Riya Deepsi is an Indian actress and model, known for her role as Gandhari in the TV series Mahabharata (2013). She has since appeared in many other TV series such as Razia Sultan (2015), Begusarai (2016), Porus (2017), etc. In 2018, she made her Bollywood debut with the film Bhagat Rao.
Wiki/Biography
Riya Deepsi was born on Sunday, May 19, 1996 (27 years old in 2023) and currently lives in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Riya Deepsi spent her childhood in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. In 2008, her father was transferred to Mumbai and she also moved there. She is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in filmmaking at Zee Institute of Media Arts (ZIMA), Mumbai.
appearance
Height (approximate): 5′ 5″
Hair color: Black
Eye color: Black
Family and caste
Parents and siblings
Riya Deepsi’s mother’s name is Rekha Singh Maurya. Her brother’s name is Rishabh Deep.
Riya Deepsi and her father
Riya Deepsi and her mother
Relationships, husbands and children
We know very little about her relationships.
Profession
television
Although Riya made her television debut in a brief cameo in the TV series Mata ki Chowki, she shot to fame after playing the role of Gandhari in the historical TV series Mahabharata (2013). In the Indian epic Mahabharata, Gandhari is a famous character who is the mother of 100 sons.
Riya Deepsi in Mahabharata
She gained immense popularity as one of the lead characters in the TV series Mahabharata (2013). After that, in 2015, she starred in another historical TV series Bharat Ka Veer Putra- Maharana Pratap, where she played the role of Salima Sultan Begum, the fourth wife of Mughal emperor Akbar. Later, in the same year, she played the role of Fatima in the period drama Razia Sultan.
Riya Deepsi in “Razia Sultan”
In 2016, she played the role of Soni Thakur in the show Begusarai. Later, she participated in the second and fourth seasons of BCL (Box Cricket League), an Indian sports reality TV show where celebrities compete against each other in the form of indoor cricket. In the second season, she was a player of the Chennai Swaggers Box Cricket League team, and in the fourth season, she was a member of the Goa Killers Box League team. In 2017, she was one of the protagonists of the show Porus, in which she played the role of “Barsine”, a captive of Alexander the Great.
Riya Deepsi in Porus
Movie
In 2018, Riya Deepsi made her film debut with the film Bhaagte Raho.
Riya Deepsi in Bhaagte Raho
OTT/Network Series
In 2019, she made her digital debut in the web series Be Safe, in which she played the role of Nidhi. After that, in 2020, she acted in another web series It Happened in Calcutta.
Riya Deepsi in Be Safe (2019)
Facts/Trivia
- Before entering the television industry, Riya was a theatre artist. She worked with the ‘Nadira Babbber Theatre Company’ for four years. Her experience in theatre helped her to play the role of ‘Gandharva’ in the TV series ‘Mahabharata’ (2013). Riya had to wear an eye patch to play the role of ‘Gandharva’, which restricted her expressions. In an interview, she said,
My family and friends all think my eyes are the most beautiful part of my face, so covering them is a real challenge for me. I have to control every expression through body language, mainly with my hands. But since I have a background in theatre and have been working with Nadira Babbber’s team for almost 4 years, I can pull this off.
- Riya Deepsi was just 17 years old when she made her debut in the TV series Mahabharata (2013). As Gandhari, she had to play the mother of a hundred sons. Although she was not old enough to play the role of Gandhari, she not only managed to perform successfully but also received great appreciation from the audience of the show. In an interview, she said:
I was like, I was only 17 years old, and the actor who played my son was 10 or 12 years older than me.”
- Ayushmann Khurrana and Vicky Kaushal are Riya’s favourite Bollywood actors.
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