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Producer/director/writer Deepa Mehta was raised in New Delhi, India, where cultural and religious beliefs dictate life for the Indian woman. Women are treated like second-class citizens and are subjected to pre-arranged marriages, though, but Mehta did not follow this path. At the University of New Delhi, she met a Canadian, Paul Saltzman. They married and moved to Canada, the country she now calls home. The marriage did not last but a daughter was born from the union. Devyani is Mehta's life, and the proud mother says, "Deepa Mehta is a person who loves her daughter madly. I really admire her. She is proud and satisfied of being who she is."

Mehta began her film career with no formal training, writing screenplays for children's movies. She co-founded Sunrise Films Ltd. with her husband and her brother, Dilip. Her husband directed, The Bakery, a documentary that Mehta wrote and edited. Mehta's directorial debut came with the documentary short, At 99: A Portrait of...

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