Vidya Malvade (born 2 March 1973) is an Indian actress.
Malvade was born on 2 March 1973 in Maharashtra, India.
She is the niece of veteran actress Smitha Patil.
She has two sisters.
Vidya started her career as an air hostess.
She then began modelling and was chosen by ad filmmaker Prahlad Kakkar for some advertisements.
2000
He died in 2000 when his flight, Alliance Air Flight 7412, crashed into a building in Patna.
2003
Her acting debut was with Vikram Bhatt's Inteha (2003) which failed at the box office.
2007
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.
Her most recent movie was Yaara Silly Silly.
Vidya studied Law and worked as an Air Hostess.
Her first husband, Capt. Arvind Singh Bagga, was a pilot with Alliance Air.
2009
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.