Ridhima Ghosh

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Ridhima Ghosh
Born (1989-01-18) 18 January 1989 (age 35)
Other namesRidhi
Alma mater Loreto House
Bhawanipur Education Society College
Occupation Actress & Model
Years active2007–present
Known for Rang Milanti
Notable work Laptop
Byomkesh
Rajkahini
Mahanayak
Dwitiyo Purush
Nikhonj
Spouse(s) Gaurav Chakrabarty;(m. 28 November 2017)
ChildrenDheer
Relatives Sabyasachi Chakrabarty (father-in-law);
Mithu Chakrabarty (mother-in-law);
Arjun Chakrabarty (brother-in-law)

Ridhima Ghosh is an Indian Bengali film and television actress. She made her acting debut in the Bengali film Ratporir Rupkotha in 2007. In 2009, she made her television debut in Bengali TV serial Bou Kotha Kao aired in Star Jalsha. After that, she has acted in a number of Bengali films and Bengali TV serials like Rang Milanti , [1] Rajkahini [2] and Byomkesh.

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Personal life

Ridhima was born on 18 January 1989. [3] She married actor Gaurav Chakrabarty on 28 November 2017. [4] Their first film Rang Milanti was released in 2011. [5] Ridhima is the daughter-in-law of actor Sabyasachi Chakrabarty and actress Mithu Chakrabarty. Her brother-in-law is actor Arjun Chakrabarty. [6]

Career

Ridhima was first cast in a role in the Bengali film Raatporir Rupkotha in 2007. Her first TV series Bou Kotha Kao which was aired in TV channel Star Jalsha in 2009 and second film Friend was directed by Satabdi Roy, which was released in 2009. Her third film Amar Sangi brought her huge success which lasted for 13 weeks in cinemas. Her fourth film Rang Milanti , directed by Kaushik Ganguly that released in September 2011 to wide critical & commercial acclaim. [7] She also featured in the ensemble cast for Kaushik's movie Laptop which was selected for screening at Indian Panorama section of the 42nd International Film Festival of India at Goa (IFFI 2011:23 Nov.-3 Dec.). [8] The film also had an international premier at the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF 2011) where it competed for the Muhr AsiaAfrica Awards for feature films. [9] Her film Amar Bodyguard directed by Haranath Chakraborty, which ran for more than 150 days.

Her first appearance in television Bou Kotha Kao . Her second TV series Byomkesh was aired in Coloros Bangla where she played the role of Satyabati. Then last she has been seen in Mahanayak aired in Star Jalsha. [10]

Ridhima also became the first celebrity model for the first edition of the FFACE Calendar. [11]

Filmography

YearFilmDirectorRoleNotesCo-star
2007Raatporir RupkothaSanghamitra ChaudhuriDiaDebut Film Jackie Shroff, Indrani Halder & Koel Bandyopadhyay
2009Friend Satabdi Roy Dia Sabyasachi Chakrabarty
2009Amar SangiSubhah SenPriyaMainak Banarjee
2010Love ConnectionBiresh ChatterjeeRaiSunny
2011Piriti Kathaler AathaReshmi MitraMoonSourav
2011 Rang Milanti Kaushik Ganguly KamalikaHer first film with husband Gaurav Chakrabarty [12] Gaurav Chakrabarty, Saswata Chatterjee & Churni Ganguly
2012 Laptop Kaushik Ganguly RayaNational award-winning film Gaurav Chakrabarty & Arindam Sil
2012Hothat Sedin Basu Chatterjee Deepa Ferdous Ahmed
2013Bicycle KickDebasish Sen Sharma & Sumit DasMadhobilataSourav Bandyopadhyay
2013KidnapperRupak MajumdarKoel Samadarshi Dutta
2013 Amar Bodyguard Haranath Chakraborty AnkhiPratik
2013Aashbo Aar EkdinAbhijit Dasgupta & Arindam Sil Kuhu Gaurav Chakrabarty
2013 Half Serious Utsav MukherjeeTuli Saheb Bhattacharya
2014Aagun Joydip Mukherjee Dia Chowdhury Sabyasachi Chakrabarty, Rajatava Dutta, Arindam Sil, Abir Chatterjee & Gaurav Chakrabarty
2015Fakebook [13] Sanjoy BardhanPayel Gaurav Chakrabarty
2015 Rajkahini [14] Srijit Mukherjee Fatima/Shabnam Rituparna Sengupta
2018 Crisscross [15] [16] Birsa Dasgupta UrnaBased on Smaranjit Chakraborty's best seller Crisscross [17] Jaya Ahsan & Arjun Chakrabarty
2020 Dwitiyo Purush [18] Srijit Mukherjee AnkitaSpecial appearance; A sequel to Baishe Srabon and the second film Gaurav Chakrabarty
2023 Tenida and Company [19] Sayantan Ghosal AnweshaBased on Narayan Gangopadhyay's novel Jhau-Bunglowr Rahasya [20] Sabyasachi Chakrabarty & Mithu Chakrabarty
2023NikhnojAranyak ChatterjeeTanaya ZEE5 Release Soham Chakraborty, Somraj Maity & Sujoy Prasad
UpcomingPrantikAritra SenTBA Arjun Chakrabarty

