Pratibha Ranta

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Pratibha Ranta
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Ranta in 2024
Born (2000-12-17) 17 December 2000 (age 23)
Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India
Alma mater Convent of Jesus and Mary
Usha Pravin Gandhi College of Management
Occupation
  • Actress
Years active2020–present
RelativesAbha Ranta (sister) [1]

Pratibha Ranta (born 17 December 2000) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films and television. Ranta made her acting debut with the television show Qurbaan Hua (2020-2021). She has since starred in her film debut, Laapataa Ladies (2024) and the web series Heeramandi (2024). [2]

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Early life

Ranta was born on 17 December 2000 in a Pahari Rajput family hailing from Tikkar in Shimla district of Himachal Pradesh. She later shifted to Shimla for her education. [3] [4] She did her schooling at the Convent of Jesus and Mary, Chelsea, Shimla and graduated in filmmaking from Usha Pravin Gandhi College of Management in Mumbai.

Career

Ranta made her acting debut in 2020 with Qurbaan Hua , where she played Chahat Baig Bhatt Dhyani opposite Karan Jotwani. The series ended in 2021. [5] [6] Following this, she made her web debut with Aadha Ishq , where she played Rene Bhardwaj opposite Darsheel Safary and Gaurav Arora. [7] In her review for Times of India , Archika Khurana praised her performance but found her character to be "cliched" and "confusing". [8]

Ranta made her film debut in 2024, with Laapataa Ladies , where she played a swapped bride Jaya / Pushpa. The film was released in India in 2024. [9] [10] Saibal Chatterjee termed her a "show-stealer", while Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express noted, "The more worldly-wise yet not-as-independent-as-she-would-like-to-be Ranta, who has the more difficult role to pull off, wins the day." [11] [12] In the same year, she played Shama, a courtesan's daughter, in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's series Heeramandi . [13] Bollywood Hungama stated that Ranta doesn't have "much to do". [14]

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2024 Laapataa Ladies Jaya Singh / Pushpa Rani [a] [15]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2020–2021 Qurbaan Hua Chahat Baig Bhatt Dhyani [16]
2022 Aadha Ishq Rene Bhardwaj [17]
2024 Heeramandi Shama [18]

Music videos

YearTitleSinger(s)Ref.
2024"Saccha Wala Pyaar" Tulsi Kumar, Vishal Mishra [19]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef
2024 Indian Film Festival of Melbourne Best Actress Laapataa Ladies Nominated [20] [21]

Notes

  1. ↑ Ranta played a single character with two names.

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