Riya Shukla is an Indian actress. She made her film debut with

Nil Battey Sannata ''Nil Battey Sannata'' (; slang for "Good For Nothing"), released internationally as ''The New Classmate'', is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language comedy drama film directed by Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari in her feature debut. Produced by Aanand L. Rai, Aj ...

, garnering her the Star Screen Awards best child artist award and was also nominated for Best female debut at

Zee Cine Award The Zee Cine Award (ZCA) is an Indian awards ceremony for the Hindi film industry. They were instituted in November 1997 to award "Excellence in cinema - the democratic way". They were first held in Mumbai until 2004, when the ZCA went interna ...

. In 2020, she was seen as the lead Lavanya "Pinky" Kashyap/Bhardwaj in

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's Naati Pinky Ki Lambi Love Story.

Early life and education

Riya was born on 1 January 1998, hails from

Indranagar Indranagar is a census town in West Tripura district in the Indian state of Tripura. The locality is famous for the Kali temple. Everyday many devotees are found to offer worship to the goddess Kali. During Dewali a fair is held for three days. ...

Lucknow Lucknow (, ) is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and it is also the second largest urban agglomeration in Uttar Pradesh. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and division ...

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, and completed her education from M.K.S.D. inter College,

Career

Riya entered the entertainment world as a contestant with reality TV show

Hindustan Ke Hunarbaaz ''Hindustan Ke Hunarbaaz'' is a talent show for children airing on Life OK Life OK was an Indian pay television channel owned by Star India. It was launched on 18 December 2011 replacing Star One. It also started airing in the United Stat ...

. In 2015, she made her film debut with

as Appu. For this role she won best child artist at

Star Screen Award The Screen Awards is an annual awards ceremony held in India honouring professional excellence in Bollywood. The nomination and award selection is done by a panel of distinguished professionals from the industry. The awards were introduced by t ...

. She also appeared in the films

Hichki ''Hichki'' (; ) is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language comedy drama film co-written and directed by Siddharth P. Malhotra and produced by Aditya Chopra and Maneesh Sharma under the former's banner of Yash Raj Films. Based on American motivational spea ...

and 3rd Eye. From 2020, was the lead character Lavanya "Pinky Kashyap/Bhardwaj" in Naati Pinky Ki Lambi Love Story. She also appeared in Netflix thriller

Raat Akeli Hai ''Raat Akeli Hai'' () is a 2020 Indian Hindi-language thriller drama film directed by Honey Trehan. Starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Radhika Apte, Shweta Tripathi, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Shivani Raghuvanshi, Nishant Dahiya, Gyanendra Tripathi, Ila Ar ...

as Chunni.

Filmography

Television

Films

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shukla, Riya 2000 births 21st-century Indian actresses Living people Actresses in Hindi television Actresses from Uttar Pradesh Indian film actors People from Lucknow