Sai Paranjape

Sai Paranjape

87 (1938-03-19)
Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India

Sai Paranjpye has succeeded as a woman filmmaker of contemporary India in making work that has received both critical recognition and popular commercial appeal.

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Chashme Buddoor 1981 (7.469)

Womanizing slackers Omi and Jai attempt to woo the new girl in the neighborhood, and fail - miserably. Their third roommate - shy, and a bookworm - succeeds, much to their chagrin. The two scheme up comical ideas to split the two lovebirds, so that their secrets and humiliation are not revealed.
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Sparsh 1980 (7.3)

An independent visually impaired man who runs a school for blind children deals with troubles and triumphs of his profession and finds love when a withdrawn recent widow volunteers at the school.
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Katha 1982 (5.2)

A modern retelling of the classic folktale about the hare and the tortoise. Hard-working yet timid Rajaram has a secret crush on his neighbor. Before he gets the courage to tell her how he feels, fast-talking Bashu swoops in.