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Richa Chadha

Richa Chadha

Actor · Born December 18, 1986 (39) · Patna, Bihar, India

Richa Chadda is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films. After debuting with a bit role in the comedy film Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! (2008), she worked as a supporting actress in several films. Her major breakthrough was a supporting role in the film noir gangster saga Gangs of Wasseypur (2012), where her role as the bellicose and extremely foul-tongued wife of a gangster earned her a Filmfare award. Her sole foray into mainstream cinema has been as a supporting character in Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram-Leela (2013). In 2015, Chadda made her debut in a leading role with the drama Masaan, playing a girl caught after indulging in casual sex. The film got a standing ovation when screened at the Cannes film festival. The film has been cited as a milestone in Chadda's career and through it she is said to have created a niche for herself in the Hindi film industry. Chadda has also worked in theatre, essaying the role of a married Delhi-based woman in Trivial Disasters (2014).

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
December 18, 1986 (39)
From
Patna, Bihar, India
Works as
Actor
Titles
19 on MovieCove · 41 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 64 days to Oct 27Up 18% in 30 days

What are Richa Chadha's films like?

Across their 19 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 16 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

A split, not a type: Light 6 · Serious 2 · Dark 8

A split, not a type: Grounded 11 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 2

A split, not a type: Gentle 5 · Charged 4 · Intense 7

A split, not a type: Steady 7 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 4

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 10 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 5

Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 10 · Relentless 2

Casual 6 · Engaged 7 · Full focus 3

A split, not a type: Easy watch 6 · Affecting 5 · Heavy 5

Resolved 12 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

15 analyzed roles

Usually the Shapeshifter: 4 of 15 analyzed roles.

Shapeshifter
4 of 15
Hero
4 of 15
Ally
3 of 15
Shadow
2 of 15
Herald
1 of 15
Threshold guardian
1 of 15
Show the 15 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
11
Melancholic
7
Joyful
5
Romantic
5
Absurd
4
Other
16

How their films end · 8 with a twist

  • Happy6
  • Bittersweet8
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous2
  • Cyclical1
  • Other1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Richa Chadha's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 13 of their 19 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Subscription and free streaming for Richa Chadha's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

41 credits, 19 with a MovieCove page; 8 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Secret of a Mountain Serpent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Producer

  • Girls Will Be Girls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Producer

  • Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar(2024)

    Show 8 episodes · as Lajjo

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows
  • Fukrey 3(2023)

    as Bholi Punjaban

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
  • Charlie Chopra & the Mystery of Solang Valley (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 1 episode · as Lovely Chopra

  • Farzi Mushaira (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

  • The Great Indian Murder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 9 episodes · as Sudha Bharadwaj

  • Call My Agent Bollywood(2021)

    Show 6 episodes · as Richa Chada · as Richa Chadha · as Special Appearance

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows
  • Candy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 8 episodes · as Ratna Sankhwar

  • Lahore Confidential (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as Ananya

  • Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
  • Shakeela (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as Shakeela

  • 55 km/sec (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as Srishti

  • Unpaused(2020)

    as Devika Khanna (segment "The Apartment")

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
  • Ghoomketu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as Pagaliya

  • Panga(2020)

    as Meenu

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
  • Section 375(2019)

    as Hiral Gandhi

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
  • Cabaret(2019)

    as Roza

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
  • Ishqeria(2018)

    as Kuhu

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
  • Love Sonia(2018)

    as Madhuri

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
  • Daas Dev (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Paro

  • 3 Storeys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Actor

  • Fukrey Returns(2017)

    as Bholi Punjaban

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
  • Jia aur Jia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Jia

  • Inside Edge(2017)

    Show 21 episodes · as Zarina Malik

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
  • Raakh (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Actor

  • Sarbjit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Sukhpreet Kaur

  • Chalk N Duster (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Actor

  • Main Aur Charles(2015)

    as Mira Sharma

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
  • Masaan(2015)

    as Devi Pathak

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
  • Fukrey(2013)

    as Bholi Punjaban

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
  • Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Nagma

  • Gangs of Wasseypur(2012)

    as Nagma

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
  • Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!(2008)

    as Dolly

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
  • Ahista Ahista (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Interviewer

  • Abhi Toh Jung Hona Baaki Hai (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Delhi 2021 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • The Last of Them Plagues (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Untitled Ali Fazal - Richa Chadha Film (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 96th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 41 titles, 37 of them dated from 2006 to 2025; peak year 2012.

Film career

20062025

Peak 2012 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 4 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 2008Screen debut· Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!
  • 2015First top-billed film· Masaan
  • 2015Career best· Masaan
  • 2017Career best· Inside Edge

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting38 of 41: 38 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score72ndProducing3 of 41: 3 only producing, 0 with another role

By decade

2000s2 · acting2010s19 · acting2020s16 · 14 acting · 2 crew

Billing

usually 3rd · top billed in 9% of 11 roles

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.

How do Richa Chadha's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 74th percentile, the median of all 16; across their 16 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 71st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

71stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 16

Approval · how many liked their films

77thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 16

Reach · how many have seen their films

67thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 16

Midcredits score across 19 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up9
  • 50th to 74th3
  • 25th to 49th4
  • Below 25th3

Reviewers score the acting 73/100 in their films, across 16 reviewed titles; fans 83, detractors 45. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Richa Chadha's work okay for kids?

Across up to 11 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity, profanity and alcohol & drugs run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore7 titles29–93 · median 44 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity11 titles20–60 · median 47 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity8 titles21–89 · median 52 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs7 titles25–85 · median 48 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense6 titles36–70 · median 48 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Richa Chadha work with?

People who share at least 2 of Richa Chadha's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Pankaj Tripathi shares the most, 5.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers

Producers

Mixed roles