Sai Paranjpye

Sai Paranjpye
Paranjpye in 2011
Born	(1938-03-19) 19 March 1938 (age 86) Lucknow, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation(s)	Director, Screenwriter
Spouse	Arun Joglekar ​ (divorced)​
Children	2
Mother	Shakuntala Paranjpye
Relatives	R. P. Paranjpye (grandfather)
Awards	Padma Bhushan (2006)

Sai Paranjpye (born 19 March 1938) is an Indian movie 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 4 National Film Awards and 2 Filmfare awards. The Government of India awarded Sai the Padma Bhushan title in 2006 in recognition of her artistic talents.^[1]