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Sohaila Kapur is an Indian actress, journalist, television personality, theatre director and playwright.[1][2][3]

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Sohaila Kapur
Born	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Alma mater	Delhi University
Occupation	Actress playwright theatre director journalist television personality
Years active	1980-present
Spouses	Anirudh Limaye ​ (divorced)​ Anil Charnalia ​ (died; 1999)​
Relatives	Dev Anand (uncle) Shekhar Kapur (brother)
Family	See Anand-Sahni family

Early life

Sohaila was born in a Punjabi Hindu family to Kulbhushan Kapur and Sheel Kanta Kapur.[4] Her father was the physician to Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, former President of India.[5]

The niece of famous Indian actor Dev Anand.[6] Her mother, Sheel Kanta Kapur was the sister of Chetan, Dev and Vijay Anand. She is the third and the youngest sister of Indian filmmaker Shekhar Kapur.[7]

She is graduated from Delhi University.

Career

After working with Times of India for like ten years as a journalist.[8] She then devoted herself to free lance writing. She has written over hundred articles for magazines and newspapers.[9] In 1983, she also authored a book on Indian esoteric rites, called Witchcraft in Western India.[10]

She has also anchored shows for channels like Doordarshan and Omni Television. She is also engaged as an anchor-journalist for Lok Sabha TV.

As a playwright, she had written several plays. In 2002, she directed her first play a musical called Yeh Hai Mumbai Meri Jaan.[11] It was premiered at the Traverse Theatre at Edinburgh.

She also directed the play titled Rumi: Unveil the Sun, which got critical and popular acclaim. The play was nominated as one of the best plays produced in the country and best play director at the Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards in 2008 at New Delhi.

Personal life

Sohaila first married Anirudh Limaye, but the marriage ended in divorce.^{[citation needed]} Then she married Ontario based Chartered Accountant Anil Charnalia.^{[citation needed]}

On 23 October 1999, her husband Anil Charnalia died during an airplane flight from a massive Heart Attack.[12] A big lawsuit was filed against the airlines due to negligence.[12][13]

Bibliography

• Witchcraft in Western India. Orient Longman. 1983. ISBN 0861314026.

Acting credits

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Rukmavati Ki Haveli
2009	Cooking with Stella	Aunty Kamla	Canadian film
2015	Phantom	Ameena Bai
2016	Dev Bhoomi	Maya
2018	Daas Dev	Sushila Devi
	Circus	House Owner	Short film
2019	Satellite Shankar	Shankar's mother
2020	Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare	Damyanti Rai
	Chote Nawab	Sakeena Bai
2021	Bawri Chhori	Nani
	Silence... Can You Hear It?	Mrs. Chaudhary	Zee5 film
	Tadap	Cafe Lady

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	Bharat Ek Khoj	Roshan Ara, Janki Devi, Nafisa, Madanika	Played various roles
2019-2021	The Family Man	School principal
2020	Special OPS	Sujata Thapar
2020-2022	Bhaukaal	Mausi
2020–present	Aarya	Rajeshwari Rathore

References

External links

• Sohaila Kapur at IMDb

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