Priya Rajvansh

Priya Rajvansh

1937-01-01 – 2000-03-27 (age 63) Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India

Biography

Priya Rajvansh (1937 – 27 March 2000), born Vera Sunder Singh, was an Indian film actress, who is known for her performance in Hindi films like, Heer Raanjha (1970) and Hanste Zakhm (1973), amongst a handful of films she did during her career.

Priya Rajvansh was born as Veera Sunder Singh in Shimla. Her father Sunder Singh was a Conservator in the Forest Department. She grew up in Shimla along with her brothers, Kamaljit Singh (Gulu) and Padamjit Singh. She studied at Auckland House, where she was school captain, and Convent of Jesus and Mary, Shimla. She passed intermediate from St. Bede's College, Shimla in 1953, and joined Bhargava Municipal College (BMC), during this period, she acted in several English plays at Shimla's noted Gaiety Theatre.

Her father was on a UN assignment, so after graduation she joined the prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London, UK.

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Known For

Kudrat
Kudrat

1981

as Karuna Singh

Heer Raanjha
Heer Raanjha

1970

as Heer

Haqeeqat
Haqeeqat

1964

as Angmo

Hanste Zakhm
Hanste Zakhm

1973

as Chanda / Meena "Minno"

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Haathon Ki Lakeeren

1986

as Mala R. Singh Yadav

Saheb Bahadur
Saheb Bahadur

1977

as Meena