Deepika Amin
{{short description|Indian film actress}}
{{Distinguish|Deepika Chikhalia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Deepika Amin
| image = Deepika Amin.jpg
| caption = Amin in 2018
| birth_name = Deepika Deshpande
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1967|9|13}}
| birth_place = Mumbai, India
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1993-present
}}
Deepika Amin (born Deepika Deshpande) is an Indian actress who appears in Hindi films. She is known for her roles in the films Fan, Raanjhanaa and Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania. She has also worked in the TV shows Farmaan and Tashn-e-Ishq.{{Cite web |last=Unnikrishnan |first=Chaya |date=14 April 2016 |title=SRK is as enthusiastic and fun-loving as he was: Deepika Deshpande Amin |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-srk-is-as-enthusiastic-and-fun-loving-as-he-was-deepika-deshpande-amin-2202163 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160519040031/http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-srk-is-as-enthusiastic-and-fun-loving-as-he-was-deepika-deshpande-amin-2202163 |archive-date=19 May 2016 |access-date=2016-07-18 |website=Daily News & Analysis {{!}} DNA India |language=en-US}}
Early life
Deepika Amin was born Deepika Deshpande in Mumbai in a Maharashtrian family. Her paternal grandfather was the Sahitya Akademi Award-winning Marathi poet Atmaram Ravaji Deshpande.{{Citation needed|date=July 2016}} Her paternal grandmother Kusumavati Deshpande, was a writer of Marathi literature and also a professor of English Literature in Nagpur University.{{Citation needed|date=July 2016}}
Her father Ulhas Deshpande was an Air Vice Marshal in Indian Air Force. Her mother Kshama Deshpande is a Kathak dancer and disciple of the Kathak maestro Gopi Krishna.{{citation needed|date=May 2018}}
She grew up in Delhi, attending school in Loreto Convent and studying economics (Hons) in Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Delhi University.{{Cite web |title=Filmstar's journey through youth |url=http://www.afternoondc.in/education-careers/film-stars-journey-through-youth/article_169802 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616204952/http://www.afternoondc.in/education-careers/film-stars-journey-through-youth/article_169802 |archive-date=16 June 2016 |access-date=2016-07-18 |website=Afternoon: Dispatch and Courier}}
She lives with her husband and daughter in Mumbai.{{Citation needed|date=July 2016}}
Filmography
=Films=
| class= wikitable sortable
! Year !! Film !! Role!!Notes | |||
| 1989 | In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones | Lover Girl | |
| 1995 | Ab Insaf Hoga | Khushboo Prasad | |
| 2009 | Well Done Abba | Lata, Inspector's Wife | |
| 2011 | Padduram | Principal, Mrs Engineer | |
| rowspan=2 |2013 | Raanjhanaa | Zoya's Mother | |
| Rajjo | Kamladevi | ||
| 2014 | Bewakoofiyaan | Rupali Wadhwa (Mohit's Boss) | |
| 2014 | Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania | Kavya's Mother | |
| rowspan=2 |2016 | Fan | Gaurav's mother | |
| Rough Book | Bina | ||
| 2017
|Karuna Kapoor | |||
| 2018
|Mrs. Sharma (Sweety's mother) | |||
| rowspan="2" |2019
|Debashree Dasgupta, Enakshi's mother | |||
| Mardaani 2
| Dr. Harni Kapur | |||
| 2020
| Mrs. Badlani | Released on ZEE5 | ||
| 2021
|Ramprasad's daughter in law |Released on Netflix | |||
| 2022
|Shanno, Bilal Khan's phuphi(Aunt) |Released on Netflix | |||
| 2023
|Rekha | releasing on JioCinema |
=Television & Web series=
She got her first break with Lekh Tandon's and Gul Anand's serial Farmaan where she played the lead opposite Kanwaljit.{{Cite web|url=http://photogallery.indiatimes.com/celebs/celeb-themes/top-tv-shows/Farmaan/articleshow/27304466.cms|title=Farmaan was a hit television show directed by Lekh Tandon in the early 90s. Main Characters in this TV serial: Kawaljit Sigh as Aazar Nawab & Deepika Deshpande as Aiman|website=photogallery.indiatimes.com|access-date=2016-07-18|archive-date=9 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809011052/http://photogallery.indiatimes.com/celebs/celeb-themes/top-tv-shows/Farmaan/articleshow/27304466.cms|url-status=live}} Some of her noted serials are Tashan-e-Ishq and 9 Malabar Hill on Zee TV, Junoon on Doordarshan, Siyasat on Epic.
