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on Ten Blocks on the Camino Real |
| Purva Bedi is seductive and elusive
as Esmeralda. |
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on "There or Here" |
| The expressive Bedi shines, playing
multiple customer-service characters, notably a hilariously
inexperienced phone-sex operator. She brings new meaning to
E.M. Forsters exhortation, "Only connect." |
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on Ten Blocks on the Camino Real |
| Purva Bedi is charming as a professional
gypsy "virgin." |
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on There or Here |
| ...a computer-repair help line, a
phone-sex line, even a fast-food order window. ..Purva Bedi
nicely handles several of these roles. These encounters provide
both comic relief and context... |
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on My Wandering Boy |
| "In particular, Bedi has a riveting
presence as a restlessly physical creature who holds hostage
a large chunk of the mystery in her heart and bed." |
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on My Wandering Boy |
| ...the evocative and occasionally
purple poetry of longing [is] beautifully delivered by Purva
Bedi as Sally |
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on My Wandering Boy |
"Sally Wright (Purva Bedi),
Emmett's younger and feistier lover, is more overtly angry.
She slept with his friend Rooster (John Cabrera), the buddy
who now has custody of his dog, out of a morass of only partly
conscious vindictive feelings. In one of the play's more
memorable speeches, she wrestles with her frustration and guilt:
"You know there's all this great stuff in there, and occasionally,
you get
a peek at it, just big enough to keep you wanting more; a question
no
one else has asked you before, a sweet note, a look, a hug that
lasts
longer than you thought it would. But he won't let you have
the rest,
and you begin to hate him for hoarding the good stuff ... " |
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on My Wandering Boy |
| "Bedi runs the gamut between
philosophical acceptance and seething outrage" |
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on American Desi |
| Purva Bedi is a shining exception:
She's got star quality to burn. |

magazine |
on E.R. |
"Purva
Bedi, an emerging actress
whose star shines bright." |
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on East is East |
| ....the sexy, defiant daughter, Meenah
(Purva Bedi) |
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on East is East |
| Purva Bedi [has] developed an organic
synchronicity |
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on These Very Serious Jokes |
| ...a velvety half-voice by Purva
Bedi 's luscious presence |
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on Bad Women |
| .. the most striking performance
by Purva Bedi. Reveling in subtlety and introspection, but having
far and away the least to do, Bedi comes across as not only
down-to-earth, but likable. You feel for her. |
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on American Desi |
| The alluring Nina (Purva Bedi), who,
wouldn't you know, respects her Indian roots and expects him
to do the same, the exuberant cast invest it with fresh energy
and winning humor. |
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on American Desi |
| Articulate and gregarious ; Purva’s
real life persona is even more approachable than her American
Desi counterpart. |
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on E.R. |
| Young, vivacious and unassuming,
Purva Bedi has been making waves by acting in diverse roles
in theatre as well as in films and TV…acting runs in her
blood. |
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on These Very Serious Jokes |
We will, presumably, be
seeing more
of Purva Bedi ; she does some
quietly affecting work |
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on Green Card Fever |
| "a frisky Indian-American woman
(Purva Bedi)." |
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on These Very Serious Jokes |
| " The lovely Margarete
(Purva Bedi)" |
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