Old Hindi Movies Actress Vidya Sniha Life story and filmogrpahy-pictures

Vidya Sinha (born was on November 15, 1947, in Mumbai) is an Indian actress who has acted in Bollywood films.

Movie Career

She began modelling and acting at the age of 18, and her whole life changed.

Her first movie was Raja Kaka opposite Kiran Kumar. However, fame came to her through a low-budget, alternative cinema break-away hit Rajnigandha, directed by her mentor Basu Chatterjee. The movie, although having none of the trappings of a typical Bollywood blockbuster, had an engaging story-line & haunting music & was a major box office success. This was followed by many more small-budget art-house films like Choti Si Baat (1975), and later by more mainstream, bigger budget Bollywood productions Pati Patni Aur Woh (1977), etc.

Personal Life

She was married before entering films. She later quit the industry in the eighties. During this time, she raised her daughter, Janhavi .

After her husband Venkateshwaran Iyer (1968-1996) passed away, she returned to acting, on her daughter's encouragement. She returned to acting via working in TV serials like Bahu Rani (2000), followed by Kavyanjali (2004), Hum do hain na etc. She had married Netaji Salunkhe, a doctor based in Australia. She had met him on the internet after her first husband's death in 1996. They have been living together in Versova, India. In January 2009, she filed a complaint against her 70-year old husband, claiming that he tortured her. He has since been granted bail.