Vidya Malvade

Malvade was born on 2 March 1973^[1][2] in Maharashtra, India. She is the niece of veteran actress Smita Patil.^[3] She has two sisters.^[4]

Vidya started her career as an air hostess. She then began modelling and was chosen by ad filmmaker Prahlad Kakkar for some advertisements.^{[citation needed]} Her acting debut was with Vikram Bhatt's Inteha (2003) which failed at the box office.^[5] 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.^[6] Her most recent movie was Yaara Silly Silly.^[7]

Vidya studied Law and worked as an Air Hostess.^{[citation needed]} 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]