Television

YearShowRoleChannelNotesCo-starProducer
2009-10 Bou Kotha Kao Neera (Female antagonist; later replaced by Parno Mitra) Star Jalsha TV series; first appearance on Television Manali Dey & Riju BiswasRavi Ojha
2014-2015 Byomkesh Satyabati (Lead role-Female) Colors Bangla TV series; based on the Bengali sleuth Byomkesh Bakshi created by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay Gaurav Chakrabarty [21] Rana Sarkar
2016 Mahanayak Urmila (Based on actress Sharmila Tagore & Mala Sinha) Star Jalsha TV series; loosely based on the life of megastar Uttam Kumar Prosenjit Chatterjee Shrikant Mohta & Mahendra Soni
2016JudhishthirSohini Roy (Lead role-Female) Zee Bangla Cinema Telefilm Indrasish Roy Zee Entertainment Enterprises
2016 Akash Choan [22] Nibedita (Lead role-Female) Zee Bangla Cinema Telefilm; based on Pracheta Gupta's short story Nadi Arjun Chakrabarty Zee Entertainment Enterprises
2019Jamai Elo Ghare [23] Tamosha (Lead role-Female) Zee Bangla Cinema Telefilm Sabyasachi Chakrabarty & Samadarshi Dutta Zee Entertainment Enterprises

Short films & web series

YearShowDirectorPlatformFormatRoleCo-starNotes
2017-2023 Byomkesh (S1-S8) [24] Sayantan Ghosal, Soumik Chattopadhyay, Soumik Halder, Sudipto RoyHoichoiWeb SeriesSatyabati Anirban Bhattacharya [25] [26] Based on the Bengali sleuth Byomkesh Bakshi created by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay
2018Shesh Theke Suru [27] Sayantan Ghosal HoichoiWeb Original FilmShirin Samadarshi Dutta
2018Oh! MotherShaket Banerjee Addatimes Web SeriesCatherine D'SouzaBibriti Chatterjee
2018The Big Bong Connection [28] Saptarshi Majumdar SonyLIV Web SeriesSnehaShamun Ahmed
2018The Poetic JusticeJayjit Banerjee YouTube Short FilmSoumi Saheb Bhattacharya
2019HumsafarMake My TripWeb Original Film Sayani Gupta, Sumeet Vyas
2019Bhalobashar Shohor (Pori)Aritra Sen, Rohan Ghosh & Nandini Kundu ZEE5 Web SeriesTorsha Gaurav Chakrabarty
2020 Mafia [29] Birsa Dasgupta ZEE5 Web SeriesPriyanka Anindita Bose, Namit Das & Ishaa Saha
2023 Seven [30] Anjan Dutt ZEE5 Web SeriesNamitaSuprabhat, Rahul, Ankita Chakraborty, Gaurav Chakrabarty & Anjan Dutt

TVCs

YearBrandDirectorCo-star
2017Kinnova Kitchen Chimney
2018 Myntra Indranil Roy Chowdhury Mithu Chakrabarty, Gaurav Chakrabarty, Arjun Chakrabarty & Sabyasachi Chakrabarty
2018Hiland Riverside Project Anindya Chatterjee Gaurav Chakrabarty
2020Sparkle Dishwash Sayantan Ghosal Gaurav Chakrabarty
2021Khadim India
2022Safed Detergent
2022Admission Tree Gaurav Chakrabarty

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryFilm/TV ShowResult
2021 Films and Frames Digital Film Awards Best Supporting Actor Female (OTT) Mafia Nominated

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