1989), Indian meditation teacher *

Dipa Shah Ananya Shah, better known as Dipa Shah, is an Indian actress who works mainly in South Indian films, television productions, and commercials. Career Shah started her film career in 2009, her debut film ''Ninnu Kalisaka''. In 2010, she acted in ...

, Indian actress

Notable people named Deepa

Notable people named Dipa

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