Richa Sharma was an Indian actress who acted in Bollywood

Bollywood

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Personal life

Her daughter Trishala Dutt lives in the USA. Richa died of brain tumour in 1996 in New York

New York

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Richa Sharma
an actress from a NRI family in the USA, Sanjay got married on October 12, 1987 in New York. Shortly after having given birth to Trishala, Richa fell ill with a brain tumor. After several operations and a long-termed chemotherapy there was hope that Richa could finally win over the cancer. But in the end of 1995, the tumor returned. After a stroke in August 1996 there was nothing left the doctors could do for her. On December 10, 1996 Richa died. Though her marriage with Sanjay had been over for quite a long time, Sanjay felt responsible for her until the end and supported her as much as he could.

Film and Movies

Richa started her film career in 1985 with Hum Naujawan (1985) alongside Dev Anand and Bunty Behl. Insaaf Ki Awaaz (1986) was her second film. Rekha and Anil Kapoor co-starred in this film. She then appeared opposite Shekhar Suman in Anubhav (1986). She played a character named Tulsi Singh in Shibu Mitra's Aag Hi Aag (1987). Her next and last film was Sadak Chhap in 1987 which also starred Jackie Shroff and Padmini Kolhapure. Richa played a rich and beautiful girl named Natasha in this film.