Neena Gupta is a popular actress of both the Indian Film and Television industry and is known all across the nation for going against the tide in both her real and reel life. Neena Gupta has gone quiet a long mile in the realm of production and direction. She has a number of scripts prepared but she is not getting financers who are not yet ready for producing her work.

Neena Gupta was born on 4th of July in the year 1959. As she grew up her personal life has seen a lot of turmoil. It can be said about Neena Gupta that in spite of a number of difficulties she has continued to live her life according to her principles. She gives more emphasis to the content of the movie and says that movies which are made should be based on reality.

Neena Gupta on Television
Neena Gupta was projected to popularity in the soap Saans, which was aired in the Star Plus Channel. The serial was written by her and in the serial she had portrayed educated women who were 35 plus in age and had referred to them as dead generation. Gupta in her serial has focussed on the lives of those women whose husbands work in challenging environments and in the process gets attracted to other women and these women in turn gets neglected. For films like Nazar and Amavas she has earned a lot of criticism and she as an actor is keener on associating herself with realistic cinema with which the audience can identify themselves. Neena Gupta also appeared in the very popular daily Saat Phere. In the serial Neena Gupta played the character of Manno Bhabhi who is the mother of Abhi a guy of mid twenty. Later she was seen in other Hindi serials like Kitani Mohabbat Hain and Ladies Special.

Neena Gupta in Films
Neena Gupta had also been part of various films. She grabbed the opportunity to work with some of the best known art film directors in India. Suraj ka Satvan Ghoda, Mandi, Utsav, Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron, Veer, etc. More than a decade ago this brilliant actress had no celebrity standing. One of her greatest achievement was to win a National Award in the year 1999 as the best supporting actress for the film "Who Chokdi", a film by Shyam Benegal. Recently the veteran actress has been a part of a Bengali movie named "Devi" directed by Abhijit Dasgupta but her experience to be a part of the Bengali cinema has been very taxing. She has also appeared in international films like Gandhi in the year 1982, The Deceivers in 1988 and Cotton Mary in the year 1999. It is true that Gupta has studied in a Bengali school in Delhi but because she does not use the language on a daily basis she has to walk an extra mile in order to use the language correctly. But it is indeed one of the best roles of her life.

Neena Gupta forever has given powerful and dauntless performances. She has gone against the common trend very easily and for many youngsters has become an icon.