Sohaila Kapur is an Indian actress, journalist, television personality, theatre director and playwright.

Early life

Sohaila was born in a

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family to Kulbhushan Kapur and Sheel Kanta Kapur. Her father was the

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, former

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. The niece of famous Indian actor

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. 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 Shekhar Kulbhushan Kapur (born 6 December 1945) is an Indian filmmaker and actor. Born into the Anand-Sahni family, Kapur is the recipient of several accolades, including a BAFTA Award, a National Film Award, a National Board of Review Award a ...

. She is graduated from

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Career

After working with

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for like ten years as a journalist. She then devoted herself to free lance writing. She has written over hundred articles for magazines and newspapers. In 1983, she also authored a book on Indian esoteric rites, called Witchcraft in Western India. She has also anchored shows for channels like

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and

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. She is also engaged as an anchor-journalist for

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

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. 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

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Personal life

Sohaila first married Anirudh Limaye, but the marriage ended in divorce. Then she married

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based Chartered Accountant Anil Charnalia. On 23 October 1999, her husband Anil Charnalia died during an airplane flight from a massive

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. A big lawsuit was filed against the airlines due to negligence.

Bibliography

Acting credits

Films

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kapur, Sohaila Indian actresses Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Hindi-language writers Hindi dramatists and playwrights Indian dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights Actresses from Mumbai Actresses in Hindi cinema Indian television journalists Indian television presenters Indian journalists