Damayanti Tambay is an Indian former badminton player and the wife of Flt lt V. V. Tambay (one of the missing 54 Indian defence personnel from the 1971 Indo-Pak war who are believed to be in Pakistani custody).
Consequently, Tambay had taken several initiatives to bring back her husband along with the other 46 war prisoners, but was not successful and the official standpoint of Indian Army was that all the missing personnel died.
[3] She is currently serving as the deputy director of physical education at Jawaharlal Nehru University.
[4][5][6][7] A short film on 1971 Indo-Pak War featuring Damayanti Tambay was directed by Akanksha Damini Joshi.
The short film directed by Joshi in 2005 for Janmat voices the concern and hope of Damayanti Tambay who has awaited the return of her husband for nearly five decades.