Richa Panai

Richa Panai (born 24 February 1993) is an air hostess for Kingfisher Airlines, and an actress who appears in Bollywood, Tollywood, Mollywood and various ads.[1][2] Richa Panai came to prominence as a model in advertisements for the Indian jewellery company Bhima Jewellery.[3][4][5][6][7][8]

Richa Panai
Richa Panai ready for Traffic screening
Born
Richa Panai
OccupationFilm actress
Years active2011–present
Parent(s)Shakuntla Panai
RelativesRavi Panai (brother)

Career

Richa was born 24 February 1993 and brought up in Lucknow belongs to Uttarakhand.[9] Since her school days when she was studying at Hindustan Aeronautics Limited School, Lucknow, she wanted to be an actress. After completing her 12th Standard she won the Miss Lucknow title after which she decided to get into modelling.[10] However, her journey to the modelling world was a struggle because of her conservative background and her family's reservations on the showbiz industry.

After she did a correspondence course and graduated from Delhi University,[10] she became an air hostess with Kingfisher and was simultaneously looking out for modelling assignments. Jabbar Kalarakkal gave her first ad film.[10] She starred in a few Malayalam ads and soon, she made her film debut too.[11]

She made her debut in the 2011 Malayalam film Vaadamalli. In the same year, she starred in two other Malayalam films, Bangkok Summer and Sandwich opposite Unni Mukundan and Kunchako Boban respectively. Richa won the Asianet Film Awards for Best New Face of the Year '12 (Female).

She was next seen with Allari Naresh in her first Telugu film Yamudiki Mogudu.[9]

She made her debut in Kannada film industry in 2015 and was cast along with Golden Star Ganesh in Buguri.[12]

She made her Bollywood debut with Traffic that released on 6 May 2016 alongside the Ensemble cast of Manoj Bajpayee, Jimmy Shergill, Divya Dutta and others.[13]

She was also seen in Telugu movie, Eedu Gold Ehe, starring Sunil.[14]

She also filmed a multi cast Malayalam movie Crossroad (Lakehouse) that hit theaters in 2017.[15]

Filmography
YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
2011VaadamalliVrindhaMalayalamAsianet Film Award for Best New Face of the Year - Female
2011Bangkok SummerGangaMalayalam
2011SandwichShruthiMalayalam
2012Yamudiki MoguduYamajaTelugu
2013Manasunu Maaya SeyakeMythiliTeluguGuest Role
2014Chandamama KathaluHaseenaTelugu
2015Lava KusaSubbalaxmiTelugu
2015BuguriNandiniKannada
2016TrafficShwetaHindi
2016Eedu Gold EheTelugu
2017 Rakshaka Bhatudu Telugu
2017Crossroad (Lakehouse)AimyMalayalam
2018NayattuMalayalamFilming
2018Second InningsMalayalamFilming

References
  1. "Richa Panai to make her Bollywood debut". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  2. "News: India News, Latest Bollywood News, Sports News, Business & Political News, National & International News". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  3. "I'm not just another pretty face: Richa Panai". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  4. "New girl Richa Panai in T-town". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  5. "Richa Panai is taking a short break". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  6. "Actor Richa Panai at a fashion event in Kochi". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  7. "Richa Panai's new act". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  8. "Richa Panai to woo Kollywood". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  9. "I'm in love with this industry". The Hindu. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  10. "Richa heads to Bollywood". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  11. "New girl Richa Panai in T-town". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
  12. "Buguri (2015) - Buguri Kannada Movie - Buguri Review, Cast & Crew, Release Date, Photos, Videos". FilmiBeat.com. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  13. "'Traffic' trailer will leave you on the edge". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  14. "Sushma Raj, Richa Panai to join Sunil in 'Eedu Gold Ehe'". News18.com. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  15. "Crossroad Malayalam Movie (2017)". 22 October 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
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