Deepti Naval

My family has always appreciated and supported me for my choices.

— Deepti Naval

I love music. I like to sing. But I am not a singer. I hum.

— Deepti Naval

I am a seriously independent woman and I want people to know that.

— Deepti Naval

Rituparno Ghosh was one of the finest filmmakers of India; I had seen his films 'Raincoat' and 'Chokher Bali' and I had…

— Deepti Naval

I was fascinated with Urdu ever since I was a child.

— Deepti Naval

I don't know about the public and the industry, but I am an all-time Sanjay Leela Bhansali fan. His cinema is completely…

— Deepti Naval

I wish I was born 20 years earlier so I could have worked with Bimal Roy, Guru Dutt, and K. Asif.

— Deepti Naval

Personally, I've always felt that I've enjoyed my work. But there have been times where I've have waited for interesting work to…

— Deepti Naval

I like to read people's gestures and implement them into my acting.

— Deepti Naval

It's okay to do a small role in mainstream cinema like 'Aurangzeb' or 'Yaariyan.' But it's films like Rituparno Ghosh's 'Memories Of…

— Deepti Naval

'Heartless' is a rare commercial film where I have a substantial role.

— Deepti Naval

I love the solitude of the mountains. I write, take pictures and get inspired by the colors of nature.

— Deepti Naval

I wanted to belong to the films which were trying to say something.

— Deepti Naval

I am not a trained actor, and for me, getting under the skin of a character, living their lives, is important, or…

— Deepti Naval

My role in Nandita Das' 'Firaaq' as a woman too impotent to intervene when her community resorts to brutality and violence has…

— Deepti Naval

Where is the need to go deep into the character and all that? Concentrate on one thing - looking beautiful in front…

— Deepti Naval

I have been selective from the very beginning. And I did get to work with some big names like Basu Chatterjee and…

— Deepti Naval

Writing my memoir and recalling and recollecting has been wonderfully enriching.

— Deepti Naval

I became extremely choosy about films.

— Deepti Naval

Most of my awards come from foreign festivals!

— Deepti Naval

I was really keen on making a film on Balraj Sahni. But when I approached his son Parikshat for his consent, he…

— Deepti Naval

OTT platforms have opened up a whole new area to explore in terms of content, writing, acting, everything. But I'm not really…

— Deepti Naval

Everybody is an actor, whether you play the main lead or one of the supporting characters.

— Deepti Naval

From the 100 films I have done, I can easily write off about 60.

— Deepti Naval

I love going off in the wilderness.

— Deepti Naval