Richa Chadha
Born: 1986-12-18 in Patna, Bihar, India
Known For: 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).
Filmography
2025
- Secret of a Mountain Serpent ... (Producer)
2024
- The Great Indian Kapil Show as Self
- Girls Will Be Girls ... (Producer)
- Heeramandi as Lajjo
2023
- Fukrey 3 as Bholi Punjaban
- Charlie Chopra And The Mystery Of Solang Valley as Dolly Chopra (Charlie's Mother)
2022
- The Great Indian Murder as Sudha Bharadwaj
- Farzi Mushaira
2021
- Madam Chief Minister
- Lahore Confidential as Ananya
- Call My Agent Bollywood as Special Appearance
- Candy as Ratna Sankhwar
2020
2019
- Section 375 as Hiral Gandhi
- Cabaret as Roza
- One Mic Stand as Herself
2018
- Love Sonia as Madhuri
- 3 Storeys
- Daas Dev as Paro
- Ishqeria as Kuhu
2017
- Fukrey Returns as Bholi Punjaban
- The Drama Company as Self
- Inside Edge as Zarina Malik
- Jia aur Jia as Jia
2016
- The Kapil Sharma Show as Herself
- Raakh
- Sarbjit as Sukhpreet Kaur
- Chalk N Duster
2015
- Masaan as Devi Pathak
- Comedy Nights Bachao as Self
- Main Aur Charles as Mira Sharma
2014
- Son of Abish as Herself
- Tamanchey
2013
- Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela as Raseela
- Fukrey as Bholi Punjaban
- Gangs of Wasseypur - Making Uncut - The Roots of Revenge from Wasseypur as Self
2012
- Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1 as Nagma
- Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 2 as Nagma
2008
- Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! as Dolly
2006
- Ahista Ahista as Interviewer