Award-winning director; author; theatre, radio and TV personality; and recipient of the Padma Bhushan the patchwork quilt of Sai Paranjpyes life is indeed multicoloured. Born to noted author and social worker Shakuntala Paranjpye and Russian artist Youra Sleptzoff, and granddaughter of acclaimed mathematician Sir R.P. Paranjpye, Sai started her career at All India Radio, Pune. She also launched the Childrens Theatre in the city. She then graduated from the National School of Drama, training under Ebrahim Alkazi, and going on to direct many popular and critically acclaimed plays. Later, she joined Doordarshan, where she produced the inaugural programme of Bombay Doordarshan. She is, of course, best known for her landmark films, which won national and international awards Sparsh, Katha, Disha, Papeeha and Saaz and the evergreen Chashme Buddoor. Her successful forays into different media still continue she won the Sahitya Akademi award in 2019 for her Marathi translation of Naseeruddin Shahs memoir. Frank, forthright and full of lively anecdotes, A Patchwork Quilt is a captivating account of Sai Paranjpyes multifarious journey.
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