She was in Shyam Benegal's serial Amravati Ki Kathayein and his 10 part historic series Samvidhaan. She played the role of Empress Ruqaiya Sultan Begum in the critically acclaimed series Siyaasat on Epic channel.
| class= wikitable sortable
! Year !! Title !! Role!!Notes | |||
| 1993 | Filmi Chakkar | Episode No 21- Sapna | rowspan=7| TV series |
| 1993 | Farmaan | Aiman Bibi | |
| 1995 | Amaravati ki Kathayein | Episode 3 – "Saree" – Sitalu | |
| 1996 | Junoon | Vibha, Bobby's girlfriend | |
| 1997 | 9 Malabar Hill | ||
| 2007 | Left Right Left | Mrs. Sahani, Yudi's mother | |
| rowspan=2|2014 | Siyaasat | Empress Ruqaiya Sultan Begum, Akbar's wife | |
| Samvidhaan | Smt Renuka Ray | TV Mini-series | |
| 2015 | Tashan-E-Ishq | Usha Sarna | TV series |
| 2017-2022
|What the Folks (S1-S4) | Sudha Sharma | Web series | |
| 2018
|The Family Vacation |Mrs. Chopra (Rohini's mother) | |||
| 2021
|Murder Meri Jaan |Mrs. Mrishra (Aditya's Mother) | Hotstar Quix Show | ||
| 2023
|The Family Vacation (Season-3) |Mrs. Chopra (Rohini's mother) | |||
| 2023
|Sumithra (Kavya's mother) |Zee5 Web Series | |||
| 2025
|Madhu Gupta (Surbhi's mother) |
=Theatre=
Deepika Amin began her theatre career with plays directed by noted theatre director Barry John - Theatre Action Group.{{Cite web|url=http://theeclectist.blogspot.in/2012/06/deepika-amins-interview.html|title=The Eclectist: Deepika Amin's Interview|website=theeclectist.blogspot.in|date=22 June 2012 |access-date=2016-07-18|archive-date=16 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816141618/http://theeclectist.blogspot.in/2012/06/deepika-amins-interview.html|url-status=live}} Her other co actors were Shah Rukh Khan and Manoj Bajpayee. She has been a member of Prime Time Theatre Company for many years working in plays directed by Lillete Dubey.
She has acted in plays like Girish Karnad's Boiled Beans on Toast{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/entertainment/theatre-boiled-beans-on-toast/article8790730.ece|title=Theatre: Boiled Beans on Toast|date=2016-06-30|newspaper=The Hindu|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X|access-date=2016-07-18|archive-date=30 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630013500/http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/entertainment/theatre-boiled-beans-on-toast/article8790730.ece|url-status=live}} and Wedding Album (directed by Lillete Dubey),{{Cite web|url=http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Hyderabad-Tab/2016-07-14/A-moving-portrayal-of-an-Indian-family/241915|title=A moving portrayal of an Indian family|website=The Hans India|date=14 July 2016 |access-date=2016-07-18|archive-date=23 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160723213509/http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Hyderabad-Tab/2016-07-14/A-moving-portrayal-of-an-Indian-family/241915|url-status=live}} Partap Sharma's Sammy,{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=966ZDAAAQBAJ|title=All the World is a Stage: The Story of How the LSS Invigorated Ludhiana's Art and Culture|last1=Munjal|first1=Sunil Kant|last2=Rai|first2=S. K.|date=2016-06-22|publisher=Notion Press|isbn=9781945579974|language=en}} 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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External links
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Category:Indian film actresses
Category:Actresses from Mumbai
Category:Indian television actresses
Category:Indian web series actresses
Category:Indian stage actresses
Category:Actresses in Hindi cinema
Category:Actresses in Hindi television
Category:Actresses in Marathi theatre
Category:20th-century Indian actresses