Vidya Sinha was one of the greatest Bollywood actresses of her time. On her birthday, here's a glimpse of her personal life, from marrying a neighbour to getting a divorce from her second husband!
Bollywood actress, Vidya Sinha was born on November 15, 1947, in Mumbai and started her career at the age of 18. She had modelled for years at the beginning of her professional life. She had even won the title of Miss Bombay, after which she had decided to shift her life to acting. She debuted in the film industry with Chhotu Bihari's movie, Raj Kaka and since then, she never had to look back. Even though Vidya Sinha had lived a lavish and glamorous life, fate had never been on her side in her personal life.
Vidya Sinha's first husband had passed away after suffering from illness. Then she had married another person, whom she had later accused of physical harassment and had got divorced from. But, on her professional front, she had given back-to-back hit movies and had shared screen space with a few great artists too. She had worked in Rajnigandha, Pati, Patni Aur Woh, Inkaar, Chhoti Si Baat, and many more. She had even worked in a few television serials as well. She was featured in Kubool Hai, Ishq Ka Rang Safed, Chandra Nandini from the recent ones. Vidya Sinha had taken her last breath in 2019 after suffering from liver and heart ailments.
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On her birth anniversary, let's take a look at her personal life and how she had dealt with all of her bad luck. Veteran actress, Vidya Sinha after the demise of her first husband, had married another person. Vidya Sinha had fallen in love with a Tamil Brahmin, Venkateshwara Iyer, who was living in her neighbourhood. And, even before entering into the cinema world, she had tied the marital knot with Venkateshwara. Later, in the year 1968, Vidya and Venkateshwara had tied the knot and were living happily.
In 1989, Vidya and her husband, Venkateshwara had adopted a girl child and named her Jahnavi. After a point of time, Vidya's husband, Venkateshwara Iyer was falling ill and even though she had taken care of her husband day and night, he had left for his heavenly abode in 1996 and passed away. After this incident, Vidya was too shocked and devastated to react to anything, and Vidya had shifted to Sydney.
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After moving to Sydney, Vidya Sinha had met Netaji Bhimrao Salunke, an Australian doctor online. Slowly and steadily, they had bonded over small things and had fallen for each other. Soon enough, in 2001 they had decided to get married, and that was followed by a hasty temple marriage.
But something was off in Vidya's personal life, and she had become very upset from her second marriage. For the unversed, Vidya had filed a police complaint against her second husband, Netaji Bhimrao, in 2009, accusing him of physical and mental harassment. Soon after, the case had reached the court of law, and Vidya got divorced from Netaji. However, Vidya had to deal with a long battle at the court. But, the actress had returned to acting and faced the camera after 25 years and ruled the television world once again before succumbing to death.
We wish a happy birthday to the late veteran actress, Vidya Sinha!
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