- Real name Vijay Kumari.
- In the '70s, the actress, Candy, burnt parts of herself and wrote a public letter saying that she had been taken advantage of by several politicians. But apart from a few reports in film magazines nobody took any notice.
- G.P.Sippy launched a film titled "Candy" during the emergency. It was to star " Candy" Vijay Kumari. It was shelved a year later.
- Candy (also called Vijaya kumari, Vidyabala, and Vidhubala, as the occasion demanded) .
- Jagat Murari, director of the Film and Television Institute, said he would inquire into the episode known as the "Candy scandal". Miss Vijaykumari had been "admitted" to the FTII without appearing for any kind of entrance test. She had nothing to do with any of the disciplines taught at the Institute. She wanted to learn, of all the "Candy", as Vijaykumari was nicknamed by the regular students, was at the institute for about three months. She was a horrible dancer . But those were eventful days for FTII for its director, N.V. K. Murty, was suddenly shunted to the Film Finance Corporation. and Jagat Murari, who had once been its director, returned to the post.How did "Candy" manage to get "admission" to the Institute? Murari pleaded ignorance. The.students were brutally frank in their accusations. "She was sponsored by G.P. Sippy, vice-president of the governing council of the Institute, and V.C. Shukla, then I&B minister, both of.
- Starred in the shelved movie Skylark Films "Tuhi Mere Manzil"(1982) Starring Sanjeev Kumar,Vidya Sinha,Raj Kiran,Sarika,Candy,Music by Usha Khanna,Directed by Krishno Chatterji.
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