Richa Chadha
- Acting
- December 18, 1986 · Patna, Bihar, India
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: The Diamond Bazaar · Lajjo
- Conan O'Brien Must Go · Self
- 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, Richa Chada
- 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 · Self
- 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 · Self
- 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
- Untitled Ali Fazal - Richa Chadha Film
- Delhi 2021
- The Last of Them Plagues · Producer