Sai Paranjpye

Sai Paranjpye (born 19 March 1938) is an Indian film director and screenwriter. She is the director of the award-winning movies Sparsh, Katha, Chasme Buddoor and Disha. She has written and directed many Marathi plays such as Jaswandi, Sakkhe Shejari, and Albel.

She has won four National Film Awards and two Filmfare awards. The Government of India awarded Paranjpye the Padma Bhushan in 2006 in recognition of her artistic talents.