Megha Chowdhury is an Indian actress who has worked in

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-language films.

Career

Chowdhury began her career as an assistant director for ''

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'' (2017) when she was sixteen years old and went on to work as a casting assistant for '' M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story'' (2016). She made her film debut with the Bengali film ''Amar Prem'' in 2016. In 2018, she was cast in

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Varmaa ''Varmaa'' is a 2020 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Bala and produced by Mukesh Mehta of E4 Entertainment. A remake of the 2017 Telugu film '' Arjun Reddy'', directed by Sandeep Vanga, the film stars Dhruv Vikram and ...

'', the Tamil-language remake of ''

Arjun Reddy ''Arjun Reddy'' is a 2017 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film written and directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga, and produced by his brother Pranay Reddy Vanga's company Bhadrakali Pictures. It stars Vijay Deverakonda and Shalini Pandey while ...

'' (2017). However, the film faced issues and was reshot with a new cast without Chowdhury's involvement. She made her Telugu debut with the thriller ''

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'' in which she portrayed a journalist. Regarding her performance, a critic noted that "Debut actress Megha Chowdary doesn't get scope to perform and she seems to be there just for the glamour quotient". That same year, she starred in the Telugu film ''

Oorantha Anukuntunnaru ''Oorantha Anukuntunnaru'' is a 2019 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film directed by Balaji Sanala and starring Nawin Vijay Krishna, Srinivas Avasarala, Megha Chowdhury, and Sophia Singh. Plot Cast Production Actor Naresh's so ...

'' and played a

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. Two years after completion, ''Varmaa'' was released on 6 October 2020 on

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(OTT) platforms to negative reviews from critics. Regarding her role in the film, M. Suganth of ''

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'' stated, "Megha Chowdhury is entirely miscast and there is zero chemistry between her and Dhruv".

Filmography

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chowdhury, Megha Actresses in Bengali cinema Actresses in Tamil cinema Actresses in Telugu cinema Living people People from West Bengal Year of birth missing (living people)