Sujata Mehta

Sujata Mehta (born 11 March 1959) is an Indian actress of Gujarati origin who has acted in plays and Hindi films, mostly known for her lead role in '' Pratighaat'' (1987) and supporting roles in '' Yateem'' (1988) and '' Gunaah'' (1993). She also played the lead role in the critically acclaimed and National Award-winning Malayalam movie Purushartham (1987).

Early career

Sujata was born on 11 March 1959 in Navsari in Shrimali family to Rekha and Prahlad Rai, an Indian independence activist. She is a graduate in Psychology.

Theatre career

Her uncle Hasu Mehta and aunt Devyani Mehta were theatre actors in Bombay (now Mumbai). Under their influence, she was attracted to the theatre. She started her career as a child actor at the age of 13 as a lead actress in a role of blind girl in English play ''Wait Until Dark''. She acted in children's play and Hindi video film ''Siyahi'' produced by INT.

She learned from her experience and became a leading actress despite not having any formal training in the theatre. She played a young lady with cancer in Kanti Madia's play ''Ame Barafna Pankhi.'' She had a leading role in ''Paralysis'' opposite Upendra Trivedi. She acted in several TV plays broadcast by Doordarshan. She also acted in Pravin Joshi's ''Thank You Mister Glad.'' Her acclaimed performance as a woman suffering from mental illness in the Gujarati play ''Chitkar'' had over 600 shows across the world.

Film career

Her first big break came with N. Chandra's social film '' Pratighaat'' (1987) with Nana Patekar where she played a college teacher who is humiliated in public by gangsters. The role was originally played by Vijayashanti in the Telugu film ''Pratighatna'' (1986). Sujata was appreciated for her stellar performance in the film.

In '' Yateem'' (1988), directed by J. P. Dutta, she played the role of step-mother who tries to seduce her step-son ('' Sunny Deol''). Her performance won her accolades and critical acclaim and a Filmfare Best Supporting Actress nomination. She played the role of a lawyer in Kanwarlal (1988) and was seen in a prominent role in Mahesh Bhatt’s '' Gunaah'' opposite '' Sunny Deol.'' She did not confine herself to a certain image and played a wide variety of roles in movies like ''Gunahon Ka Devta'' (1990), Gunehgar Kaun (1991), '' Pratigyabadh'' (1991), ''Tyaagi'' (1992), ''Aaj ki Aurat'' (1993), '' Dhartiputra'' (1993), ''Hulchul'' (1995), ''Judge Mujrim'' (1997), ''Meri Mohabbat Mera Nasiba'' (1995) and ''Jung'' (1996).

TV career

Mehta played the role of a proud daughter-in-law in the dynastic drama '' Khandaan'' (1985) and the emotional role of Raj Lakshmi in '' Shrikant'' (1987); both broadcast on Doordarshan. She play a college girl in ''Yes Sir'' (1987). She played Draupadi in Shyam Benegal's '' Bharat Ek Khoj'' (1988). She has also acted Andaz (1995) and played Gunsundari in '' Saraswatichandra'' (2013). She was a part of several Indian TV soap operas, playing the roles of a mother in '' Ye Meri Life Hai'' (2004) and '' Kyaa Hoga Nimmo Kaa'' (2006). She had also modeled in many commercials.

Filmography

Film

Television

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Living people
Gujarati actresses
Indian film actresses
Indian stage actresses
Indian television actresses
Indian soap opera actresses
Actresses in Hindi cinema
20th-century Indian actresses
21st-century Indian actresses
Gujarati theatre
Actresses in Hindi television
Year of birth missing (living people)