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			{{Short description\|Indian actress (born 1934)}}
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	\| birth_name = Vijaya Jaywant		\| birth_name = Vijaya Jaywant
	\| othername =		\| othername =
	\| spouse = Harin Khote (died)<br> Farrokh Mehta		\| spouse = Harin Khote (died)<br/> Farrokh Mehta
	\| children = [[Anahita Uberoi]]		\| children = [[Anahita Uberoi]]
	\| website =		\| website =
	\| awards = 1975 [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]<br />1985 [[Asia Pacific Film Festival]], Best Actress: [[Party (1984 film)\|Party]]<br />1986 [[National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress]]: [[Rao Saheb (film)\|Rao Saheb]]		\| awards = 1975 [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]<br />1985 [[Asia Pacific Film Festival]], Best Actress: [[Party (1984 film)\|Party]]<br />1986 [[National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress]]: [[Rao Saheb (film)\|Rao Saheb]]
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	'''Vijaya Mehta''' (born 4 November 1934<ref>Abhijit Varde: [http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Vijaya+Mehta%22+1934&btnG=Nach+B%C3%BCchern+suchen&tbm=bks&tbo=1&hl=de Daughters of Maharashtra: Portraits of Women who are Building Maharastra : Interviews and Photographs], 1997, p. 87</ref>) is a noted [[Indian people\|Indian]] [[Marathi language\|Marathi]] film and theatre director and also an actor in many films from the [[Parallel Cinema]]. She is a founder member of Mumbai-based theatre group, Rangayan with playwright [[Vijay Tendulkar]], and actors Arvind Deshpande and [[Shriram Lagoo]]. She is most known for her acclaimed role in film ''[[Party (1984 film)\|Party]]'' (1984) and for her directorial ventures, ''[[Rao Saheb (film)\|Rao Saheb]]'' (1986) and ''[[Pestonjee]]'' (1988). As the founder member of theatre group, ''Rangayan'', she became a leading figure in the experimental [[Marathi theatre]] of the 1960s.<ref>{{cite web \| title = The return of Desdemona \|~~publisher~~=Mumbai Mirror\| url = http://www.mumbaimirror.com/others/sunday-read/The-return-of-Desdemona/articleshow/29368448.cms \|date= 25 January 2014\| access-date = 2014~~-06-22~~ }}</ref>		'''Vijaya Mehta''' (born 4 November 1934),<ref>Abhijit Varde: [http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Vijaya+Mehta%22+1934&btnG=Nach+B%C3%BCchern+suchen&tbm=bks&tbo=1&hl=de Daughters of Maharashtra: Portraits of Women who are Building Maharastra : Interviews and Photographs], 1997, p. 87</ref> is a noted [[Indian people\|Indian]] [[Marathi language\|Marathi]] film and theatre director and also an actor in many films from the [[Parallel Cinema]]. She is a founder member of Mumbai-based theatre group, Rangayan with playwright [[Vijay Tendulkar]], and actors Arvind Deshpande and [[Shriram Lagoo]]. She is most known for her acclaimed role in film ''[[Party (1984 film)\|Party]]'' (1984) and for her directorial ventures, ''[[Rao Saheb (film)\|Rao Saheb]]'' (1986) and ''[[Pestonjee]]'' (1988). As the founder member of theatre group, ''Rangayan'', she became a leading figure in the experimental [[Marathi theatre]] of the 1960s.<ref>{{cite web \|title=The return of Desdemona \|work=Mumbai Mirror \|url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/others/sunday-read/The-return-of-Desdemona/articleshow/29368448.cms \|date=25 January 2014 \|access-date=22 June 2014}}</ref>

	==Early life and education==		==Early life and education==
	Vijaya Mehta was born Vijaya Jaywant in [[Baroda]], [[Gujarat]] in 1934.<ref>{{cite book\|last1=Gulati\|first1=Leela (editor)\|last2=Bagchi\|first2=Jasodhara (Editor)\|last3=Mehta\|first3=Vijaya (Author)\|title=A space of her own : personal narratives of twelve women\|date=2005\|publisher=SAGE\|location=London\|isbn=9780761933151\|page=181\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HdzF06JsGyMC&q=ckp&pg=PA181}}</ref> She graduated from [[Mumbai University]]. She studied theatre with [[Ebrahim Alkazi]] in [[Delhi]] and with Adi Marzban.		Vijaya Mehta was born as Vijaya Jaywant in [[Baroda]], [[Gujarat]] in 1934.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Gulati \|first1=Leela (editor) \|last2=Bagchi \|first2=Jasodhara (Editor) \|last3=Mehta \|first3=Vijaya (Author) \|title=A space of her own : personal narratives of twelve women \|date=2005 \|publisher=SAGE \|location=London \|isbn=9780761933151 \|page=181 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HdzF06JsGyMC&q=ckp&pg=PA181}}</ref> She graduated from [[Mumbai University]]. She studied theatre with [[Ebrahim Alkazi]] in [[Delhi]] and with Adi Marzban.{{cn\|date=February 2026}}

