Richa Panai

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Richa Panai
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Richa Panai ready for Traffic screening
Born24 February 1993
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
OccupationFilm actress
Years active2011–present
ParentShakuntla Panai
RelativesRavi Panai (brother)

Richa Panai is an actress who appears in Bollywood, Tollywood, Mollywood and various ads. [1] [2] Richa Panai came to prominence as a model in advertisements for the Indian jewellery company Bhima Jewellery. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

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Career

Richa was brought up in Lucknow. [9] Since her school days, she wanted to be an actress. After completing her 12th Standard she won the Miss Lucknow title after which she decided to get into modelling. [10] However, initial days of modelling was a struggle.

After she did a correspondence course and graduated from Delhi University, [10] she became an air hostess with Kingfisher Airlines. Jabbar Kalarakkal gave her first ad film. [10] She starred in a few Malayalam ads and soon, she made her film debut too. [11]

She made her debut in the 2011 Malayalam film Vaadamalli . In the same year, she starred in two other Malayalam films, Bangkok Summer and Sandwich opposite Unni Mukundan and Kunchako Boban respectively. Richa won the Asianet Film Awards for Best New Face of the Year '12 (Female).

She was next seen with Allari Naresh in her first Telugu film Yamudiki Mogudu . [9] She made her debut in Kannada film industry in 2015 and was cast along with Golden Star Ganesh in Buguri.[ citation needed ] She made her Bollywood debut with Traffic . Ensemble cast of Manoj Bajpayee , Jimmy Shergill , Divya Dutta and others. [12] She was also seen in Telugu movie, Eedu Gold Ehe , starring Sunil . [13]

She also filmed a multi cast Malayalam movie Crossroad (Lakehouse) that hit theaters in 2017.[ citation needed ]

Filmography

YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
2011 Vaadamalli Vrindha Malayalam Asianet Film Award for Best New Face of the Year - Female
Bangkok Summer GangaMalayalam
Sandwich ShruthiMalayalam
2012 Yamudiki Mogudu Yamaja Telugu Telugu debut
2013 Manasunu Maaya Seyake MythiliTeluguGuest Role
2014NayattuMalayalam
Second InningsMalayalam
Chandamama Kathalu HaseenaTelugu
2015 Lava Kusa SubbalaxmiTelugu
Buguri Nandini Kannada Kannada Debut
2016 Traffic ShwetaHindiHindi Debut
Eedu Gold Ehe SanjanaTelugu
2017Rakshaka BhatuduTelugu
Crossroad AimyMalayalam
2023 Circle Telugu

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