Radha Saluja | |
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Nationality | US Citizen |
Occupation | actress |
Spouse(s) | Samim Zaidi |
Relatives | Renu Saluja (sister) |
Radha Saluja is an Indian film actress who has worked mainly in Hindi cinema and Punjabi cinema, with few Tamil and Telugu movies. An alumna of Film and Television Institute of India, she is known for her films, like Haar Jeet (1972) and Ek Mutthi Aasmaan (1973). In 1972, she appeared in breakthrough Punjabi film Morni (1972).
In early 1970s, she appeared as a female lead in numerous film, like Aaj Ki Taaza Khabar (1973), Man Jeete Jag Jeet (1973) and Dukh Bhanjan Tera Naam (1974), Sikh religious films in Punjabi, wherein she was cast alongside Sunil Dutt. She also appeared alongside M.G. Ramachandran in Tamil films, Idayakani" (1975), Indrupol Endrum Vaazhga (1977) and with N. T. Rama Rao and Rajinikanth in 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.
Radha Saluja is the elder sister of well-known film editor Renu Saluja,
After a stint in films she moved to Los Angeles, where she married Samim 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.