Pratibha Sinha is one of the few actresses in the history of Indian cinema who succeeded in her acting career after dancing to a song. It was the year 1996, and Dharmesh Darshan’s film, Raja Hindustani, was released in theatres. The film starred Aamir Khan and Karisma Kapoor in lead roles, while Suresh Oberoi, Archana Puran Singh, Mohnish Behl, and others in supporting roles. The story grabbed headlines for a lot of reasons. Apart from the film’s plot and Aamir and Karisma’s long kiss, it was the song, ‘Pardesi Pardesi’, that contributed to making Raja Hindustani an ‘all-time blockbuster’.
Meet Pratibha Sinha, who became a star overnight after dancing in Raja Hindustani‘s song, Pardesi Pardesi
During the 42nd Filmfare Awards, Udit Narayan won the Best Playback Singer award for the song, ‘Pardesi Pardesi’. Sameer Anjaan also won the Best Lyricist award for penning the lyrics of ‘Pardesi Pardesi’. The song was sung by Alka Yagnik, Sapna Awasthi, and Udit Narayan. However, today, we are going to talk about Pratibha Sinha, whose beauty and dance in ‘Pardesi Pardesi’ mesmerised everyone and made her a star overnight after the release of Raja Hindustani.
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Pratibha Sinha was born in Kolkata on July 4, 1969, to her parents, Chidambar Prasad Lohani and Mala Sinha. Right from an early age, Pratibha was inclined towards acting due to the fact that her mother, Mala Sinha was a legendary actress of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s.
Even her father, Chidambar Prasad was a renowned Nepali singer and actor. As a result, Pratibha followed in her parents’ footsteps and ventured into acting. She made her acting debut with the film, Mehboob Mere Mehboob in 1992.
Mala Sinha’s daughter, Pratibha Sinha was initially set to make her acting debut with Salman Khan in the film, Saiyaan
For the uninitiated, legendary actress, Mala Sinha’s daughter, Pratibha Sinha was all set to make her acting debut opposite iconic screenwriter, Salim Khan’s son, Salman Khan. The film also had Mala Sinha and Junior Mehmood in vital roles. The film’s mahurat shot was done, but for some unknown reasons, the shooting halted and couldn’t be completed 100 per cent. As a result, the film joined the long list of unfinished Bollywood films, which were never released.
However, as per multiple reports, Kal Ki Awaz is the film in which she got the chance to showcase her acting skills to par. In the following years, she appeared in the movies Dil Hai Betaab, Pokiri Raja, Ek Tha Raja, and Tu Chor Main Sipahi. Despite working in all these films, Pratibha wasn’t getting the recognition she needed to succeed in the film industry.
Finally, in 1996, she achieved much-awaited success with her dance sequence in Raja Hindustani‘s song, Pardesi Pardesi. However, just when she started getting attention from renowned producers, she fell in love with famous music director, Nadeem Saifi and reportedly sacrificed her acting career.
Pratibha Sinha fell in love with music director, Nadeem Saifi, and their relationship ended her acting career
For the uninitiated, Nadeem Saifi is one of the most famous music directors in the history of Indian cinema. His duo with Shravan Kumar Rathod is considered among the most successful duos in the Indian music industry. Derived by the name ‘Nadeem-Shravan’, they ruled the industry from the 1990s to the 2000s. Pratibha Sinha and Nadeem Saifi came closer while working together in the films, Kal Ki Awaz and Raja Hindustani.
Interestingly, Nadeem Saifi was married at that time to his wife, Sultana, when he fell in love with Pratibha Sinha. The actress knew about Nadeem’s marriage but continued dating him, as she was madly in love with the music director. Soon, their dating reports started creating a noise in the media corridors. As soon as Mala Sinha got to know about her daughter’s relationship with a married man, she strictly told Pratibha to end all ties with him.
Pratibha Sinha accused music director, Nadeem Saifi of alleged rape and kidnapping
After Pratibha Sinha started meeting Nadeem Saifi secretly and wasn’t giving enough attention to her acting career, her mother, Mala Sinha sent her to Chennai. However, even after going to Chennai, Pratibha and Nadeem continued their relationship and started planning to get married. As per a report in Jansatta, Pratibha boldly stated in an old interview that she wanted to marry Nadeem Saifi. However, their relationship took an unusual turn when Mala Sinha and Pratibha organised a press conference in Mumbai, in which the latter accused Nadeem Saifi of kidnapping and rape.
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Several years after the controversy, Nadeem Saifi opened up about the accusations of rape and kidnapping made by Pratibha Sinha. Talking about the same, Nadeem stated that both Pratibha and his mother, Mala Sinha played with him by publicly making false accusations against him. The music director added that Mala and Pratibha wanted publicity, so they tarnished his image with false allegations.
Pratibha Sinha’s boyfriend, Nadeem Saifi was a co-suspect in Gulshan Kumar’s murder case
Pratibha Sinha reportedly received a lot of backlash when Nadeem Saifi was named co-suspect in the iconic music producer and the founder of T-Series, Gulshan Kumar’s murder case. For the uninitiated, Mumbai Police declared Nadeem as the prime suspect in Gulshan Kumar’s murder case. Mumbai Police Commissioner Ronald H Mendonca even alleged during a press conference that Nadeem hired goons who killed Gulshan Kumar. As per the police reports, Nadeem was in close contact with the brother of a famous Dubai-based gangster.
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The ace music director was in London with his wife, when his name was mentioned in Gulshan Kumar’s murder case. After learning about the same, he refused to come back to India. However, in the following years, Mumbai Sessions Court acquitted him of all the charges against him in Gulshan Kumar’s murder case. Despite clearing him of all the charges, the arrest warrant that was issued in his name wasn’t taken back by the court. Currently, while Pratibha Sinha is living an anonymous life with her mother, Mala Sinha, in Mumbai, Nadeem is living in London with his family.
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