Richa Chadda is an Indian actress and model. She is also popularly known as “The Fire Lady”. She has played various roles in many movies including Gangs of Wasseypur, Masaan, Fokre, etc.
Wiki/Biography
Richa Chadda was born on 28 December 1988 in Amritsar, Punjab (35 years old as of 2023). Her zodiac sign is Capricorn.
Richard Chadha as a child
She went to school at Sardar Patel Vidyalaya in New Delhi. She received her bachelor’s degree from St. Stephen’s College, New Delhi. She then pursued a diploma course in social communication and media from Sophia College, Mumbai.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′ 5″
Weight (approximately): 60kg
Body measurements (approximately): 34-26-35
Eye color: dark brown
Hair color: black
physical modification
On Valentine’s Day 2022, she posted a video on Instagram in which she talked about “body positivity.” In the video message, she also revealed that she had lost 15 kilograms. Earlier, in 2020, she gained 15 kg for the Bollywood film Shakira.
Richa Chadda posts about her weight loss on Instagram
family
Parents and siblings
Richa Chadda’s father Somesh Chadda is a businessman and her mother Kusum Chadda is a professor at Delhi University. She has four brothers and one sister.
Richa Chadda with her father, uncle and brother in a village
Richa Chadha’s mother and her aunt
Richa Chadda and her brothers
Richa Chadda and her sister
husband
She married her long-time boyfriend Ali Fazal in Lucknow on October 4, 2022.
Ali Fazal and Richa Chadda wedding photos
Relationships/Affairs
She was romantically involved with Nikhil Dwivedi (Indian actor) and Franck Gastambide (French actor).
Richa Chadda and Nikhil Dwivedi
Richa Chadda and Franck Gastambide
She then broke up with Frank Gastambide and began dating actor Ali Fazal.
Richa Chadda and Ali Fazal
Profession
She began her career as a model and then moved to theater. In 2008, she made her Bollywood debut with the movie “Oye Lucky!” Lucky Oye! “
She made her Kannada film debut with the film Nirdoshi (2010).
She made her breakthrough with the film Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1 (2012), in which she played a pivotal role as ‘Nagma Khatoon’.
She is the heroine of the 2015 Indo-French film Masaan. The film was screened at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.
dispute
- Richa Chadda was once detained at Delhi airport for two hours for carrying skin care products.
- She was brutally attacked on Twitter when she spoke about Narendra Modi’s #SelfieWithDaughter initiative in an interview. She has said that women’s issues cannot be solved through selfies alone, for which she received some hateful comments from Modi fans.
- She was at the center of controversy in November 2022 when she responded to a statement on Twitter by Northern Army Command Lieutenant General Upendra Dwivedi and wrote “Galwan hello”. Her tweet came after Dwivedi commented on Defense Minister Rajnath Singh’s remarks on taking back Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). Although she later deleted her tweet and shared her apology on social media, many people, including Bollywood celebrities like Akshay Kumar, Kai Kay Menon and Luv Sinha, all condemned her tweet.
Richa Chadha’s Galwan tweets
car collection
She owns a Mercedes-Benz GLE purchased in 2017 and an Audi A4.
Richa Chadda and her Mercedes Benz
Favorites
- Food: Biryani, Papad, Idli, Dosa, Poha
- Book: “A Unique New Framework for Industry Disruption of Norms: The Untold Stories of 20 Brands That Are Doing Best” by Anisha Motwani
fact
- When she was six, her mother enrolled her in a Kathak class.
Richa Chadda in Kathak costume
- Her maternal grandfather, Lieutenant Colonel Dharamvir Prasad, was an Indian freedom fighter who became a surgeon in the Indian Army after India’s independence.
Richa Chadha’s maternal grandfather Lieutenant Colonel Dharamvir Prasad is treating a patient
- Her family was a victim of the Khalistan riots and had to migrate to Delhi.
- She has performed in theaters in India and Pakistan.
- She received theater training from the famous British-born Indian theater director Barry Jones.
- Richha wrote and directed Rooted In Hope (2006), a 20-minute documentary.
- In 2008, she participated in the Gladrags supermodel competition.
- Before starting her acting career, she worked as a writer for a magazine.
- Abhay Deol was interviewed by the actor ahead of the release of her film Ahista Ahista (2006).
- In 2013, she won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress for the film Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1.
- Richa is a pet lover and has two pet cats at home – Kamlu and Jugni.
Richa Chadda’s pet cat – Kamli
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