- Bindiya Goswami was born on January 6, 1962 to a South Indian father and a Catholic mother in India. When she was growing up, she thought she would become an air hostess like her elder sister Pearl. However, when she was fourteen years old, she went to a party at her neighbor composer Pyarelal's house. Jaya Chakravarthy, mother of superstar Hema Malini saw her and thought she bore a facial resemblance to Hema. She brought Bindiya into films and cast her in Jeevan Jyothi (1976) and then was immediately cast in Mukti (1977). However, Mukti was released first and was a hit, while Jeevan Jyothi flopped. Nevertheless, Bindiya attracted attention from important filmmakers, such as Basu Chatterjee, who cast her in three films with Khatta Meetha (1977) being a hit. Hrishikesh Mukherjee cast her in Golmaal (1979), which became the biggest hit of her career. Ramesh Sippy cast her in Shaan (1980), where she was romantically paired with Shashi Kapoor, who just a few years earlier played her father in Mukti. Bindiya acted with many films with Vinod Mehra, such as Dada (1979). However, her career was interrupted when she married him at age 18. The problem was he was already married to Meena Broca. Although his marriage to Meena was unconsummated and ended quickly, the publicity surrounding it hurt Bindiya's career. Her marriage to Vinod Mehra lasted four years and ended in divorce when she was 22. But Bindiya held no bitterness towards Mehra, and when he died a few years later in 1990, she would forever speak about him very respectfully, calling him a "great soul." In 1985, she became romantically involved with director J.P. Dutta and married him that same year. They would have two daughters Nidhi and Siddhi. She completely stopped acting in films and did costume designs for her husband's films, such as Border (1997) and Refugee (2000). She also supported her daughters aspirations in show business, when Nidhi decided to become a film actress, while Siddhi went into production. Bindiya said she is proud of her daughters and speaks lovingly of her happy marriage to her husband of 30 years.- IMDb mini biography by: Ramstep
- SpousesVinod Mehra (divorced)J.P. Dutta(? - present) (2 children)
- Children
- When Bindiya was just 14 years old, she was discovered by Superstar Hema Malini's mother at a party, who felt there was a resemblance to Hema and so recommended Bindiya's name to film producers who soon cast her in hit films.
- The money she was making from acting in films allowed her to buy a Mercedes when she was just 15 years old and moved into her own flat when she turned 16.
- Christian name is Debra.
- Was involved with cinematographer Baba Azmi when she was a teenager .
- She knew actress Parveen Babi since she was a little girl, since her sister Pearl and Parveen were schoolmates. They later acted together in the big-budget film Shaan (1980), but the shooting was delayed, because of Parveen's absence. As Bindiya later explained it, "We were told she was suffering from jaundice (Parveen's mental illness reportedly began at this time) and not what had actually happened to her. For two months the set where Jeete hain shaan se was to be shot stood idle. Eventually, Parveen returned and shot it quickly. She had put on some weight but looked lovely! From no angle could one say she was unwell". She had warm memories of Parveen, with whom she worked again in Khud-Daar (1982). She said, "Parveen was my sister Pearl's friend. She treated me like a kid sister, a bachcha. Pearl didi (who worked as a air hostess) would bring make-up from abroad - Mary Quant, Rimmel products. Parveen picked up what she liked from them. We shared make-up on the set too. We shared a comfort level.".
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