Vidya Sinha Age, Wiki and Bio

Vidya Sinha

Quick Info

ProfessionActress
NationalityIndian
Date of Birth15/11/1947
Age71 years (died on 15, Aug, 2019)
BirthplaceMumbai, India
Date of Death15/08/2019

Physical Stats & More

Height163 cm
Weight70 kg
Eye ColorBlack
Hair ColorBlack

Personal Life

Date of Birth15 November 1947
Birth PlaceMumbai, India
Date of Death15 August 2019
Place of DeathCritiCare Hospital, Mumbai
Death CauseHeart and lung disorders
Zodiac SignScorpio
HometownMumbai, India
ReligionHinduism
CasteKayastha
Food HabitVegetarian
HobbiesCooking

Relationships & More

Marital Status (at the time of death)Divorced
Affairs/Boyfriends
  • Venkateshwaran Iyer
  • Netaji Bhimrao Salunkhe (Australian doctor)
Marriage Date
Year1968
WithVenkateshwaran Iyer

Family

FatherRana Pratap Singh (Film Producer)
MotherName Not Known
Spouse
First Husband
NameVenkateshwaran Iyer
Duration1968-1996 (his death)
Second Husband
NameNetaji Bhimrao Salunkhe
Duration2001-2009 (divorced)
Children
SonNone
DaughterJanhavi Iyer (adopted in 1989), and one more adopted daughter

Some Lesser Known Facts

Vidya Sinha's father was a producer and director.
Her mother passed away during Vidya's birth, so the responsibility was taken up by her maternal grandfather, the renowned director Mohan Sinha.
Initially not keen on pursuing acting, she was encouraged by one of her aunts to enter and ended up winning the Miss Bombay beauty pageant at the age of 17.
Following her contest win, Vidya Sinha ventured into modeling and featured in several magazines.
At 18, she married her neighbor, Venkateshwaran Iyer, in 1968.
Basu Chatterjee gave her a break with the successful movie "Rajnigandha" (1974), becoming her mentor afterward.
Although offered the role of Roopa in "Satyam Shivam Sundaram," she turned it down due to discomfort with the costumes worn by Zeenat Aman for the same part.
Throughout her career, Vidya Sinha worked alongside respected actors like Sanjeev Kumar, Vinod Khanna, Vinod Mehra, and Shashi Kapoor.
As a leading actress in the industry for over 12 years, she adopted a daughter named Jahnvi Sinha during the peak of her career.
After her husband's demise in 1996, Vidya Sinha and her daughter relocated to Australia, where she later remarried Dr. Netaji Bhimrao Salunke in 2001, but the marriage ended in divorce in 2009.
She returned to India in 2004 and made a television comeback with Ekta Kapoor's "Kkavyanjali."
The reason behind their divorce was Vidya Sinha's claims of mental and physical torture by her second husband, leading her to file an FIR against him.
Vidya Sinha is known for her love of animals.