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Sushma Ahuja is an director, writer and actor who has worked on Hindi, English and Tamil films and plays.


Career
Sushma began her career as a singer with All India Radio and a dancer during her teenage years, before becoming involved in the Hindi theatre circuit, where she worked on Hindi, Urdu and Punjabi performances. In 1977, Sushma relocated to with her family as a result of her husband's job, and then worked closely with a theatre group called "Abhudhay", which performed Hindi, Tamil and English shows. She became acquainted with film makers including Singeetham Srinivasa Rao and L. V. Prasad who encouraged her to take up film direction, so she subsequently apprenticed under , T. Rama Rao and on a number of films.

Sushma regularly helped work on Hindi versions of Tamil films, often transliterating dialogues. She was also credited for assisting actress in her transition to work in Hindi films by helping her with Hindi dialogues.

Sushmaa has been credited as an actress, writer and director in films. Notably, she directed an animated series titled Tara Ki Duniya for DD Metro, and (1998), a romantic drama featuring and her daughter . The film released to positive reviews, with a critic noting that the film was "a clean movie with no masala stuff" but criticized the "weak story-line". Another critic drew particular praise to the role of , claiming the film was "a pleasant experience, the crowds cheered Srividya almost as much as Ajith". The film failed commercially, with Sushma Ahuja blaming the result on poor promotion. She has worked on the script for films including Little John (2001) and Ek Alag Mausam (2003). Her acting roles include appearances in M. Night Shyamalan's English film Praying with Anger (1992) and Sridevi's television series (2004).


Personal life
Sushma Ahuja has 3 children, Saurabh, , who has appeared in films such as (1998) and Dumm Dumm Dumm (2001), and .


Partial filmography
  • Note: All films are in Hindi, unless otherwise noted.

As actor
+ ! Year ! Film ! Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable"Notes
1980Yeh Kaisa Insaf?Kamla
1988Khatron Ke Khiladi
1992Praying with AngerMrs MohanEnglish film
1996Aur Ek Prem KahaniNeelu Nath
2004 Television series


As writer and director
+ ! rowspan="2"Year ! rowspan="2"Film ! colspan="2"Credited for ! rowspan="2" scope="col" class="unsortable"Notes ! rowspan="2" scope="col" class="unsortable"
1998 Tamil film
2001Little John Dialogue writer for Hindi version
2003Ek Alag Mausam Also lyricist
2005Pyaar Mein Twist
2006Jai Santoshi Maa


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