	==Career==		==Career==
	She became a major figure in 60s [[Marathi language\|Marathi]] experimental theatre. She is a founder member of theatre group, ''Rangayan'' with playwright [[Vijay Tendulkar]], [[Arvind Deshpande]] and [[Shriram Lagoo]].<ref>{{cite web \|title=Shantata! Awishkar Chalu Aahe \|url=http://www.mumbaitheatreguide.com/dramas/features/08/aug/28_feature_shantata.asp \|date=August 2008 \|publisher=Mumbai Theatre Guide }}</ref>		She became a major figure in 60s [[Marathi language\|Marathi]] experimental theatre. She is a founder member of theatre group, ''Rangayan'' with playwright [[Vijay Tendulkar]], [[Arvind Deshpande]] and [[Shriram Lagoo]].<ref>{{cite web \|title=Shantata! Awishkar Chalu Aahe \|url=http://www.mumbaitheatreguide.com/dramas/features/08/aug/28_feature_shantata.asp \|date=August 2008 \|publisher=Mumbai Theatre Guide}}</ref>

	Her stage production of [[C. T. Khanolkar]]'s ''Ek Shoonya Bajirao'' is considered as a landmark in contemporary Indian theatre. She introduced [[Bertold Brecht]] into [[Marathi theatre]] with adaptation of ''[[The Caucasian Chalk Circle]]'' (''Ajab Nyay Vartulacha''), and [[Eugène Ionesco\|Ionesco]] with ''[[Les Chaises\|Chairs]]''.		Her stage production of [[C. T. Khanolkar]]'s ''Ek Shoonya Bajirao'' is considered as a landmark in contemporary Indian theatre. She introduced [[Bertold Brecht]] into [[Marathi theatre]] with adaptation of ''[[The Caucasian Chalk Circle]]'' (''Ajab Nyay Vartulacha''), and [[Eugène Ionesco\|Ionesco]] with ''[[Les Chaises\|Chairs]]''.
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	==Personal life==		==Personal life==
	She first married Harin Khote, son of actress [[Durga Khote]], however he died at an early age, leaving behind two young sons. Thereafter, she married Farrokh Mehta.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Life at play \|author=Shanta Gokhale \|author-link=Shanta Gokhale \|url=http://www.punemirror.in/printarticle.aspx?page=comments&action=translate&sectid=63&contentid=2012112620121126075151856ed14874e&subsite= \|archive-url=https://archive.is/20130217225014/http://www.punemirror.in/printarticle.aspx?page=comments&action=translate&sectid=63&contentid=2012112620121126075151856ed14874e&subsite= \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=17 February 2013 \|~~publisher~~=Pune Mirror \|date=26 November 2012 }}</ref>		She first married Harin Khote, son of actress [[Durga Khote]], however he died at an early age, leaving behind two young sons. Thereafter, she married Farrokh Mehta.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Life at play \|author=Shanta Gokhale \|author-link=Shanta Gokhale \|url=http://www.punemirror.in/printarticle.aspx?page=comments&action=translate&sectid=63&contentid=2012112620121126075151856ed14874e&subsite= \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130217225014/http://www.punemirror.in/printarticle.aspx?page=comments&action=translate&sectid=63&contentid=2012112620121126075151856ed14874e&subsite= \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=17 February 2013 \|work=Pune Mirror \|date=26 November 2012}}</ref>

