Radha Saluja

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.[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]

Radha Saluja
Born
Mumbai
Other namesRadha
OccupationActress
Years active1971–2006
SpouseSamim Zaidi
RelativesRenu Saluja (sister)

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
1969 Simla RoadNena
1971 Do RahaGeeta
1971 Lakhon Me EkGauri
1972 Haar JeetRadha
1972 ManavataDevi
1972 Chori ChoriKomal
1972 Aage BadhoMehzabin
1973 Ek Mutthi AasmaanRadha
1973 ChalaakMonica Kapoor
1973 Aaj Ki Taaza KhabarGeeta Mehta
1973 Wohi Raat Wohi Awaaz
1974 Jeevan SangramAmba
1974 Gaal Gulabi Nain Sharabi
1974 Vada Tera VadaMariya
1976 Kasam
1977 Ali Baba
1977 MinooShoba
1977 Jai DwarkadheeshDevi Rukmani
1977 Abhi To Jee LeinRita
1980 Jaaye To Jaaye Kahan
1981 Sazaye MautMalika Modi
1981 Maila AanchalNisha
1983 Razia Sultan
2003 Banana BrothersJayshree

Punjabi
YearFilmRole
1973 Man Jeete Jag JeetGurmeet Kaur
1973 Sherni
1974 Dukh Bhanjan Tera NaamRajni
1975 Morni
1975 Mittar Pyare Nukulwant
1978 Derani Jethani

Tamil
YearFilmCo-starRole
1975 IdhayakkaniM. G. RamachandranLakshmi
1977 Indru Pol Endrum VaazhgaM. G. RamachandranMenaka
1978 Nenjil Aadum Poo OndruVijayakumar, Sarath Babu
1979 Neelakadalin OrathileGamini Fonseka

Bengali
YearFilmRole
1972 JabanLaxmi

Telugu
YearFilmRole
1979 TigerRekha

Kannada
YearFilmRole
1979 Madhura SangamaMala & Kala

Malayalam
YearFilmRole
1977 AnugrahamSharada

References
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  2. "Why Bollywood is a box-office flop". Business Line. 16 September 2002. Archived from the original on 10 April 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
  3. "Film institute for training Ludhiana's acting talent". The Times of India. 3 March 2011. Archived from the original on 28 September 2012.
  4. "Bollywood's talent pool". The Tribune. 5 August 2007. Archived from the original on 16 February 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
  5. "Radha Saluja". indicine. Archived from the original on 16 January 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  6. "The star next door". India Today. 15 May 1994. Archived from the original on 17 July 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
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