Deepti Naval & Ketan Mehta Movies Together List — 2 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-14 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Deepti Naval and Ketan Mehta appeared together in 2 Hindi films between 1984 and 1987. Their highest-rated collaboration was Mirch Masala (1987 — 5.6/10). Films span Holi (1984) through Mirch Masala (1987).
The Deepti Naval & Ketan Mehta partnership
From Holi (1984) to Mirch Masala (1987). The ran closed with Mirch Masala in 1987. It started with Holi (1984).
The shape of the work
Deepti Naval acted in every film; Ketan Mehta directed all of them.
2 films across 1 decade
- Mirch Masala
- Holi
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
2 films across 3 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Mirch Masala, Deepti Naval kept going for 28 more films; Ketan Mehta stepped back.
Before Holi, Deepti Naval had starred in 11 films, including Angoor (1982) and Chashme Buddoor (1981).
After Mirch Masala, Deepti Naval went on to appear in 28 more films, including Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011) and Firaaq (2009).
Holi was Ketan Mehta's directorial debut.
After Mirch Masala, Ketan Mehta went on to direct 12 more films, including Manjhi: The Mountain Man (2015) and Rang Rasiya (2014).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Deepti Naval & Ketan Mehta's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Amole Gupte is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 2 films.
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