Rasika Dugal

Rasika Dugal is an Indian actress who is known for her roles in several Bollywood movies. Apart from this, she has starred in Indian-German drama film, Qissa and several Indian soap operas.[1][2]

Rasika Dugal
Rasika Dugal at the special screening of the web series Mirzapur
Born (1985-01-17) 17 January 1985
Jamshedpur, Bihar (Now in Jharkhand), India
Nationality Indian
Alma materFTII
Sophia Polytechnic
Lady Shri Ram College
Sacred Heart Convent School (Jamshedpur)
OccupationActress
Years active2007 - Present

Biography

Rasika Dugal was born in Circuit House Area, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand. She attained Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics in the year 2004 from Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Delhi. Subsequently, Dugal attended Sophia Polytechnic for a postgraduate diploma in "Social Communications Media" and FTII for attaining postgraduate diploma in "acting".[3] In 2010, Rasika Dugal married Indian actor Mukul Chadda.

Career

Rasika Dugal started appearing in Bollywood movies in 2007. She appeared in Anwar in a character role. She made her debut in Bollywood in the movie Tahaan in 2008. She did a cameo in famous web series by TVF Permanent Roommates Season 2 Episode 4 "The Dinner". She has also appeared as a lead actress in another of TVF's web series Humorously Yours (2017).[3]

She also appeared in YRF TV serial Kismat as Lubna opposite to Rahul Bagga.[4][5]

She did a cameo in the film Tu Hai Mera Sunday released in 2017 now available on Netflix which starred actors Barun Sobti, Vishal Malhotra, Shahana Goswami, Nakul Bhalla, Avinash Tiwary, Jay Upadhyay.

She won the Best Actor Award for her role in the film Hamid at Rajasthan International Film Festival.[6]

She stars in Mirzapur, a web television series on Amazon Prime Video as Beena Tripathi, Kaleen Bhaiya’s second wife and Munna’s stepmother.

She essays the role of Nutan Yadav, an ambitious politician's daughter willing to sacrifice his daughter's dreams for his political career, in Zoya Akhtar's web series Made in Heaven, released on Amazon Prime on March 8, 2019.

She portrays the role of young IPS officer named as Neeti Singh in Delhi Crime (TV series) released on Netflix on March 21, 2019.

Filmography

Films
TitleYearRoleNotesSource
Anwar2007Deepticharacter role[3]
No Smoking2007character role-[3]
Hijack2008Neha-[3][7]
Tahaan2008Nadira-[3][8]
Agyaat2009Sameera-[3]
Thanks Maa2010character role-[3][9]
Kshay2011Chhaya-[3][10]
Aurangzeb2013Trishla Phogat(Chhoti)
Qissa2015Neeli-[3][11]
Kammatti Paadam2016JuhiMalayalam Film
Manto2018Safia
Tu Hai Mera Sunday2017TasneemHindi Film
Once Again2018Sapna
Hamid2018IshratWon best actor award at RIFF[6]
Lootcase2020 Postponed due to coronavirus pandemic
Darbaan2020 Postponed due to coronavirus pandemic

Television
TitleFromToRole
Upanishad Ganga20082009Nati & Iravati
Powder20092010Rati
Rishta.com2009
Kismat20102011Lubna
Dariba Diaries2015presentZeenat
Devlok with Devdutt Pattanaik2016presentRasika Dugal (show Host)
P.O.W.- Bandi Yuddh Ke20162017Mrs. Shobha Vikram Singh
A Suitable Boy2020BBC One Tv series. Filming[12]

Web Series
TitleFromToRoleComments
Permanent Roommates20162016CameoSeason 2 Episode 4
Humorously Yours20162019Mrs. Kavya GoyalSeason 1 & 2 - All Episodes
The School Bag2016-Ammishort movie
Saheb, Biwi & Billi20172017Mrs. Kavya GoyalSketch
Chutney2017--Short movie
Mirzapur (Amazon)20182018Beena TripathiRegular
Made in Heaven20192019Nutan YadavEpisode 8-9
Delhi Crime (Netflix)20192019Neeti SinghRegular
Out of Love20192019Dr. Meera KapoorRegular

References
  1. "Nandita Das and Nawazuddin Siddiqui bring Mantoiyat to JNU".
  2. "IMDb profile". IMDb. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  3. "Profile". Official website. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  4. "Dariba Diaries". Indian Express. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  5. "Devlok with Devdutt Pattanaik". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  6. Taran Adarsh [@taran_adarsh] (30 January 2019). "Yoodlee Films' talked-about film #Hamid wins two prestigious awards at Rajasthan International Film Festival: Best Director Aijaz Khan and Best Actor Rasika Dugal. t.co/x0xWSgywiU" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. "Hijack". IMDb. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  8. "Tahaan". IMDb. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  9. "Thanks Maa". upperstall.com. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  10. "Kshay". Cine Vue. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  11. "Qissa". The Huffington post. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  12. "BBC - Cast announced for BBC One's A Suitable Boy, the first screen adaptation of Vikram Seth's classic novel - Media Centre". www.bbc.co.uk.
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