Tara Deshpande

Tara Deshpande is an Indian actress, writer, former model, and MTV VJ. Tara hosted a show called Kab Kyon Kahaan on Zee TV, along with Parth and then with Vinay Jain in the early 1990s. Before entering the world of movies, she was a model and MTV VJ and a regular on the Mumbai stage. She played Begum Sumroo in Alyque Padamsee's play of the same name. She appeared in several acclaimed films such as Sudhir Mishra's Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin and Kaizad Gustad's Bombay Boys. Since her marriage to an American citizen and move to Boston in 2001, Tara divides her time between NYC and Mumbai. Her husband works in finance and is a graduate of Harvard Business School. Tara published her first book at the age of 23: Fifty and Done (HarperCollins). Her book, A Sense for Spice: Recipes and Stories from a Konkan Kitchen, was published in 2012 and Indian Sense of Salad in 2018.