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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian film actress (1964–1996)}}<br />
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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Richa Sharma<br />
| image = RichaSharma(actress)Image.jpg<br />
| caption = Sharma in 1989<br />
| birth_name = <br />
| birth_date = {{birth-date|6 August 1964}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]<br />
| death_place = [[New York City]], [[United States]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1996|12|10|1964|08|06}}<br />
| occupation = [[Actor|Film actress]], [[Model (person)|model]]<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| other_names = Richa Sharma Dutt<br />
| notable_works = Hum Naujawaan (1985)<br />
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Sanjay Dutt]]|1987}}<br />
| children = Trishala Dutt<br />
}}<br />
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'''Richa Sharma''' (6 August 1964 {{ndash}} 10 December 1996), also known by her married name '''Richa Sharma Dutt''', was an [[Indian people|Indian]] film actress and model who worked in [[Bollywood]].<ref name=ia/> She married [[Sanjay Dutt]] in 1987 and died of a [[brain tumour]] in 1996.<br />
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== Career ==<br />
She came to visit [[Dev Anand]] at a film shoot wanting to be his next heroine but was too young. Dev promised her he would cast her once she grew older. He eventually gave her a break with ''[[Hum Naujawan]]'' in 1985.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thequint.com/entertainment/celebrities/sanjay-dutt-first-wife-richa-sharma-biography-excerpt | title=The Dev Anand Discovery Who Gave It up to Become Mrs Sanjay Dutt| date=19 March 2018}}</ref> She went on to act in ''[[Anubhav (1986 film)|Anubhav]]'' and ''[[Insaaf Ki Awaaz]]'' the following year and in ''[[Sadak Chhap]]'' and ''[[Aag Hi Aag]]'' in 1987.<ref name=ia>{{cite web|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-3205010.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160225024351/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-3205010.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 February 2016|title=Richa Sharma Dutt, 33, Film Actress|publisher=Indian Abroad|date=20 December 1996|accessdate=25 July 2015}}</ref><br />
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==Filmography==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"<br />
! Year !! Film !! Role !! Language !! Notes<br />
|-<br />
| 1985 || ''[[Hum Naujawan]]'' || Rashmi|| Hindi || Debut film<br />
|-<br />
| 1986 || ''[[Anubhav (1986 film)|Anubhav]]'' || Bijli || Hindi ||<br />
|-<br />
| 1986 || ''[[Insaaf Ki Awaaz]]'' || Renu || Hindi ||<br />
|-<br />
| 1987 || ''[[Sadak Chhap]]'' || Natasha || Hindi || <br />
|-<br />
|1987 || ''[[Aag Hi Aag]]'' || Tulsi Singh || Hindi ||Final film<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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== Personal life and death ==<br />
Richa married actor Sanjay Dutt in New York City, United States in 1987. The couple had a daughter, Trishala Dutt. Within two years of marriage, she was diagnosed with a brain tumour. Richa died at her parents' home in New York on 10 December 1996.<ref name="ia" /><ref>{{cite web|date=2016-02-26|title=Last words of Sanjay Dutt's first wife Richa Sharma|url=http://www.indiatvnews.com/entertainment/bollywood/sanjay-dutt-first-wife-richa-sharma-last-words-27218.html|work=India TV News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=2016-02-26|title=HEARTBREAKING! Sanjay Dutt's Late Wife Richa Sharma Had Written This Letter Before DYING!|url=http://www.filmibeat.com/bollywood/news/2016/sanjay-dutt-late-wife-richa-sharma-letter-before-dying-by-trishala-217213.html|work=www.filmibeat.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sanjay Dutt's personal life|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/gallery/sanjay-dutts-personal-life/1/8910.html|publisher=}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:1964 births]]<br />
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[[Category:20th-century Indian actresses]]<br />
[[Category:Indian film actresses]]</div>->Amir Ismail2004