Richa Sharma (actress)
{{Short description|Indian film actress (1964–1996)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Richa Sharma Dutt
| image = RichaSharma(actress)Image.jpg
| caption = Sharma in 1989
| years_active = 1985–1987
| birth_date = {{birth-date|13 August 1964}}
| birth_place = Bombay, Maharashtra, India
| death_place = New York City, U.S
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1996|12|10|1964|08|06}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|model}}
| other_names = Richa Sharma Dutt
| notable_works = Hum Naujawan (1985)
| spouse = {{marriage|Sanjay Dutt|1987}}
| children = 1
}}
Richa Sharma (6 August 1964 {{ndash}} 13 December 1996), also known by her married name Richa Sharma Dutt, was an Indian actress and model who worked in Bollywood. She married Sanjay Dutt in 1987 and died of a brain tumour in 1996.
Career
Sharma had approached Dev Anand at a film shoot wanting to be cast as his next heroine but was too young. Dev promised her that he would cast her once she grew older, he then eventually gave her a break with Hum Naujawan in 1985.{{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}} She next went on to act in Anubhav and Insaaf Ki Awaaz the following year and in Sadak Chhap and Aag Hi Aag in 1987.{{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}}
Filmography
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! Year !! Film !! Role !! Language !! Notes | ||||
| 1985 | Hum Naujawan | Rashmi | rowspan="5" | Hindi | Debut film |
| rowspan="2" | 1986 | Anubhav | Bijli | ||
| Insaaf Ki Awaaz | Renu | |||
| rowspan="2" | 1987 | Sadak Chhap | Natasha | ||
| Aag Hi Aag | Tulsi Singh | Last film |
Personal life and death
Sharma married bollywood 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. Sharma died at her parents' home in New York on 10 December 1996.{{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}}{{cite web|title=Sanjay Dutt's personal life|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/gallery/sanjay-dutts-personal-life/1/8910.html}}
References
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Category:20th-century Indian actresses