Shanthi Priya was one of the leading actresses of the 90s. She made her Hindi film debut in 1991 in the film, Saugandh, opposite Akshay Kumar. She has also acted in movies like Mere Sajana Saath Nibhana, Phool Aur Angaar and Meherbaan. However, the actress quit acting at the peak of her career after getting married to actor, Siddharth Ray.
In a recent interview with Bollywood Thikana, the yesteryear actress talked about competition between actresses during her time. Shanthi Priya revealed that actresses never shared a cordial or friendly relationship with each other like the current actresses and always competed with one another.
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She also stated how back then, an actor and actress would avoid sitting with one another fearing fake rumours. Talking about the same, Shanthi Priya said:
“Female-female they don’t even look at each other. Like now, it’s really nice to see them together, go on holidays and dinners, we never used to do that. There was so much competition, I don’t know what was the reason, why it was like that in my days.”
In the same interview, Shanthi Priya further talked about getting cold vibes from actress Juhi Chawla on the set of Mere Sajna Saath Nibhana. In her words:
“But during Mere Sajna Saath Nibhana, it was cold. I don’t know if she used to look at me like, ‘Oh, she’s South Indian, a new girl’, I don’t know, but that was the energy I used to get (from her). We didn’t interact much, and we didn’t have too many scenes together. Now also, if she sees me, I should remind her, I don’t think she’ll remember (who I am).”
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It was in the 90s, when Shanthi Priya got married to actor, Siddharth Ray, who acted in films like Baazigar and Vansh. The couple welcomed two sons, and in 2004, Siddharth breathed his last after suffering cardiac arrest. Shanti Priya was 35 when she was left a widow.
The pain of losing her husband kept haunting Shanthi for almost two years. Her children were suffering as they first lost a parent and they saw their mother go through depression. In an interview with The Times Of India, Shanthi Priya talked about being a single parent and said:
"I am a fighter. I take everything as challenge. Actually, mujhe bohot bohot taqleef hui thi (I was troubled a lot) to get myself out of that situation. I was nowhere to be found because it was a family situation for me. I was in pain for 2-3 years. The pain used to hit every time I looked at my kids. One was about 10 years old and the other one was about 4.5 years old."
On the work front, Shanthi Priya was last seen in the series, Dharavi Bank.
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