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Richa Chadha

Actor

Richa Chadha

Born December 18, 1986 in Patna, Bihar, India31 films

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).

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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).

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Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 2 posterFirst watchGangs of Wasseypur - Part 220127.8as NagmaAfter the death of his father and brother Danish, Faizal Khan vows to take revenge by destroying Ramadhir Singh's gang.View film

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Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1 poster7.1Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 12012Masaan poster7.1Masaan2015Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela poster7.0Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela2013Section 375 poster7.5Section 3752019Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! poster7.0Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!2008Fukrey poster6.4Fukrey2013Fukrey Returns poster6.4Fukrey Returns2017

Filmography

31 films as actor
  1. TBAAbhi Toh Jung Hona Baaki Hai
  2. TBAUntitled Ali Fazal - Richa Chadha Film
  3. TBADelhi 2021
  4. 2023Fukrey 3Bholi Punjaban
  5. 2021Lahore ConfidentialAnanya
  6. 2021Madam Chief Minister
  7. 2020ShakeelaShakeela
  8. 202055 km/secSrishti
  9. 2020UnpausedDevika Khanna (segment "The Apartment")
  10. 2020GhoomketuPagaliya
  11. 2020PangaMeenu
  12. 2019Section 375Hiral Gandhi
  13. 2019CabaretRoza
  14. 2018IshqeriaKuhu
  15. 2018Love SoniaMadhuri
  16. 2018Daas DevParo
  17. 20183 Storeys
  18. 2017Fukrey ReturnsBholi Punjaban
  19. 2017Jia aur JiaJia
  20. 2016Raakh
  21. 2016SarbjitSukhpreet Kaur
  22. 2016Chalk N Duster
  23. 2015Main Aur CharlesMira Sharma
  24. 2015MasaanDevi Pathak
  25. 2014Tamanchey
  26. 2013Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-LeelaRaseela
  27. 2013FukreyBholi Punjaban
  28. 2012Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 2Nagma
  29. 2012Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1Nagma
  30. 2008Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!Dolly
  31. 2006Ahista AhistaInterviewer