Ranjeeta Kaur

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Ranjeeta "Robby" Kaur is an Indian film actress. She was trained at FTII. She has appeared in around 47 films.

Ranjeeta married Raj Masand and has a son named Sky. Ranjeeta lives with her husband Raj and son Sky in Norfolk, Virginia, US. They own a series of 7-Eleven stores in Virginia. Sky is a tennis player and studied in college in the US. She was associated with an International School in Pune, handling Public Relations in the mid-2000s, before moving to the US.

Kaur started her film career as the lead opposite Rishi Kapoor in the movie Laila Majnu (1976). Subsequently, she acted in hits like Pati Patni Aur Woh (with Sanjeev Kumar) and Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se (with Sachin). She made a famous team with Mithun Chakravorty in films such as Surakshaa, Tarana, Humse Badhkar Kaun, Aadat Se Majboor, Baazi and Gunahon Ka Devta. She also was one of Amitabh Bachchan's heroines in Satte Pe Satta. Her sister Rubina appeared in Ek Main aur Ek Tu opposite Rajeev Tandon (Raveena Tandon's brother). Ranjeeta was very closely associated with the Rajshri family having churned out so many hits like Tarana, Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se etc. She starred with Raj Babbar, Raj Kiran, Deepak Parashar, Vinod Mehra, Amol Palekar and many other heroes, but her most famous pairing was with Mithun Chakraborty. Her last film before her exit from the film industry was Gunahon Ka Devta in 1990. She appeared in a few television serials in the mid 1990s and then took a long hiatus from acting.

After gap of 15 years, Ranjeeta returned to films in the 2005 film Anjaane: The Unknown. In 2008 she appeared in Zindagi Tere Naam which reunited her with her frequent co-star Mithun Chakraborty. The film was completed in 2008 but was released in 2012. In 2011 she reunited with Sachin in Jaana Pehchana, a sequel to her 1978 film Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se. She had also debuted on television years back but withdrew quickly. Currently, she resides with her family in Virginia.

Other Works

Ranjeeta Kaur was the assistant director for the film she acted in Satte Pe Satta in 1982 and also for the films Surakksha in 1979 and Ankhiyon Ke Jharonkhon Se in 1978.

Awards

Ranjeeta Kaur was nominated for the following

Filmfare Award for Best Actress for the film Ankhiyon Ke Jharonkhon Se in 1978

Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for the film Pati Patni Aur Who in 1978

Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress in the film Teri Kasam in 1982.

Milestone

Ranjeeta Kaur Masand bought the store and assumed its ownership and is totally involved with its running.   The actress who is not the typical convenience store owner in America has the full support of her handsome 5’10” tall husband Raj Masand.  Raj Masand is said to have moved to the United States wherein he earned his MBA, became a citizen of the country and then moved to India to sell diamonds in the Caribbean during the late 1990’s when he also met the beautiful petite actress and they got married.

Ranjeeta Kaur in one of her interviews is said to have mentioned that they they moved to the USA only to ensure their only son Sky gets educated in the USA and they wanted to be near him and 7-Eleven their convenience store chain was a venture they considered first.

Ranjeeta Kaur also enrolled herself in Western Branch High School to play Tennis.  While their first 7-Eleven Store did extremely well, the couple was allowed to own multiple and buy off more franchise, which is a big leap in their life and a tough task in the 7-Eleven stores.She watched her husband work at the store, observe every minute detail and even got herself trained in the 7-Eleven training classes.

The franchise Sales Manager termed Ranjeeta Kaur as extremely motivating person and a dynamic woman but very few know that She was India’s most famous actress for a short period though and was also nominated for the Best Actress Award.   A Bollywood Actress of the 1970’s she is a lovely person, photogenic and energetic as well .

After growing up from a shy teenage romantic film she was confident to play different roles and marveled at every shot she gave . Her first film Laila Majnu reviews termed as a ‘ Sensational Star Discovery’.