Bhumika Chawla (born Rachna Chawla; 21 August 1978) is an Indian actress and former model known for her work predominantly in Telugu,

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and

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films. She began her acting career with the Telugu film ''

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'' (2000) and then seen in '' Kushi'' for which she won

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. Chawla is the recipient of one Filmfare Awards South, and SIIMA Award. She made her debut in Hindi Cinema with the romantic tragedy film ''

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'' (2003) which was huge critical and commercial success and earned her Zee Cine Award Best Female Debut. Chawla then subsequently appeared in several successful films including ''

Dil Ne Jise Apna Kahaa ''Dil Ne Jise Apna Kahaa'' () is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language film starring Salman Khan, Preity Zinta, Bhumika Chawla, Delnaaz Paul, Riya Sen and Helen (dancer), Helen. It is a remake of the American film ''Return to Me'' (2000). Plot ''Di ...

'' (2004), ''

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'' (2007) and ''

Middle Class Abbayi ''Middle Class Abbayi'' (), also known as ''MCA'', is a 2017 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film written and directed by Venu Sriram, Hrishikesh Bhargava and produced by Dil Raju. The film stars Nani, Sai Pallavi and Bhumika Chawla. Dev ...

'' (2017).

Early life

Chawla was born in a Punjabi family in

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, India and completed her schooling there. Her father is a retired Army officer. Bhumika has two siblings, an elder brother and sister. She moved to

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in 1997 and started her career with Ad films and Hindi music video albums. She appeared in the Zee TV series '' Hip Hip Hurray and Star Best Sellers - Fursat Mein''.

Career

Chawla started off her film career in the Telugu film industry, starring in the feature film ''

'' (2000) alongside actor

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. Her second release, '' Kushi'' (2001), in which she starred opposite

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was a box office success, winning her the

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following which she acted in several films in Telugu, including ''

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'' (2003) opposite

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and '' Simhadri'' (2003) opposite Jr. NTR, which became two of the year's highest grossers in Telugu. Meanwhile, she made her debut in the Tamil film industry as well, starring in the film '' Badri'' (2001) opposite actor Vijay, which was followed by her second Tamil film ''

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'' (2002). Her performance in

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(2003), as a businesswoman with

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, was applauded. She was nominated for the FilmfareAward for Best Actress – Telugu and won the

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. After a number of critically and commercially successful films in the South, Chawla starred in her first

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film, ''

'' (2003), alongside

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. The film was one of the year's highest grossers. It was a critical success and her performance in the film won her many positive notices as well as several nominations for Best Debut at different award ceremonies. She was nominated for her first Filmfare Best Actress Award and won the Best Debut trophy at the

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ceremony. Subsequently, she starred in a number of Hindi films including '' Run'' (2004), a remake of the same-named Tamil film, ''

'' (2004), again opposite

, '' Silsilay'' (2005) and '' Dil Jo Bhi Kahey...'' (2005) alongside Amitabh Bachchan. She returned to Telugu, acting in the films '' Naa Autograph'' (2004) (a remake of the Tamil film ''

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'') and ''

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'', alongside

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and

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. While Chawla's performance in the former won her accolades and the CineMAA Jury Award for Best Actress, the latter became a super hit film. In 2006, Chawla appeared in the Tamil film '' Sillunu Oru Kaadhal'', alongside real-life couple Surya and

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which became a big hit worldwide, while playing a vital role in the Hindi film '' Family - Ties of Blood'', in which she shared screen space with Amitabh Bachchan and

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, and starring in the Telugu fantasy film, ''

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''. Following this, she acted in the Hindi film ''

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'' as Gulab Gandhi and played the title roles in the Telugu films Sathyabhama, in which she played a woman who has

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, and ''

'', a

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, and in the

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, Gangotri (2007 film), a sequel to the successful 2006 Bhojpuri film '' Ganga'', acting again alongside Amitabh Bachchan. Her performance in

(2007), as an

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who covers the case of a

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, received critical acclaim. She was nominated for the

and won the Santosham Best Actress Award. In 2008, she made her debut in the

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, starring in '' Yaariyan'', opposite

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, following which she debuted in

as well, starring in '' Bhramaram'' alongside

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. Currently, she is working on half-a-dozen films in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi, which include Thangar Bachan's ''

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'' opposite

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in Tamil, '' Yagam'' alongside

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in Telugu . She also appeared in the 2016 movie M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story. She portrayed the character of MS dhoni's sister in the movie. She has done MCA in Telugu in the year 2017 for which she got the Best Supporting Actress SIIMA and Zee Apsara Best Supporting Actress. She also appeared in Telugu - Tamil U Turn which got great reviews. She marked her debut in Web Series with Bhram in 2018 alongside Kalki Koechlin and Sanjay Suri. She is currently working in two Telugu films, Seetimaar and Idhe Maa Katha and Operation Majnu, which are due for release in 2021. Chawla will be next seen in her upcoming sports action movie '

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'. Directed by

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. The movie star cast also includes Gopichand,

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, Digangana Suryavanshi.

Personal life

Chawla married her long-time boyfriend and

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teacher Bharat Thakur on 21 October 2007 at Devlali,

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in a Gurdwara. She went regularly to Thakur's courses and is said to have dated him for four years before marrying him. The couple has a son born in February 2014.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

, - , 2001 , '' Kushi'' ,

, , - , 2003 , ''

'' ,

, , - , 2003 , ''

'' ,

, , - , 2003 , ''

'' , Zee Cine Award for Best Female Debut , , - , 2003 , ''

'' ,

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, , - , 2003 , ''

'' , Star Screen Award for Best Actress , , - , 2006 , '' Sillunu Oru Kaadhal'' , Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Tamil , , - , 2007 , ''

'' ,

, , - , 2007 , ''

'' , Santosham Film Awards for Best Actress , , - , 2007 , '' Sathyabhama'' ,

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, , - , 2017 , '' MCA'' , Zee Telugu Apsara Awards 2018 for Best Supporting Actress , , - , 2018 , '' MCA'' , Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress - Telugu , , - , 2018 , '' MCA'' , SIIMA Award for Best Supporting Actress (Telugu) ,

References

External links

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