Megha Chowdhury is an Indian actress who has worked in
Bengali
Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to:
*something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia
* Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region
* Bengali language, the language they speak
** Bengali alphabet, the ...
,
Telugu
Telugu may refer to:
* Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India
*Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India
* Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language
** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode
S ...
, and
Tamil
Tamil may refer to:
* Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia
** Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils
**Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia
* Tamil language, nati ...
-language films.
Career
Chowdhury began her career as an assistant director for ''
Haseena Parkar
''Haseena Parker'' is a 2017 Indian biographical crime film directed by Apoorva Lakhia and produced by Nahid Khan. The principal signing of the film began in February 2016 and the shooting started on 11 October 2016. The film is based on Dawoo ...
'' (2017) when she was sixteen years old and went on to work as a casting assistant for ''
M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story'' (2016).
She made her film debut with the Bengali film ''Amar Prem'' in 2016.
In 2018, she was cast in
Bala
Bala may refer to:
Places
India
*Bala, India, a village in Allahabad, India
* Bala, Ahor, a village in the Jalore district of Rajasthan
* Bala, Raebareli, a village in Uttar Pradesh, India
Romania
* Bala, Mehedinți, a commune in Mehedinţi ...
's ''
Varmaa'', the Tamil-language remake of ''
Arjun Reddy
''Arjun Reddy'' is a 2017 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film written and directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga, and produced by his brother Pranay Reddy Vanga's company Bhadrakali Pictures. It stars Vijay Deverakonda and Shalini Pandey whil ...
'' (2017). However, the film faced issues and was
reshot with a new cast without Chowdhury's involvement.
She made her Telugu debut with the thriller ''
Marshal'' in which she portrayed a journalist.
Regarding her performance, a critic noted that "Debut actress Megha Chowdary doesn't get scope to perform and she seems to be there just for the glamour quotient". That same year, she starred in the Telugu film ''
Oorantha Anukuntunnaru
''Oorantha Anukuntunnaru'' is a 2019 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film directed by Balaji Sanala and starring Nawin Vijay Krishna, Srinivas Avasarala, Megha Chowdhury, and Sophia Singh.
Plot
Cast
Production
Actor Naresh's son ...
'' and played a
girl next door
The girl next door is a young female stock character who is often used in romantic stories. She is so named because she often lives next door to the protagonist or is a childhood friend. They start out with a mutual friendship that later ofte ...
.
Two years after completion, ''Varmaa'' was released on 6 October 2020 on
over-the-top
An over-the-top (OTT) media service is a media service offered directly to viewers via the Internet. OTT bypasses cable, broadcast, and satellite television platforms: the types of companies that traditionally act as controllers or distributors ...
(OTT) platforms to negative reviews from critics. Regarding her role in the film, M. Suganth of ''
The Times of India
''The Times of India'', also known by its abbreviation ''TOI'', is an Indian English language, English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group. It is the List of newspapers in India by circulation, t ...
'' stated, "Megha Chowdhury is entirely miscast and there is zero chemistry between her and Dhruv".
Filmography
References
External links
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chowdhury, Megha
Actresses in Bengali cinema
Actresses in Tamil cinema
Actresses in Telugu cinema
Living people
People from West Bengal
Year of birth missing (living people)