Radha Saluja is an Indian actress who has worked in

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and

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, Bengali,

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, Telugu and

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movies. She was born on September 15, 1951, in Kolkata. An alumna of the

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, she is known for her films opposite M. G. Ramachandran like '' Indru Pol Endrum Vaazhga'' and ''

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'', 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).

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

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. She also appeared alongside

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in the Tamil films, ''

'' (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

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in the Telugu film, ''

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'' (1979). In 1981, she appeared in ''

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'' by

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, to whom her sister Renu was married. This was the full-length remake of Chopra's own diploma film at FTII, Pune, ''

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'' (1976). She played the role Anjali Paigankar had in the original film.

Personal life

Radha Saluja is the elder sister of well-known film editor Renu Saluja. After a stint in films she moved to

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, 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.

Filmography

Hindi

Punjabi

Tamil

Bengali

Telugu

Kannada

Malayalam

References

External links

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