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Richa Ahuja is a former Indian actress. She has acted in
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,
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, English, and French films and plays.


Career

Richa is the daughter of
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-based vocalist and playwright,
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, and a Sindhi Hindu father. Richa Ahuja acted in several plays right from her childhood through her acting career on screen. She made her first film appearance in ''
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'' (1991), an experimental English film, which also marked the directorial debut of
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during his days as a student. She then moved on to perform in Hindi and English theatre as well as projects in Chennai, where she lived. She also trained under Ebrahim Alkazi, the founder of the National School of Drama New Delhi, when he formed the Living Theater Academy of Drama and featured in six of his productions. At the same time, she worked as a video jockey for Mirch Masala of Plus Channel, interviewing prominent actors such as
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and
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. Subsequently, she began to receive offers to play roles in Hindi televisions serials and appeared in ''Parampara'', ''Safar'', ''Sathya'' and '' Shanti''. She then got an offer for a Tamil serial, ''Suzhal'' and relocated to Chennai, after which she also featured in ''Oviyam'' and ''Panam Penn Pasam''. Richa had been looking to get a breakthrough in film roles, and an offer from
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also did not eventually materialize. She then appeared in her mother Sushma Ahuja's directorial venture, the 1998 romantic film ''
Uyirodu Uyiraga ''Uyirodu Uyiraga'' () is a 1998 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by Sushma Ahuja. The film stars Ajith Kumar and Richa Ahuja, while Sarath Babu, Srividya, Ambika, and Mohan Sharma play supporting roles. The musi ...
'', featuring Richa alongside
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. Richa took up the offer, after another popular actress had opted out of the role due to date issues.
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, with whom Sushma worked in the silent movie '' Pushpak'', encouraged Richa to take up this project. The film was reportedly based on a real event which had occurred in the early 1990s. The film released to positive reviews from film critics. A reviewer praised the film as "a clean movie with no masala stuff" but criticized the "weak story-line", while also praising the performances in the film. During a holiday to France, she became involved in a French adaptation of
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's play ''
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'' and subsequently learnt the language and appeared on stage for the play 45 times. She then relocated to France to feature in a film titled '' Le Mystère Parasuram'' (2000), which took almost two years in production. Despite the average success of her previous Tamil film, her next Tamil venture, Mani Ratnam's ''
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'' saw her feature alongside Madhavan and
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in a secondary supporting role. She had earlier been in touch with the production studio,
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, for a potential lead role.


Filmography


See also

* List of Indian actresses


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ahuja, Richa Living people 20th-century Indian actresses 21st-century Indian actresses Actresses from New Delhi Actresses in Hindi cinema Actresses in Hindi television Actresses in Tamil cinema Indian film actresses Indian stage actresses Indian television actresses Year of birth missing (living people)