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{{short description|Indian film actress}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}}
{{Infobox person
|name = Radha Saluja
|image =
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|birth_date =
|birth_place = Mumbai
|death_date =
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|other_names = Radha
|known_for =
|occupation = actress
|years_active = 1971-2006
|nationality = US Citizen
|relatives = [[Renu Saluja]] (sister)
|spouse = Samim Zaidi
}}

'''Radha Saluja''' is an Indian actress who has worked mainly in [[Hindi cinema]], [[Punjabi cinema]] and [[Tamil cinema|Tamil]], with a few [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Malayalam]],[[Telugu cinema|Telugu]] and [[Kannada]] movies.<ref>{{cite web|title=Golmaal Returns falls flat|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/review-golmaal-returns-falls-flat-review-bollywood-14786253.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140412183323/http://www.sify.com/movies/review-golmaal-returns-falls-flat-review-bollywood-14786253.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 April 2014|publisher=Sify|accessdate=20 September 2011}}</ref> An alumna of the [[Film and Television Institute of India]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Why Bollywood is a box-office flop|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.in/2002/09/16/stories/2002091600150900.htm |publisher=[[Business Line]] |date=16 September 2002 }}</ref> 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 film)|Haar Jeet]]'' (1972) and ''[[Ek Mutthi Aasmaan]]'' (1973). In 1975, she appeared in the breakthrough Punjabi film ''Morni'' (1975).<ref>{{cite news |title=Film institute for training Ludhiana's acting talent |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-03/ludhiana/28649997_1_punjabi-cinema-film-institute-punjabi-movies |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120928085215/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-03/ludhiana/28649997_1_punjabi-cinema-film-institute-punjabi-movies |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 September 2012 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=3 March 2011 }}</ref>

==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 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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bollywood's talent pool |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20070805/spectrum/main6.htm |work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]] |date=5 August 2007 }}</ref>

==Personal life==
Radha Saluja is the elder sister of well-known film editor [[Renu Saluja]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Radha Saluja|url=http://www.indicine.com/name/renu-saluja/|publisher=indicine}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/former-hindi-film-heroines-try-role-of-ordinary-people/1/293321.html|title=The star next door|date=15 May 1994|accessdate=29 July 2015|publisher=India Today}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Hindi===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#d1e4fd;"
! Year !! Film !!Role
|-
|1971
| ''[[Do Raha]]'' || Geeta
|-
|1971
| ''[[Lakhon Me Ek]]'' || Gauri
|-
|1972
| ''[[Haar Jeet (1972 film)|Haar Jeet]]'' || Radha
|-
| 1972
| ''Manavata'' || Devi
|-
| 1972
| ''Chori Chori'' || Komal
|-
| 1972
| ''Aage Badho'' || Mehzabin
|-
|1973
| ''[[Ek Mutthi Aasmaan]]''|| Radha
|-
|1973
| ''Chalaak'' || Monica Kapoor
|-
|1973
| ''[[Aaj Ki Taaza Khabar]]''|| Geeta Mehta
|-
|1973
| ''[[Wohi Raat Wohi Awaaz]]'' ||
|-
|1974
| ''[[Jeevan Sangram]]'' || Amba
|-
|1974
| ''Gaal Gulabi Nain Sharabi'' ||
|-
|1974
| ''Vada Tera Vada'' || Mariya
|-
|1976
| ''Kasam'' ||
|-
| 1977
| ''Ali Baba'' ||
|-
|1977
| ''Minoo'' || Shoba
|-
|1977
| ''Jai Dwarkadheesh''|| Devi Rukmani
|-
|1977
| ''[[Abhi To Jee Lein]]'' || Rita
|-
|1980
| ''Jaaye To Jaaye Kahan'' ||
|-
|1981
| ''[[Sazaye Maut]]'' || Malika Modi
|-
|1981
| ''Maila Aanchal'' || Nisha
|-
|1983
| ''[[Razia Sultan (film)|Razia Sultan]]'' ||
|-
|2003
| ''Banana Brothers'' || Jayshree
|}

===Punjabi===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#d1e4fd;"
! Year !! Film !!Role
|-
|1973
| ''[[Man Jeete Jag Jeet]]''|| Gurmeet Kaur
|-
|1973
| ''Sherni'' ||
|-
|1974
| ''[[Dukh Bhanjan Tera Naam]]'' || Rajni
|-
|1975
| ''Morni'' ||
|-
|1978
| ''Derani Jethani'' ||
|}

===Tamil===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#d1e4fd;"
! Year !! Film !! Co-star !! Role
|-
|1975
| ''[[Idhayakkani]]'' || [[M. G. Ramachandran]] || Lakshmi
|-
|1977
| ''[[Indru Pol Endrum Vaazhga]]''|| [[M. G. Ramachandran]] || Menaka
|-
|1978
| ''Nenjil Aadum Poo Ondru'' || [[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]], [[Sarath Babu]] ||
|-
|1979
| ''Neelakadalin Orathile'' || [[Gamini Fonseka]] ||
|}

===Bengali===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#d1e4fd;"
! Year !! Film !!Role
|-
| 1972
| ''[[Jaban (film)|Jaban]]'' || Laxmi
|}

===Telugu===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#d1e4fd;"
! Year !! Film !!Role
|-
|1979
| ''[[Tiger (1979 film)|Tiger]]'' || Rekha
|}

===Kannada===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#d1e4fd;"
! Year !! Film !!Role
|-
|1979
| ''[[Madhura Sangama]]'' || Mala & Kala
|}

===Malayalam===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#d1e4fd;"
! Year !! Film !!Role
|-
|1977
| ''[[Anugraham]]'' || Sharada
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0759182}}
* [http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/celebrities/filmography/10275/index.html Radha Saluja] at [[Bollywood Hungama]]

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