Vidya Malvade
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2 March 1973 | birth_place =Vidya Malvade (born 2 March 1973) is an Indian actress.
Early life[edit]
Malvade was born on 2 March 1973[1][2] in Maharashtra, India. She has 2 younger sisters.[citation needed]
Career[edit]
Vidya started her career as an air hostess. She then began modelling and was chosen by ad filmmaker Prahlad Kakkar for some advertisements.[3] Her acting debut was with Vikram Bhatt's Inteha (2003) which failed at the box office.[4] After a string of unsuccessful movies and several advertisements, she acted in Chak De India in the year 2007 playing the role of a goalie and captain of the Indian women's national hockey team.[5] Her most recent movie was Yaara Silly Silly.[6]
Personal life[edit]
Vidya studied Law and worked as an Air Hostess.[7] Her first husband, Capt. Arvind Singh Bagga,[8] was a pilot with Alliance Air. He died in 2000 when his flight, Alliance Air Flight 7412,[8] crashed into a building in Patna. In 2009, she married Sanjay Dayma, who worked with Ashutosh Gowariker on the Oscar award-nominated Lagaan as the film's Screenplay Writer and Associate Director.[9]
Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
2003 | Inteha | Nandini Saxena | |
2005 | Mashooka | Monica | |
U, Bomsi n Me | Shehnaz | ||
2007 | Chak De! India | Vidya Sharma | |
2008 | Benaam | ||
Kidnap | Mallika Raina | ||
2010 | Tum Milo Toh Sahi | Anita Nagpal | |
Aap Ke Liye Hum[10] | |||
No Problem | |||
Dus Tola | Qaazi's Begum- Special appearance | ||
Striker | Devi | ||
2012 | Chakradhaar | Avantika | |
1920: Evil Returns | Karuna | ||
Shobhana 7 Nights | |||
2013 | Once Upon a Time in Mumbai Dobaara! | Cameo | |
2014 | LUV... Phir Kabhi | ||
2015 | Yaara Silly Silly | Akshara | Bengali film |
2017 | Heartbeats | Naina | |
2021 | Koi Jaane Na | Rashmi | Amazon Prime Video film |
Television[edit]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
2005 | Mirchi Top 20 | Host | Music Hits show |
Family No. 1 | Main Role | Aired on Sony Entertainment Television (India) | |
2008 | Fear Factor - Khatron Ke Khiladi | Contestant | Aired on Colors TV |
2015 | Darr Sabko Lagta Hai | Dr. Naina | "Abbey Villa" (Episode One) |
2018 | The Family | Rama |
Web series[edit]
Year | Title | Role | Platform | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
2020 | Flesh | Reba Gupta | Eros Now | |
2020 | Mismatched | Zeenat Karim | Netflix | |
2020 | Who's Your Daddy | Monika Bagga | ALTBalaji and ZEE5 | |
2021 | Bamini and Boys | Bamini | Disney+ Hotstar |
Awards and nominations[edit]
Year | Film | Award | Category | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
2004 | Inteha | Filmfare Award | Best Female Debut | Nominated |
Screen Awards | Best Female Debut | Nominated | ||
Star Guild Awards | Best Female Debut | Nominated | ||
Stardust Awards | Superstar of Tomorrow- Female | Nominated | ||
Best Breakthrough Performance – Female | Nominated | |||
2009 | Kidnap | Nominated |
Notes[edit]
- ↑ "Happy Birthday Vidya Malvade: 10 SIZZLING pics of the Chak De! girl to make your day : Bollywood News - Bollywood Hungama". 2 March 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ↑ "B'day Special: 48 साल की हुईं 'चक दे' गर्ल विद्या मालवडे, फिल्मों में आने से पहले थीं एयर होस्टेस" [B'day Special: 'Chak De' girl Vidya Malvade turns 48, was an air hostess before doing films]. News18 Hindi (in हिन्दी). 2 March 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ↑ "This newcomer has never-giving-up spirit : Bollywood News". ApunKaChoice.Com. 9 January 2004. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
- ↑ "Inteha tests your patience". www.rediff.com. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
- ↑ Webster, Andy (11 August 2007). "Chak De! India - Movies - Review". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
- ↑ Kumar, Anuj (6 November 2015). "Yaara Silly Silly: Silly indeed!". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
- ↑ I don’t socialise much – Vidya Malvade – Filmi Bhatein – It's All About Bollywood. Bollywood.allindiansite.com. Retrieved on 2011-06-23.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Alliance Air Boeing 737 crashes near Patna". Rediff.com. 19 July 2000. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
- ↑ "There was a time I wanted to die". Free Press Journal. 2 June 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
- ↑ Subhash K Jha. "Vidya Malvade replaces Urvashi Sharma in Aap Ke Liye Hum". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 16 September 2008.