Rita Bhaduri

She initially appeared as supporting actress in various Bollywood films during the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s.

She was from the 1973 batch of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune and her batch included actress, Zarina Wahab.^[4]

She had a supporting role as Julie's best friend in Julie (1975), where the song "Yeh Raatein Nayi Purani" was picturized on her. Her landmark role was in Malayalam film Kanyakumari opposite Kamal Hasan.

She was cast in 1976 Gujarati film Lakho Phulani which was hit and she continued to work in the Gujarati cinema for next 8 years and became a leading actress of it.^[5]

She was most known for Sawan Ko Aane Do a 1979 Rajshri Productions film and Raja (1995) for which she received a Filmfare Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.^[6] Later her serial Grihalakshmi Ka Jinn was famous in 1995 to 1997 period. In 1996 she worked in Pyar Zindagi Hai along with Naveen Nischol and Raj Mohammed this was shot in Hyderabad.

Rita Bhaduri played the role of grandmother in the serial Nimki Mukhiya.^[7] Her last role was in Nimki Mukhiya.^[8]

She died in Mumbai at the age of 62 while being treated at Mumbai's Sujay Hospital in Vile Parle for a kidney ailment.^{[citation needed]}