Radha Saluja

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Radha Saluja
Born15 September 1951
Kolkata
Other namesRadha
OccupationActress
Years active1971–2006
SpouseSamim Zaidi
Relatives Renu Saluja (sister)

Radha Saluja is an Indian actress who has worked mainly in Hindi cinema, Punjabi cinema and Tamil, with a few Bengali, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada movies. She was born on September 15, 1951, in Kolkata. [1] An alumna of the Film and Television Institute of India, [2] she is known for her films opposite M. G. Ramachandran like Indru Pol Endrum Vaazhga and Idhayakkani , both of which were blockbusters in Tamil in 1977 and 1975 respectively. She is known for her Hindi films like Haar Jeet (1972) and Ek Mutthi Aasmaan (1973). In 1975, she appeared in the breakthrough Punjabi film Morni (1975). [3]

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Career

In the early 1970s, she appeared as a female lead in numerous films, like Aaj Ki Taaza Khabar (1973), Man Jeete Jag Jeet (1973), Dukh Bhanjan Tera Naam (1974), Man Jeete Jag Jeet , a Sikh religious film in Punjabi, wherein she was cast alongside Sunil Dutt. She also appeared alongside M. G. Ramachandran in the Tamil films, Idhayakkani (1975) and Indru Pol Endrum Vaazhga (1977), both of which became blockbusters of the year 1975 and 1977, in the Tamil film industry. She acted with N. T. Rama Rao and Rajinikanth in the Telugu film, Tiger (1979).

In 1981, she appeared in Sazaye Maut by Vidhu Vinod Chopra, to whom her sister Renu was married. This was the full-length remake of Chopra's own diploma film at FTII, Pune, Murder at Monkey Hill (1976). She played the role Anjali Paigankar had in the original film. [4]

Personal life

Radha Saluja is the elder sister of well-known film editor Renu Saluja. [5]

After a stint in films she moved to Los Angeles, where she married Shamim Zaidi, host of an ethnic radio programme. There she sang with two music groups that performed across the US. While living in United States, she took on a job with federal law services working as special interpreter of Asian languages at a Los Angeles court. [6]

Filmography

Hindi

YearFilmRole
1969Simla RoadNena
1971 Do Raha Geeta
1971 Lakhon Me Ek Gauri
1972 Haar Jeet Radha
1972ManavataDevi
1972Chori ChoriKomal
1972Aage BadhoMehzabin
1973 Ek Mutthi Aasmaan Radha
1973ChalaakMonica Kapoor
1973 Aaj Ki Taaza Khabar Geeta Mehta
1973 Wohi Raat Wohi Awaaz
1974 Jeevan Sangram Amba
1974Gaal Gulabi Nain Sharabi
1974Vada Tera VadaMariya
1976Kasam
1977Ali Baba
1977MinooShoba
1977Jai DwarkadheeshDevi Rukmani
1977 Abhi To Jee Lein Rita
1980Jaaye To Jaaye Kahan
1981 Sazaye Maut Malika Modi
1981Maila AanchalNisha
1983 Razia Sultan
2003Banana BrothersJayshree

Punjabi

YearFilmRole
1973 Man Jeete Jag Jeet Gurmeet Kaur
1973Sherni
1974 Dukh Bhanjan Tera Naam Rajni
1975Morni
1975Mittar Pyare Nukulwant
1978Derani Jethani

Tamil

YearFilmCo-starRole
1975 Idhayakkani M. G. Ramachandran Lakshmi
1977 Indru Pol Endrum Vaazhga M. G. Ramachandran Menaka
1978Nenjil Aadum Poo Ondru Vijayakumar, Sarath Babu
1979Neelakadalin Orathile Gamini Fonseka Jeeva

Bengali

YearFilmRole
1972 Jaban Laxmi

Telugu

YearFilmRole
1979 Tiger Rekha

Kannada

YearFilmRole
1979 Madhura Sangama Mala & Kala

Malayalam

YearFilmRole
1977 Anugraham Sharada

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