Vijaya Mehta died due to age-related ailments. She was born as Vijaya Jaywant on November 4, 1934, in Baroda, Gujarat. After completing graduation from the University of Mumbai, she did her training in acting and drama under renowned theatre personalities Ibrahim Alkazi in Delhi and Adi Marzban in Mumbai. In the 1960s, Vijaya became one of the strongest voices of the experimental and parallel theatre movement. She co-founded the theatre group Rangayan with playwright Vijay Tendulkar and actors Dr Shriram Lagoo and Arvind Deshpande. Actors like Nana Patekar, Anupam Kher, Neena Kulkarni, Ashok Saraf and others trained under Vijaya’s guidance.
