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Radha Saluja - Wikipedia

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Radha Saluja
Born	15 September 1951 Kolkata
Other names	Radha
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1971–2006
Spouse	Samim Zaidi
Relatives	Renu Saluja (sister)

Radha Saluja is an Indian actress who has worked in Hindi cinema, Punjabi cinema and Tamil, 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]

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

Year	Film	Role
1969	Simla Road	Nena
1971	Do Raha	Geeta
1971	Lakhon Me Ek	Gauri
1972	Haar Jeet	Radha
1972	Manavata	Devi
1972	Chori Chori	Komal
1972	Aage Badho	Mehzabin
1973	Ek Mutthi Aasmaan	Radha
1973	Chalaak	Monica Kapoor
1973	Aaj Ki Taaza Khabar	Geeta Mehta
1973	Wohi Raat Wohi Awaaz
1974	Jeevan Sangram	Amba
1974	Gaal Gulabi Nain Sharabi
1974	Vada Tera Vada	Mariya
1976	Kasam
1977	Ali Baba
1977	Minoo	Shoba
1977	Jai Dwarkadheesh	Devi Rukmani
1977	Abhi To Jee Lein	Rita
1980	Jaaye To Jaaye Kahan
1981	Sazaye Maut	Malika Modi
1981	Maila Aanchal	Nisha
1983	Razia Sultan
2003	Banana Brothers	Jayshree

Punjabi

Year	Film	Role
1973	Man Jeete Jag Jeet	Gurmeet Kaur
1973	Sherni
1974	Dukh Bhanjan Tera Naam	Rajni
1975	Morni
1975	Mittar Pyare Nu	kulwant
1978	Derani Jethani

Tamil

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

Bengali

Year	Film	Role
1972	Jaban	Laxmi

Telugu

Year	Film	Role
1979	Tiger	Rekha

Kannada

Year	Film	Role
1979	Madhura Sangama	Mala & Kala

Malayalam

Year	Film	Role
1977	Anugraham	Sharada

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