	==Filmography==		==Filmography==
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	==Awards==		==Awards==
	* 1975 [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]		* 1975 [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]
	* 1985 [[Asia Pacific Film Festival]]: Best Actress: [[Party (1984 film)\|Party]]<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0248289/awards Awards] ~~imdb~~.</ref>		* 1985 [[Asia Pacific Film Festival]]: Best Actress: [[Party (1984 film)\|Party]]<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0248289/awards Awards] IMDb.</ref>
	* 1986 [[National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress]]: ''[[Rao Saheb (film)\|Rao Saheb]]''<ref name="33rdaward">{{cite web\|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm33NFAAward.aspx\|title=33rd National Film Awards\|publisher=[[International Film Festival of India]]\|pages=28, 36\|access-date=2014~~-06-22~~\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140505170442/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm33NFAAward.aspx\|archive-date=5 May 2014\|url-status=dead~~\|df=dmy-all~~}}</ref>		* 1986 [[National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress]]: ''[[Rao Saheb (film)\|Rao Saheb]]''<ref name="33rdaward">{{cite web \|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm33NFAAward.aspx \|title=33rd National Film Awards \|publisher=[[International Film Festival of India]] \|pages=28, 36 \|access-date=22 June 2014 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140505170442/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm33NFAAward.aspx \|archive-date=5 May 2014 \|url-status=dead }}</ref>
	* ~~2009~~ [[Tanveer Sanmaan]]<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.maayboli.com/node/24834\|title=तन्वीर सन्मान सोहळा - २००९ \| Maayboli}}</ref>		* 2004 [[Zee Chitra Gaurav Lifetime Achievement Award]]
			* 2009 Tanveer Sanmaan<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.maayboli.com/node/24834 \|title=तन्वीर सन्मान सोहळा - २००९ \| Maayboli}}</ref>
	* 2012 [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Tagore Ratna]]		* 2012 [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Tagore Ratna]]

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	==Further reading==		==Further reading==
	*Abode of Colour, an autobiographical account by Vijaya Mehta<ref>{{cite book\|last1=Gulati\|first1=Leela (editor)\|last2=Bagchi\|first2=Jasodhara (Editor)\|last3=Mehta\|first3=Vijaya (Author)\|title=A space of her own : personal narratives of twelve women\|date=2005\|publisher=SAGE\|location=London\|isbn=9780761933151\|page=181\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HdzF06JsGyMC&q=ckp&pg=PA181}}</ref>		*Abode of Colour, an autobiographical account by Vijaya Mehta<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Gulati \|first1=Leela (editor) \|last2=Bagchi \|first2=Jasodhara (Editor) \|last3=Mehta \|first3=Vijaya (Author) \|title=A space of her own : personal narratives of twelve women \|date=2005 \|publisher=SAGE \|location=London \|isbn=9780761933151 \|page=181 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HdzF06JsGyMC&q=ckp&pg=PA181}}</ref>
	* Vijaya Mehta on theatre and Guru [[Mani Madhava Cakyar]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20080828165400/http://www.rotaryclubofbombay.org/ps121206.htm]		* Vijaya Mehta on theatre and Guru [[Mani Madhava Cakyar]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20080828165400/http://www.rotaryclubofbombay.org/ps121206.htm]

	==References==		==References==
	~~<references/>~~		{{reflist}}

	==External links==		==External links==
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| caption = Mehta in 2012
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1934|11|04}}
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| birth_name = Vijaya Jaywant
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| spouse = Harin Khote (died)<br> Farrokh Mehta
| children = [[Anahita Uberoi]]
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| awards = 1975 [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]<br />1985 [[Asia Pacific Film Festival]], Best Actress: [[Party (1984 film)|Party]]<br />1986 [[National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress]]: [[Rao Saheb (film)|Rao Saheb]]
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'''Vijaya Mehta''' (born 4 November 1934<ref>Abhijit Varde: [http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Vijaya+Mehta%22+1934&btnG=Nach+B%C3%BCchern+suchen&tbm=bks&tbo=1&hl=de Daughters of Maharashtra: Portraits of Women who are Building Maharastra : Interviews and Photographs], 1997, p. 87</ref>) is a noted [[Indian people|Indian]] [[Marathi language|Marathi]] film and theatre director and also an actor in many films from the [[Parallel Cinema]]. She is a founder member of Mumbai-based theatre group, Rangayan with playwright [[Vijay Tendulkar]], and actors Arvind Deshpande and [[Shriram Lagoo]]. She is most known for her acclaimed role in film ''[[Party (1984 film)|Party]]'' (1984) and for her directorial ventures, ''[[Rao Saheb (film)|Rao Saheb]]'' (1986) and ''[[Pestonjee]]'' (1988). As the founder member of theatre group, ''Rangayan'', she became a leading figure in the experimental [[Marathi theatre]] of the 1960s.<ref>{{cite web | title = The return of Desdemona |publisher=Mumbai Mirror| url = http://www.mumbaimirror.com/others/sunday-read/The-return-of-Desdemona/articleshow/29368448.cms |date= 25 January 2014| access-date = 2014-06-22 }}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Vijaya Mehta was born Vijaya Jaywant in [[Baroda]], [[Gujarat]] in 1934.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Gulati|first1=Leela (editor)|last2=Bagchi|first2=Jasodhara (Editor)|last3=Mehta|first3=Vijaya (Author)|title=A space of her own : personal narratives of twelve women|date=2005|publisher=SAGE|location=London|isbn=9780761933151|page=181|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HdzF06JsGyMC&q=ckp&pg=PA181}}</ref> She graduated from [[Mumbai University]]. She studied theatre with [[Ebrahim Alkazi]] in [[Delhi]] and with Adi Marzban.

