Neha Chauhan

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Neha Chauhan
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Neha Chauhan at the Love Sex Aur Dhokha bash
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Nationality Indian
Occupation Actress
Years active2010–present

Neha Chauhan is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films. She is best known for her appearances in the found-footage drama Love Sex Aur Dhokha (2010) and the Haryanvi-Hindi drama G Kutta Se (2015). [1]

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Early life

Neha was born in Nigeria and moved to Faridabad, India. Her father is from Bijnor and her mother is from Moradabad. She spent most of her life in Indore, Madhya Pradesh and moved to Mumbai to become a film director. [2]

Career

She debuted with the Bollywood film Love Sex Aur Dhokha (2010). She was cast after Dibakar Banerjee saw her in her brother's wedding video. Though Chauhan wanted to assist Banerjee, he chose her for the role of Rashmi. Besides, she also took on the role of assistant to the casting director of the film and auditioned her co-actors. [3] She was nominated for the Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance.

She made her Tamil film debut in the movie Yaan (2014). She worked in the Haryanvi Hindi bilingual G Kutta Se (2015), [4] which met with critical acclaim, praising her performance. [5] [6] She has appeared in the critically acclaimed English movie A Billion Colour Story (2014). She then starred in the web series It's Not That Simple (2016), Humorously Yours (2016), Shaitaan Haveli (2018), and Inside Edge (2019). She has also acted in the Telugu film Aaviri (2019). [7]

She plays the role of Kalpana Kaul in the web series Maharani . [8] Her highly acclaimed role came when she played Kamla Chowdhry in the web series Rocket Boys. [9] [10] [11]

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleLanguageNotesRef
2010 Love Sex Aur Dhokha RashmiHindiDebut
2013Geek OutThe girlEnglishShort
2014 Yaan IshaTamilTamil debut
2014 Yudh ArunaHindi Sony TV Series
2015 G Kutta Se KiranHaryanvi
Hindi
2016A Billion Colour StoryDivyaEnglish
Hindi
[12]
2018 Teen Paheliyan MonikaHindi anthology film Mirchi Malini
Hope Aur Hum Auto girlHindi
2019 Aaviri LeenaTeluguTelugu debut
2021 Kaagaz Journalist SoniaHindi

Web series

YearTitleRoleLanguagePlatformRef
2016 It's Not That Simple AnikaHindi Voot
2016Humorously YoursPrachiEnglish
Hindi
ZEE5
2018 Shaitaan Haveli PrarthanaHindi Amazon Prime Video
2019 Inside Edge ShikhaHindi
English
Amazon Prime Video
2021–present Maharani Kalpana KaulHindi SonyLIV
2022–2023 Rocket Boys Kamla Chowdhry Hindi SonyLIV

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