Richa Chadha
Actor
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).
Filmography
Masaan
as Devi Pathak 2015
Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela
as Raseela 2013
Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 2
as Nagma 2012
Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!
as Dolly 2008
Fukrey
as Bholi Punjaban 2013
Section 375
as Hiral Gandhi 2019
Fukrey Returns
as Bholi Punjaban 2017
Sarbjit
as Sukhpreet Kaur 2016
Love Sonia
as Madhuri 2018
Panga
as Meenu 2020
Fukrey 3
as Bholi Punjaban 2023
Unpaused
as Devika Khanna (segment "The Apartment") 2020
Main Aur Charles
as Mira Sharma 2015
Madam Chief Minister
2021
Ghoomketu
as Pagaliya 2020
Ahista Ahista
as Interviewer 2006