Rip Vidya Sinha | Viday sinha passes Away at 71 | Vidya Sinha is no more

Vidya Sinha (15 November 1947 – 15 August 2019) was an Indian actress who has acted in Bollywood films, most known for Rajnigandha (1974), Chhoti Si Baat (1975) and Pati Patni Aur Woh (1978). She began modelling and acting at the age of 18. She was Miss Bombay and modelled for several brands which led to her discovery by Basu Chatterjee.[1] Her first movie, however, came after marriage - her debut was in Raja Kaka (1974) opposite Kiran Kumar. However, fame came to her through a low-budget, alternative cinema break-away hit Rajnigandha(1974), directed by her mentor Basu Chatterjee. The movie, although having none of the trappings of a typical Bollywood blockbuster, was a major box office success. This was followed by many more small-budget films like Choti Si Baat (1975), and later by more mainstream, bigger budget Bollywood productions like Pati Patni Aur Woh (1977). She is known for her pleasant roles in various movies she acted during her active career life. She did 30 movie roles over a period of 12 years. Director Raj Sippydirected her for Josh (1981), in which she played a very sinister negative role; that of a gangster stealing coins from beggars.[2] By the mid-1980s, this type of role was no longer popular in the Hindi film industry. She wound down her film work and finally called it a day by 1986. After some years in Australia, Vidya returned to India and gradually came back to acting,[3] She returned to films in Salman Khan's Bodyguard in 2011, which became last film. Vidya Sinha acted in TV serials like Bahu Rani (2000), Hum Do Hain Na, Bhabhi and Kavyanjali (2004). In 2011 she appeared in the NDTV Imagine serial Haar Jeet. She enacted the role of Asad's and Ayaan's grandmother, Badi Bi in the Zee TV show, Qubool Hai. Recently, she was seen as Neha's Daadi (grandmother) in Itti Si Khushi. ***Trivia*** After starring in Basu Chatterjee's hit comedy "Choti Si Baat" (1976) alongside co-star Amol Palekar, she was approached by the legendary Raj Kapoor for "Satyam Shivam Sundaram" (1976), but she turned it down because of the body exposure involved, and the role went to Zeenat Aman, who had no problem exhibiting her scantily clad body. Her personal favorite films are "Choti Si Baat" (1976) and B.R. Chopra's comedy "Pati, Patni, Aur Woh" (1977), co-starring a frequent leading man Sanjeev Kumar, whom she has stated is her favorite hero.