| Rita Bhaduri | |
| Birth Date: | 1955 11, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Indore, Madhya Bharat, India |
| Death Place: | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Death Date: | [1] [2] |
| Yearsactive: | 1968–2018 |
| Occupation: | Film actress, Television actress |
Rita Bhaduri (4 November 1955 – 17 July 2018) was an Indian film and television actress. she has also worked in Gujarati cinema. [3] She is sometimes mistaken for Rita Bhaduri, sister of actress Jaya Bachchan and wife of actor Rajeev Verma.
She initially appeared as supporting actress in various Bollywood films during the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. 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.[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. 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.
She was from the 1973 batch of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune and her batch included actress, Zarina Wahab.[5] Rita Bhaduri played the role of grandmother in the serial Nimki Mukhiya.[6]
Her last role was in Nimki Mukhiya.[7]
She died in Mumbai at the age of 62 while being treated at Mumbai's Sujay Hospital in Vile Parle for a kidney ailment.