Born in Kolkata in 1959 and raised in Delhi’s Karol Bagh, she completed a BA and an MA in Sanskrit at Delhi University, pursued an MPhil on Sanskrit drama, and after a brief stint toward a PhD entered the National School of Drama in 1977, graduating at the top of her class in 1980. Her early screen work included a role as Mahatma Gandhi’s niece in Gandhi (1982) and parts in several Merchant-Ivory…
