My name is Vinta Nanda and I have been around in the Indian entertainment industry since the mid-1980s. I started off as an assistant director under my idol Nadira Babbar in her theatre productions and in Titliyan, a series she made for Doordarshan in 1984. After several TV shows, including the wildly popular Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi,I established my own production company, Tracinema. It set off in 1992 with Tara, a runaway hit that broke every viewership record for five years. I finally quit the production business in 2006 after Star Plus abruptly pulled off my serial Miilee—a fate similar to that of my other successful shows.

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