Neena Gupta
Acting
Biography
Neena Gupta is an Indian actress and television director. Known for her work in both art-house and commercial films, she won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for playing a young widow in Woh Chokri.
Born: July 4, 1959
Place of Birth: India
Known For
Rihaee
A village is inhabited mainly by women whose husbands are in the cities earning a living. Taking advantage of the situation, a man who returns to his village succeeds in seducing most of the women.
Aadat Se Majboor
Dinanath Shastri (Madanpuri) is a devout Hindu firefighter. One day his son, Shankar (Mithun Chakraborty) brings home a young girl, Salma (Rameshwari) as he felt sorry for her. Dinanath thinks she is Hindu and calls her Shanti, and thinks of making her his daughter-in-law, as she nurses him and looks after the entire household after he has an accident. One day Dinanath meets with a blind man who he recognizes as Dr. Varma (Om Shivpuri), who he has known for many years. Dr. Varma's daughter, Neetu (Ranjeeta Kaur) and Shankar were childhood sweethearts. This news breaks Salma's heart but she does not let anyone know. Dr. Varma's arch enemy the wealthy, powerful, and seemingly generous Agnihotri (Amrishpuri) finds out he is alive and sets his goons out to kill him. Why would a rich and generous man want to kill a harmless blind man? What will be the reaction of the devout Dinanath when he finds out that Shanti is Muslim?
Yeh Nazdeekiyan
Sunil Verma is the head of an advertising agency, and lives with a middle-class life with his wife, Shobna. Although Sunil gets to meet many beautiful women during the course of his employment, he has never really had an affair with anyone, and kept his relationship on a professional level. That is until he meets ravishing Kiran. Sunil has an affair with Kiran, and eventually divorces Shobna. It is said that the lives of models and actresses are quite shallow and superficial, but Sunil feels that with Kiran it is different. But when one is exposed to attractive people, both male and female, will Kiran feel the same about him after a few months' relationship?
Susman (The Essence)
A story about the "Ikat" handloom weavers of Pochampally through the master weaver Ramulu and his family struggle in time of mass-production.
Kaaranama
Suraj who is a private horse trainer whose best friend in the whole world is his wonder horse. The horse, Chetak, poses a direct threat to millionaire punter, Rana on the race course and the macho Suraj poses a challenge to Rana.
The Threshold
A North Indian couple, in their early 60s, at their mountain retreat. Their son has just gotten married, a reception has ended and all the guests have left. She chooses this moment to tell her husband that she is leaving. What follows is an endless day: the avalanche of this long-gathering decision and what it means to a decades-long relationship. Fragments of conversations, silence and chaos, as nostalgia mingles with menace and tenderness with cruelty. What will they succeed in rescuing against the landslide of memory and emotion?
Past, Present, and Future
Set in 1961 Goa, this is a story of a rich and influential Goan family and what happens to them over a period of time. The movie is narrated in past-tense by one of the friends of the family.
Batwara
Amidst the fall of princely states in post-independence India, the friendship between Vikram, who comes from an aristocratic family, and a peasant is tested. Vikram turns vengeful after his brother is killed in a peasant colony.
Shrimaan Shrimati
Shrimaan Shrimati is a sitcom that first aired on Doordarshan in 1994. It starred Jatin Kanakia, Rakesh Bedi, Reema Lagoo and Archana Puran Singh in the lead roles. The story involves two neighbours Keshav and Dilruba who covet each other's wives more than their own. Hilarity ensues when they try their level best to flirt with and get closer to each other's wives.
The Last Color
The film is the screen adaptation of Chef Vikas Khanna's novel The Last Color, which follows the friendship between a young tight-rope walker and a widow named Noor in Banaras. The duo yearns to play with colors on the occasion of Holi, but Noor and the other widows are held back by tradition.
Filmography
as Shibani
as Jaishnaviben Anopchand Vagadia
as Laurence Bethany Margaret
as Mrs. Arya
as Sarah Ouseph
as Self
as Radhika
as Parkash Kaur Handa
as Charulata
as Dadi
as Vasudha Kamat
as Elsa
as Manju Mishra
as Shabina Siddiqui
as Gayatri Bhalla
as Kapil Dev's Mother
as Seema Pallav
as Sardar / Rupinder Kaur
as Savitri Devi Mehra
as Neena Gupta
as Manju Devi
as Sunaina Tripathi
as Sudha
as Jaya's Mother
as Sonal
as Veenu Roshan
as Noor
as Priyamvada Kaushik
as Tabassum
as Avni's Mother
as Kunti
as Herself
as Self
as Rinku
as Sanjana's Mother
as Amma
as Dr. Kalyani Gautam Rajadhyaksha
as Veer's mother
as Mrs. Puri (Maahi's mother)
as Savita Punj
as Self
as Savitri
as Blossom
as Mrs. Vikas Saxena
as Sarla
as Sapna
as Uma
as (uncredited)
as Champa Didi
as Droupadi
as Kaushalya Kumar
as Majid's Wife
as Mrs. Fahmida Nooruddin Ahmed
as Yashwant's Wife
as Damayanthi
as Revati
as Naina
as Devan's wife
as Vimla
as Gopal's Wife
as Nawaab Jaan
as Milagrenia
as Salma
as Madanika
as Priya
as Basanti
as Abha
as Neena
as Neena