Sushma Ahuja | |
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| Born | Sushmaa Roshan Ahuja 18 August 1952 Delhi |
| Occupation(s) | Director, screenwriter, documentary filmmaker, lyricist, and playwright |
| Years active | 1969-present |
| Spouse | Sudhir Ahuja (married 1971-present) |
| Parent | Roshan Lal Sharma |
Sushma Ahuja is an Indian director, writer and actor who has worked on Hindi, English and Tamil films and plays.
Sushma began her career as a singer with All India Radio and a dancer during her teenage years, before becoming involved in the Hindi theatre circuit, where she worked on Hindi, Urdu and Punjabi performances. [1] In 1977, Sushma relocated to Madras with her family as a result of her husband's job, and then worked closely with a theatre group called "Abhudhay", which performed Hindi, Tamil and English shows. She became acquainted with film makers including Singeetham Srinivasa Rao and L. V. Prasad who encouraged her to take up film direction, so she subsequently apprenticed under Balu Mahendra, T. Rama Rao and Yash Chopra on a number of films. [1]
Sushma regularly helped work on Hindi versions of Tamil films, often transliterating dialogues. She was also credited for assisting actress Sridevi in her transition to work in Hindi films by helping her with Hindi dialogues. [2]
Sushmaa has been credited as an actress, writer and director in films. Notably, she directed an animated series titled Tara Ki Duniya for DD Metro, and Uyirodu Uyiraga (1998), a romantic drama featuring Ajith Kumar and her daughter Richa Ahuja. The film released to positive reviews, with a critic noting that the film was "a clean movie with no masala stuff" but criticized the "weak story-line". [3] Another critic drew particular praise to the role of Srividya, claiming the film was "a pleasant experience, the crowds cheered Srividya almost as much as Ajith". [4] The film failed commercially, with Sushma Ahuja blaming the result on poor promotion. [5] She has worked on the script for films including Little John (2001) and Ek Alag Mausam (2003). [6] [7] Her acting roles include appearances in M. Night Shyamalan's English film Praying with Anger (1992) and Sridevi's television series Malini Iyer (2004). [8]
Sushma Ahuja has 3 children, Saurabh, Richa, who has appeared in films such as Uyirodu Uyiraga (1998) and Dumm Dumm Dumm (2001), [9] and Suhaas Ahuja.
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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| 1980 | Yeh Kaisa Insaf? | Kamla | |
| 1988 | Khatron Ke Khiladi | ||
| 1992 | Praying with Anger | Mrs Mohan | English film |
| 1996 | Aur Ek Prem Kahani | Neelu Nath | |
| 2004 | Malini Iyer | Television series |
| Year | Film | Credited for | Notes | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Writer | Director | ||||
| 1998 | Uyirodu Uyiraga | Yes | Yes | Tamil film | |
| 2001 | Little John | Yes | Dialogue writer for Hindi version | ||
| 2003 | Ek Alag Mausam | Yes | Also lyricist | ||
| 2005 | Pyaar Mein Twist | Yes | |||
| 2006 | Jai Santoshi Maa | Yes | |||
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