Known For
Acting
Born
Dec 18, 1986
Place of Birth
Patna, Bihar, India
Credits
46 titles
Richa Chadha
Biography
Richa Chadda is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films. After debuting with a bit role in the comedy film Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! (2008), she worked as a supporting actress in several films. Her major breakthrough was a supporting role in the film noir gangster saga Gangs of Wasseypur (2012), where her role as the bellicose and extremely foul-tongued wife of a gangster earned her a Filmfare award. Her sole foray into mainstream cinema has been as a supporting character in Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram-Leela (2013). In 2015, Chadda made her debut in a leading role with the drama Masaan, playing a girl caught after indulging in casual sex. The film got a standing ovation when screened at the Cannes film festival. The film has been cited as a milestone in Chadda's career and through it she is said to have created a niche for herself in the Hindi film industry. Chadda has also worked in theatre, essaying the role of a married Delhi-based woman in Trivial Disasters (2014).
Known For
Filmography
Secret of a Mountain Serpent
Producer
Girls Will Be Girls
Producer
Heeramandi
Lajjo
The Great Indian Kapil Show
Self
Fukrey 3
Bholi Punjaban
Charlie Chopra & the Mystery of Solang Valley
Lovely Chopra
Farzi Mushaira
The Great Indian Murder
Sudha Bharadwaj
Call My Agent Bollywood
Special Appearance
Candy
Ratna Sankhwar
Lahore Confidential
Ananya
Madam Chief Minister
Shakeela
Shakeela
55 km/sec
Srishti
Unpaused
Devika Khanna (segment "The Apartment")
Ghoomketu
Pagaliya
Panga
Meenu
One Mic Stand
Herself
Section 375
Hiral Gandhi
Cabaret
Roza
Ishqeria
Kuhu
Love Sonia
Madhuri
Daas Dev
Paro
3 Storeys
Fukrey Returns
Bholi Punjaban
Jia aur Jia
Jia
The Drama Company
Self
Inside Edge
Zarina Malik
Raakh
Sarbjit
Sukhpreet Kaur
The Kapil Sharma Show
Self
Chalk N Duster
Main Aur Charles
Mira Sharma
Comedy Nights Bachao
Self
Masaan
Devi Pathak
Tamanchey
Son of Abish
Herself
Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela
Raseela
Fukrey
Bholi Punjaban
Gangs of Wasseypur - Making Uncut - The Roots of Revenge from Wasseypur
Self
Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 2
Nagma
Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1
Nagma
Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!
Dolly
Ahista Ahista
Interviewer
Abhi Toh Jung Hona Baaki Hai
The Last of Them Plagues
Producer