Neena Gupta
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Neena Gupta at Nishka Lulla and Masaba's designs preview at Oakwood Premier
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4 July 1959 India |
| Occupation | actor, director |
| Years active | 1982–present |
| Spouse(s) | Vivek Mehra (2008–present) |
| Partner(s) | Viv Richards (?–1989) |
| Children | Masaba Gupta |
Neena Gupta (born 4 July 1959) is an Indian film and television actress and director-producer. She won the 1994 National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for Woh Chokri. She is a popular actress in Indian commercial cinema, but it is her work with art filmmakers of India, like G. Aravindan and Shyam Benegal that got her recognition as an actress of considerable repute. She did a guest appearance in the TV Series; Shrimaan Shrimati. She also hosted the Indian version of the television quiz show The Weakest Link, Kamzor Kadii Kaun.
Neena Gupta was born in Delhi to R. N. Gupta and attended the Lawrence School, Sanawar. She completed her master's degree in Sanskrit and went on to do her M.Phil in the related subject.
Gupta has made appearances in several international films, such as Gandhi (1982), in which she played the niece of Mahatma Gandhi, and the Merchant Ivory films The Deceivers (1988), Mirza Ghalib(1989) In Custody (1993), and Cotton Mary (1999).
She starred along with Madhuri Dixit in Khalnayak (1993); she was featured in the popular song "Choli ke peeche" in the movie. She has made the telefilms Lajwanti and Bazar Sitaram (1993), which won the 1993 National Film Award for Best First Non-Feature Film.
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