Protima Bedi

Protima Bedi was born in Delhi in 1949. A prominent model in Bombay in the late sixties and early seventies, she married the film actor Kabir Bedi in 1969, and had two children, Pooja and Siddharth. She separated from Kabir in 1978. Protima started learning odissi dance in 1975 and within a few years, became an accomplished dancer. In 1989, she established Nrityagram, a dance village on the outskirts of Bangalore. Protima died in 1998.