
Sai Paranjape
Directing
Biography
Sai Paranjpye has succeeded as a woman filmmaker of contemporary India in making work that has received both critical recognition and popular commercial appeal.
Known For

Seema rejects six marriage proposals set by her father and leaves for Goa. After Jai and Omi fail to impress her, they come up with a cruel plan when they realise that their friend Sid is dating her.
Chashme Baddoor

Womanizing slackers Omi and Jai attempt to woo the new girl in the neighborhood, and fail - miserably. Their third roommate - shy, and a bookworm - succeeds, much to their chagrin. The two scheme up comical ideas to split the two lovebirds, so that their secrets and humiliation are not revealed.
Chashme Buddoor

A modern retelling of the classic folktale about the hare and the tortoise. Hard-working yet timid Rajaram has a secret crush on his neighbor. Before he gets the courage to tell her how he feels, fast-talking Bashu swoops in.
Katha

An independent visually impaired man who runs a school for blind children deals with troubles and triumphs of his profession and finds love when a withdrawn recent widow volunteers at the school.
Sparsh

Mansi, the elder sister, has to take up professional singing to support the family after her father's death. The film focuses mainly on the female characters and traces how the younger sibling Bansi regains her identity.
Saaz

Two peasants are ill-prepared for life in the big city after moving from their tiny village to Bombay.
Disha

Shyam and Soni live with their mother in a village. They are very poor. The children give away the only bread piece to a hungry saint, who in turn gives them a magical conch. The children somehow discover that the conch reveals something foul concerning the listener. While patrolling, the disguised king reaches the kids and the children give the conch to him, requesting to pass it to the king, saying that this is magical. The king, using the conch, finds that his cousin wants to poison him. The king reaches his palace and confirms the plot against him and punishes the culprits. The king sends jewelery, garments, sweets, fruits etc for the kids and punishes the moneylender, and comes to take them along. The message "Good deeds do not go unrewarded".
Jadu Ka Shankh
Love paves common ground for a protector of forests and protector of the tribes who live there.
Papeeha
Four children come across and adopt a stray dog - 'Sikandar'. It follows them on their journey of taking care of their new found pet.
Sikandar
A film for creating awareness about protection and improvement of environment and tackles issues such as greenery, solid waste management, air and water pollution, Vermi-culture littering, spitting etc.
Chakachak
A film about creating awareness for HIV/AIDS and drug abuse in India.
Needle
A film about creating awareness for HIV/AIDS in truck drivers in India.