Vidya Malvade

Vidya Malvade
Vidya Malvade in August 2012
Born	(1973-03-02) 2 March 1973 (age 43) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Other names	Shaz/Min
Occupation	Air Hostess, Actress
Years active	2003–present.
Spouse(s)	Arvind Singh Bagga (1997–2000; his death) Sanjay Dayma (2009–present)

Vidya Malvade is an Indian actress, mainly working in the Bollywood film industry.

Vidya was born on 2 March 1973 in Maharashtra, India. She has a younger sister, Darshana Maitra, who lives in New Jersey.

Vidya started her career with Vikram Bhatt's Inteha (2003) which failed at the box office. After a string of unsuccessful movies and several advertisements, she acted in Chak De India in the year 2007, playing the role of a goalkeeper and captain of the Indian women's national hockey team. Her most recent movie was 1920: Evil Returns.

Vidya studied Law and worked as an Air Hostess. Her first husband, Capt. Arvind Singh Bagga, was a pilot with Alliance Air. He died in 2000 when his flight, Alliance Air Flight 7412, crashed into a building in Patna. In 2009, she married Sanjay Dayma, who worked with Ashutosh Gowariker on the Oscar-nominated Lagaan as the film's Screenplay Writer & Associate Director.