Lushin Dubey

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Lushin Dubey
Occupation(s)stage actor and director
Relatives Lilette Dubey (sister)
Neha Dubey (niece)
Ira Dubey (niece)
Website lushindubey.com

Lushin Dubey is an Indian stage actor and director. She has directed, acted and scripted many drama productions for over 20 years. [1] Lushin is also known for her solo plays like Untitled [2] [3] and Pinki Virani's Bitter Chocolate with theatre director Arvind Gaur. [4] [5] She has acted in films like Partition (2007), Murder Unveiled (2005) — for which she won 2006 Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series[ citation needed ]— and Perfect Husband.

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Personal life

Lushin was born in a Sindhi Hindu family and her maiden name was Lushin Keswani. Her father, Govind Keswani, was an engineer with the Indian Railways, and her mother, Leela, was a gynaecologist who worked with the Indian Army. She was named by her father after the Russian aircraft Ilyushin. [6] [7]

Lushin studied M.Sc. in Childhood and Special Education in the US, after a Masters in History from the Lady Shri Ram College for Women (LSR), University of Delhi, India.

Lushin is married and has two daughters, Ilina and Tara. Her sister Lillete and niece Ira are also actresses. She also has a brother named Patanjali. Her husband Pradeep Dubey is a Professor of Economics at Stony Brook University and Adjunct Professor at Yale. In her college days she acted with Barry John.

Theatre

Lushin's first solo play was called Untitled which was directed and scripted by Arvind Gaur, traveled to the US, UK and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Untitled has completed more than 200 shows.[ citation needed ] Some of the cities have been Boston, Chicago, Rochester, New York, Dallas, Houston, Washington, D.C., and Palo Alto. It has been staged at the Smithsonian Institution and at Harvard. [8]

Her second solo Bitter Chocolate is based on Pinki Virani's book and scripted-directed by Arvind Gaur. [9]

Lushin Dubey's third solo I Will Not Cry is scripted and directed by Arvind Gaur. [10] This play is an exceptional blend of theatre and multimedia, highlighting the issue of child survival through satire, reality and music excerpts. It brings alive the sad truth of millions of unnecessary deaths of children in India. The performance by Lushin Dubey evokes collective responsibility among the audience to be a part of social change. The play has been performed in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Jaipur and Lucknow in collaboration of Save The Children.[ citation needed ]

Her fourth solo play with Theatre director Arvind Gaur is 'Aruna's Story' based on Pinki Virani's book on Aruna Shanbaug case. Gaur scripted it as solo play. [11] [12]

She has directed the play Life of Gautam Budda, Mushkan. She acted with Alyque Padamsee in William Shakespeare's Macbeth . In 2009 she directed Salam India, a play inspired by diplomat writer Pavan K. Varma's very well-received book, Being Indian . [13]

Filmography

TitleRole
2003 The Perfect Husband
2005 Amu Meera Sehgal
2005 Socha Na Tha
2005 Murder Unveiled (TV)Kuldeep Samra
2007 Partition Mumtaz Khan
2011 Delhi Belly Sonia's mother
2013 Rangrezz Rati Chaturvedi
2016 Saat Uchakkey Sona's mother
2016 Mantra Meenakshi Kapoor

TV serials

Awards

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