Siddharth Ray Birthday: Siddharth came to Hindi cinema on the basis of infidelity

Born in a Marathi Jain family living in Mumbai on July 19, 1963, Siddharth Ray started getting tips from childhood to become an actor. Actually, Siddharth’s maternal grandfather was producer-director and actor V Shantaram. He realized long ago that Siddharth has the qualities to become a great actor. This was the reason that he started carving his grandson from his childhood. On the occasion of his birth anniversary, we are introducing you to some stories from Siddharth’s life.
Let us tell you that V Shantaram was a big name in the early days of the Hindi film industry. He made the Marathi film Chaani in 1977, through which Siddharth made his silver screen debut. You will be surprised to know that because of Nana, Siddharth got work in Marathi films, but he had to struggle a lot to step into Hindi cinema. During 1980, Siddharth did his first Hindi film, Thodi Si Bewafai. Shabana Azmi and Rajesh Khanna played important roles in it. Whereas Siddharth and Padmini Kolhapure were in the role of a teenage couple.
You would be surprised to know that Siddharth Ray’s real name was Sushant Ray. Before venturing into the world of Hindi films, he kept his name as Siddharth. After a brief infidelity, Siddharth worked in films such as Ganga Ka Vachan, Vansh, Yudhpath, Parwane, Baazigar, Military Raj, Bichhoo, Pita, Jani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Prem Kahani etc. His last film Charas: A Joint Operation was released.
Siddharth Ray married actress Shantipriya during the year 1999, who was said to be a lookalike of Sridevi. It is said that the affair of both was going on for a long time. Shantipriya made her Bollywood debut in 1991 with Akshay Kumar’s first film Saugandh and gave fiercely bold scenes, which brought her into limelight. Please tell that during the year 2004, Siddharth died of a heart attack. After the death of Siddharth, Shantipriya played many minor characters and also worked in serials to run her family.