==Career==
She became a major figure in 60s [[Marathi language|Marathi]] experimental theatre. She is a founder member of theatre group, ''Rangayan'' with playwright [[Vijay Tendulkar]], [[Arvind Deshpande]] and [[Shriram Lagoo]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Shantata! Awishkar Chalu Aahe |url=http://www.mumbaitheatreguide.com/dramas/features/08/aug/28_feature_shantata.asp |date=August 2008 |publisher=Mumbai Theatre Guide }}</ref>

Her stage production of [[C. T. Khanolkar]]'s ''Ek Shoonya Bajirao'' is considered as a landmark in contemporary Indian theatre. She introduced [[Bertold Brecht]] into [[Marathi theatre]] with adaptation of ''[[The Caucasian Chalk Circle]]'' (''Ajab Nyay Vartulacha''), and [[Eugène Ionesco|Ionesco]] with ''[[Les Chaises|Chairs]]''.

She collaborated on Indo-German theatre projects with German director [[Fritz Bennewitz]] including a traditional performance of [[Bhasa]]'s ''Mudrarakshasa'' with German actors. Except ''Pestonjee'', most of her work consists of film and television adaptations of her stage plays.

She was awarded the 1975 [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] for excellence in Direction, in 1986 she won the [[National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress]] for her role in ''[[Rao Saheb (film)|Rao Saheb]]'' (1986).

==Personal life==
She first married Harin Khote, son of actress [[Durga Khote]], however he died at an early age, leaving behind two young sons. Thereafter, she married Farrokh Mehta.<ref>{{cite news |title=Life at play |author=Shanta Gokhale |author-link=Shanta Gokhale |url=http://www.punemirror.in/printarticle.aspx?page=comments&action=translate&sectid=63&contentid=2012112620121126075151856ed14874e&subsite= |archive-url=https://archive.is/20130217225014/http://www.punemirror.in/printarticle.aspx?page=comments&action=translate&sectid=63&contentid=2012112620121126075151856ed14874e&subsite= |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 February 2013 |publisher=Pune Mirror |date=26 November 2012 }}</ref>

==Filmography==
* ''[[Kalyug (1981 film)|Kalyug]]'' (1981) - Actor
* ''Smriti Chitre'' (1982, TV film) - Director, Actor a
* ''Shakuntalam'' (1986, TV film) - Director
* ''[[Party (1984 film)|Party]]'' (1984) - Actor
* ''[[Rao Saheb (film)|Rao Saheb]]'' (1985) - Director, Screenwriter, Actor
* ''Haveli Bulund Thi'' (1987, TV film) - Director
* ''Hamidabai Ki Kothi'' (1987, TV film) - Director
* ''[[Pestonjee]]'' (1988) - Director, Screenwriter
* ''Lifeline'' (1991, TV Series) - Director
* ''[[Quest (2006 film)|Quest]]'' (2006) - Actor

==Awards==
* 1975 [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]
* 1985 [[Asia Pacific Film Festival]]: Best Actress: [[Party (1984 film)|Party]]<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0248289/awards Awards] imdb.</ref>
* 1986 [[National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress]]: ''[[Rao Saheb (film)|Rao Saheb]]''<ref name="33rdaward">{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm33NFAAward.aspx|title=33rd National Film Awards|publisher=[[International Film Festival of India]]|pages=28, 36|access-date=2014-06-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140505170442/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm33NFAAward.aspx|archive-date=5 May 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* 2009 [[Tanveer Sanmaan]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.maayboli.com/node/24834|title=तन्वीर सन्मान सोहळा - २००९ | Maayboli}}</ref>
* 2012 [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Tagore Ratna]]

==See also==
* [[Theatre in India]]

==Further reading==
*Abode of Colour, an autobiographical account by Vijaya Mehta<ref>{{cite book|last1=Gulati|first1=Leela (editor)|last2=Bagchi|first2=Jasodhara (Editor)|last3=Mehta|first3=Vijaya (Author)|title=A space of her own : personal narratives of twelve women|date=2005|publisher=SAGE|location=London|isbn=9780761933151|page=181|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HdzF06JsGyMC&q=ckp&pg=PA181}}</ref>
* Vijaya Mehta on theatre and Guru [[Mani Madhava Cakyar]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20080828165400/http://www.rotaryclubofbombay.org/ps121206.htm]

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0576587}}

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