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Mita Vashisht (born 2 November 1967) is an Indian actress. Known for her work on screen, stage and television, she has played a wide range of roles. Her most prominent appearances includes; sci-fi television series Space City Sigma (1989-1991), Pachpan Khambe Laal Deewarein, Swabhimaan, Devyani in Kuch Khatti Kuch Meethi,Alaan (Kirdaar) to Trishna in Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki and Jethi Maa in Kaala Teeka to film roles with a wide spectrum of directors with different cinema styles.
She graduated from the National School of Drama (Delhi) in 1987 and did her post-graduation in literature from Punjab University, Chandigarh. Vashisht was for several years (1990–2010) also visiting faculty to some of the design, film and theatre institutes of India – the NIFT (Delhi), FTII (Pune), NSD (Delhi) and the NID (Ahmedabad). She has also conducted theatre workshops in the UK (London, Birmingham, Leicester) and in Damascus. She teaches students of fashion design, film direction and acting, using theatre techniques. She is married to filmmaker Anup Singh.
Vashisht has written and produced three short films, as well as a serial for television. She was the executive producer of the film The Name of a River, a BFI (London) - NFDC (India) - Bangladesh film co-production.
In June 2001, Vashisht established Mandala, which is a space for arts collaborations research and education. Its aim was to spearhead a new movement in the arts, to centre stage and individuate the performing arts in society and to aid artistic collaborations. Her first project under Mandala however took an unusual twist. A chance theatre workshop that she conducted with trafficked minors in a remand home in Mumbai led to four years of her full-time involvement with the cause of self- empowerment and rehabilitation of trafficked minors. (trafficked minors i.e. minor girls rescued from prostitution from the city brothels).
As artistic director of Mandala she created Mandala TAM (theatre arts module), which is a methodology and a training process based on the performing arts that proved to be highly successful in helping the trafficked minors to heal and transform mentally, physically, emotionally and intellectually.
In 2023, she was appointed by the state of Haryana as the Chairperson of the Governing Council of Haryana Film and Entertainment.
In recent years Vashisht played a key role in Ekta Kapoor's Kahani Ghar Ghar ki. She played the role of the principal on the show Suvreen Guggal on Channel V India and Akbar's evil stepmother in the serial, Jodha Akbar on Zee TV. She was appreciated by the audience for her negative portrayal of Jethi Maa from TV Series Kaala Teeka.
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| FTII (Diploma for Nandini Bedi, Editing) | |||
| Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress | |||
| Tamil language film | |||
| Bengali language film | |||
| Marathi language film | |||
| Malayalam film | |||
| Bengali film | |||
| Released on Zee5 | |||
| Released on Amazon Prime Video | |||
| 2022 | Good Luck Jerry | Sharbati, Jerry's mother | Released on Disney+ Hotstar |
Music videos and Singing
| Space City Sigma | |||
| Bharat Ek Khoj | episode | ||
| Mr Yogi | |||
| Pachpan Khambe Lal Deewarein | |||
| Swabhimaan | |||
| Kirdaar | |||
| Ghum | Rain Movies | ||
| Saalgiraah | Rain Movies | ||
| Vijay Jyoti | ZEE TV NETWORK | ||
| Hip Hip Hurray | |||
| Star Bestsellers | |||
| Kaaun | Balaji Television | ||
| Khauff | |||
| Bombay Lawyers | |||
| Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki | Trishna Agarwal | Balaji Television | |
| Suvreen Guggal – Topper of The Year | |||
| Sense8 | NETFLIX | ||
| Kaala Teeka | DJs a Creative Venture | ||
| Jodhaa Akbar | Mah Chuchak Begum | Zee TV Network | |
| Koi Laut Ke Aaya Hai | Bhairavi "Kalyani" Devi | Sphere Origins Production House | |
| 2019 | Criminal Justice | Mandira Mathur | Hotstar |
| 2020 | Your Honor | Kiran Sekhon | Sony LIV |
| 2020 | Mandira Mathur | Disney+ Hotstar | |
| 2023 | Jaanbaaz Hindustan Ke | Mahira Rizvi | ZEE5 |
| 2023 | Kaala | Chief Minister Jyoti Sen | Disney+Hotstar |
| 2025 | Mandira Mathur | JioHotstar |
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