Acting
Dec 17, 1986
Patna, Bihar, India
Richa Chadha
Acting
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).
Feature Films (33)
Lovinder Singh, a thief now in custody and facing trial, reflects on his life of crime while the press reflect on how he managed to get away with so much before being arrested.
Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!
After the death of his father and brother Danish, Faizal Khan vows to take revenge by destroying Ramadhir Singh's gang.
Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 2
In the third installment, the Fukras plan to take over Delhi, and run for city elections. However, they have no money and so they take on an international job to make a quick buck, which changes their lives forever. In the first two films, we saw them using dreams, then premonitions to make money but now they’ve been gifted with a new & unique talent which is going to make them millionaires.
Fukrey 3
The paths of four dream-chasing college friends cross with an array of colourful characters, from a tough-talking Punjabi female don to a Jugaad Baaz college watchman. Mayhem ensues.
Fukrey
An aggressive, passionate acidic love story between two criminals whilst on the run from the law.
Tamanchey
Four lives intersect along the Ganges: a low caste boy in hopeless love, a daughter ridden with guilt of a sexual encounter ending in a tragedy, a hapless father with fading morality, and a spirited child yearning for a family, long to escape the moral constructs of a small-town.
Masaan
Shattered by his wife's murder, a man sets about to get his revenge from the man who raped and killed her.
Raakh
In the 1980s, Charles, an enigmatic con man and a vicious killer and Commisioner Amod Kanth are embroiled in a game of cat and mouse.
Main Aur Charles
Dev who takes control of his own life gets addicted to drugs and alcohol and eventually becomes hungry for power.
Daas Dev
Chalk n Duster is an emotional journey of two teachers Vidya ( Shabana Azmi) & Jyoti ( Juhi Chawla) , serving at a Mumbai - based High School. Their passion and love for teaching, bonds them in a special relationship with their students. Their gratification is good grades, moral values they strive to impart to students
Chalk N Duster
Cabaret is an Indian romantic dance film directed by Kaustav Narayan Niyogi and produced by Pooja Bhatt and Bhushan Kumar under the banner of Fisheye Network private limited.
Cabaret
In 1970s India, Sardar Khan vows to take revenge on the man who killed his father decades earlier.
Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1
Television & Series (16)
Set in the cold winter of Himalayas, Candy revolves around a horrific murder mystery of a high-school student which forces an agonized teacher and a crooked cop to bury their differences and hunt down the killer.
Candy
From pulling off casting coups to calming celebrity egos, the drama never stops for four Mumbai talent agents hustling to save their sinking company.
Call My Agent Bollywood
From pulling off casting coups to calming celebrity egos, the drama never stops for four Mumbai talent agents hustling to save their sinking company.
Call My Agent Bollywood
From pulling off casting coups to calming celebrity egos, the drama never stops for four Mumbai talent agents hustling to save their sinking company.
Call My Agent Bollywood
Vikrant aka Vicky Rai, industrialist with a Casanova lifestyle, is killed at his own party to celebrate his acquittal in the rape and murder of two young girls. His father, Jagannath Rai, who is also the Home Minister of Chhattisgarh, demands a CBI inquiry. Officers Suraj Yadav and Sudha Bharadwaj lead the investigation following six suspects.
