Richa Chadha

Richa Chadda (born 18 December 1986) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films. After debuting in a small role in the comedy film ''Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!'' (2008), Chadda's breakthrough came in 2012 with a supporting role in the noir gangster saga ''Gangs of Wasseypur'', where her role as the bellicose and foul-tongued wife of a gangster earned her a Filmfare award.

In 2015, Chadda made her debut in a leading role with the drama ''Masaan'' (2015).

Early life and education

Chadda was born on 18 December 1986 in Amritsar, Punjab, India into a Hindu family to a Punjabi father and a Bihari mother. She was educated at Sardar Patel Vidyalaya and then at the St. Stephen's College in New Delhi. Her father owns a management firm and her mother, Kusum Lata Chadda, is a professor of political science at PGDAV College of Delhi University, who has authored two books and also works with Gandhi Smriti.

Career

Chadda began her career as a model and then she moved to theater. She has performed plays touring in India

Initial struggles (2008–2011)

Chadda made her acting debut in a supporting role as Dolly in Dibakar Banerjee-directed 2008 film ''Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!''. She appeared in the 2010 comedy film '' Benny and Babloo'' as Fedora. In the meanwhile, a Kannada movie in which she had acted, titled ''Nirdoshi'' was released in 2010 after a delay of almost three years.

Breakthrough and recognition (2012–2015)

In 2012, she acted in Anurag Kashyap's crime drama ''Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1''. She stated in an interview that this role as 'Nagma Khatoon' helped her get 11 film roles. The film premiered at the 65th Cannes Film Festival. She reprised her role as Nagma Khatoon in the sequel ''Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 2''. The film premiered in the Cannes Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival with its prequel. Chadda received a Filmfare Award nomination in the Best Supporting Actress category and won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress.

Chadda's first release of 2013 came in the Mrighdeep Singh Lamba-directed coming of age comedy film ''Fukrey'', in which she portrayed a tough-talking female don Bholi Punjaban. She then appeared in one of the segments in the Anurag Kashyap-produced anthology film ''Shorts'' titled "Epilogue". Chadha and Shirvastav play a dysfunctional couple who seem extremely unhappy with each other.

Chadda next appeared in a supporting role as Rasila in Sanjay Leela Bhansali-directed drama film ''Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela'', an adaptation of the Shakespearean tragedy of ''Romeo and Juliet''. She received a nomination in IIFA Best Supporting Actress category for the role. Chadda next appeared in Navneet Behal-directed 2014 film ''Tamanchey'' in the role of Babu, a criminal. It was screened out of competition at the 71st Venice International Film Festival. Her next movie was a biopic of Charles Sobhraj, ''Main Aur Charles''.

Critical and commercial success (2016–present)

In January 2016, Chadda appeared as a journalist in the social-drama ''Chalk n Duster''. She later appeared in ''Sarbjit'', a biographical-drama film based upon the life of Sarabjit Singh. She portrayed the role of Sukhpreet, and share screen alongside Aishwarya Rai and Randeep Hooda.

In 2017, Richa acted in an Indian web-series ''Inside Edge'', playing the lead character of a struggling actress. The series was positively received by both critics and audience. In the same year, '' Jia Aur Jia'' was released. The film received unfavorable reviews from critics and did not perform well at box office too. After that, she reprised her role as ''Bholi Punjaban'' in ''Fukrey Returns'', a sequel to 2013 film ''Fukrey''.

Richa Chadda worked in Sudhir Mishra's version of the ''Devdas'' saga, entitled '' Aur Devdas'' as Paro. Her much delayed film with Pooja Bhatt, ''Cabaret'', released on 9 January 2019. Chadda also worked for David Womark's Indo-American production ''Love Sonia''. The film had its world premiere at the London Indian Film Festival

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