Bindiya Goswami

Bindiya Goswami

Born:

August 9, 1961 (age 47)

Mumbai, India

Occupation: actress Years active :1970s - 80s Spouse(s): None

Bindiya Goswami (born 8th August, 1961) was a Bollywood actress. She acted in Hindi films from the late 1970s to early 1980s.

Pesonal life and education

Bindiya was born in Mumbai.

She had supposedly claimed that Vijay Arora, her leading man from her first film, harassed her.^[1]. Her personal life became scandalous when she married her frequent leading man Vinod Mehra. He was already a married man who walked out on a supposedly unconsummated marriage to Meena Broca to be with Bindiya. Both of their families looked down on the marriage, which soon fizzled.^[2] Thereafter, Bindiya would give up her acting career to marry director J.P. Dutta, with whom she has two daughters, Nidi and Siddhi.

Film Career

Bindiya was discovered when she was just fourteen years old by superstar Hema Malini's mother at a party who felt that there was a resemblance to Hema and recommended her to film producers. Her first Hindi film was "Jeevan Jyothi" where she co-starred with Vijay Arora whose career was on the decline, and the film flopped. Bindiya forged on ahead and soon became a success starring for director Basu Chatterjee in Khatta Meetha (1977) and Prem Vivah (1979). However, her biggest hit was for director Hrishikesh Mukherjee in the comedy Golmaal (1979).^[3] That film's success led her to take Hema Malini's place in the big-budget film Shaan (1980), because Hema was busy with her other film commitments.^[4]

Career as Costume Designer

Bindiya has taken up designing costumes for female stars such as Rani Mukherjee and Kareena Kapoor for her husband J.P. Dutta's films, such as Border(1997), Refugee (2000) and LOC Kargil (2003).^[3]

Filmography

• Mera Yaar Mera Dushman (1987)
• Vishaal (1987) .... Chanvi
• Avinash (1986)
• Chor Police (1983) .... Rohan's wife (Guest Appearance)
• Mehndi (1983) .... Gauri
• Aamne Samne (1982) .... Inspector Jyoti
• Hamari Bahu Alka (1982) .... Alka

... aka Our Daughter-in-Law Alka

• Khud-Daar (1982) .... Manju Verma

... aka Khuddar (India: Hindi title: alternative transliteration)

• Hotel (1981) (as Bindiya) .... Vandana
• Sannata (1981)
• Yeh Rishta Na Tootay (1981) (as Bindiya) .... Kiran
• Sansani: The Sensation (1981) .... Nisha Srivastav
• Shaan (1980) .... Renu
• Bandish (1980/I) .... Shanti

... aka Restriction

• Takkar (1980) .... Meena

... aka The Confrontation

• Gol Maal (1979) .... Urmila

... aka Hanky Panky

• Atmaram (1979)
• Dada (1979) .... Kamini
• Jaani Dushman (1979) .... Shanti

... aka Beloved Enemy (India: English title)

• Khandaan (1979) .... Sandhya

... aka The Family (International: English title)

• Muqabla (1979) .... Vicky's girlfriend/wife

... aka Muqabala (India: Hindi title: alternative transliteration)

• Prem Vivah (1979)

... aka Love Marriage

• College Girl (1978)
• Ankh Ka Tara (1978) .... Geeta Gupta
• Khatta Meetha (1978) .... Zarine

... aka Sweet and Sour

• Ram Kasam (1978)
• Mukti (1977) .... Pinky
• Chala Murari Hero Banne (1977)
• Jay Vijay (1977) .... Princess Padmavati
• Jeevan Jyoti (1976)
• Bristi (1974)
• Lalita (1972)

• Chik Mik Bijuli (1969)

Trivia

Bindiya knew actress Parveen Babi since she was a little girl, as her older sister Pearl and Babi went to the same school. After both became actresses, they acted together in Shaan (1980), and Bindiya said that they had a lot of fun on that set.