Deepika Amin (born Deepika Deshpande) is an Indian actress who appears in

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films. She is known for her roles in the films '' Fan,

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and'' '' Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania.'' She has also worked in the TV shows ''

Farmaan ''Farmaan'' (also spelled Farman) is an Indian television show broadcast on DD National in 1994. The show was directed by Lekh Tandon and based on Rafia Amin's novel ''Alam Panah'', set in Hyderabad. The show's stars included Kanwaljit Singh, ...

'' and ''Tashn-e-Ishq''.

Early life

Deepika Amin was born Deepika Deshpande in

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in a Maharashtrian family. Her paternal grandfather was the Sahitya Akademi Award-winning Marathi poet Atmaram Ravaji Deshpande. Her paternal grandmother Kusumavati Deshpande, was a writer of Marathi literature and also a professor of English Literature in Nagpur University. Her father Ulhas Deshpande was an

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in Indian Air Force. Her mother Kshama Deshpande is a

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dancer and disciple of the Kathak maestro Gopi Krishna. She grew up in

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, attending school in Loreto Convent and studying economics (Hons) in '' Lady Shri Ram College for Women'',

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. She lives with her husband and daughter in Mumbai.

Filmography

Films

Television & Web series

She got her first break with

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's and Gul Anand's serial ''

'' where she played the lead opposite Kanwaljit. Some of her noted serials are ''

Tashan-e-Ishq ''Tashan-E-Ishq'' () International name:(Fire&ice) is an Indian romantic drama television series created by Subhash Chandra under Essel Vision Productions aired from 10 August 2015 to 16 September 2016. The series starred Sidhant Gupta as ...

'' and '' 9 Malabar Hill'' on Zee TV, '' Junoon'' on Doordarshan, Siyasat on

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. She was in

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's serial ''Amravati Ki Kathayein'' and his 10 part historic series '' Samvidhaan''. She played the role of Empress

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in the critically acclaimed series '' Siyaasat'' on Epic channel.

Theatre

Deepika Amin began her theatre career with plays directed by noted theatre director Barry John - Theatre Action Group. Her other co actors were

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and

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. She has been a member of Prime Time Theatre Company for many years working in plays directed by

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. She has acted in plays like

Girish Karnad Girish Karnad (19 May 1938 – 10 June 2019) was an Indian playwright, actor, film director, Kannada writer, and a Jnanpith awardee, who predominantly worked in Kannada, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Marathi films. His rise as a playwr ...

's ''Boiled Beans on Toast'' and ''Wedding Album'' (directed by

), Partap Sharma's ''Sammy'', and in musicals like Annie Get Your Gun and South Pacific. She is trained singer in Indian Classical music and also plays the guitar.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Amin, Deepika Indian film actresses Living people Actresses from Mumbai Indian television actresses Indian web series actresses Indian stage actresses Actresses in Hindi cinema Actresses in Hindi television Actresses in Marathi theatre 20th-century Indian actresses 21st-century Indian actresses 1967 births Lady Shri Ram College alumni