Vidya Sinha Biography

Fast Facts

• Was the only daughter of her parents and was taken care of by her maternal grandparents following her mother's death on the day of her birth
• Was the daughter of Rana Pratap Singh who produced two films – Vidya and Jeet, both starring Dev Anand and Suraiya, in 1948
• Was the granddaughter of Mohan Sinha – a producer and director – who directed about 32 films
• Won the title Miss Bombay in 1968 and modelled for several top brands
• Signed her first film Raja Kaka (1974) although it was released after Rajnigandha (1974)
• Made her debut in the role of a young woman torn between two loves in Basu Chatterjee's film Rajnigandha (1974)
• Was paid 10,000 Indian Rupees for her first film Rajnigandha, whose budget was about Rs
• 200,000
• Fell in love and married her Tamilian Brahmin neighbour Venkateshwar Iyer in 1976 when she had barely acted in a couple of films
• Had rejected an offer to act in the film Satyam Shivam Sundaram (1978) for being uncomfortable with the costumes
• Having acted in 30 films, she quit acting indefinitely in 1982 to take care of her adopted daughter Jhanvi
• Produced television serials for Doordarshan, Singhasan Battisi and Darrar
• Produced two films, one in Marathi called Bijli (1986) and the other in Gujarati, Jeevi Rabaran
• Made her acting debut in television for the serial Tamanaa, directed by Ravi Rai
• Is a Guest Faculty at the Indian Academy of Dramatic Arts (IADA) Acting School, New Delhi, India
• Married Netaji Bhimrao Salunkhe after befriending him over the internet in 2001
• Divorced her second husband Netaji Bhimrao Salunkhe during 2011