Cast & creator
Richa Chadha
Best known for The Kapil Sharma Show, The Great Indian Kapil Show, Comedy Nights Bachao
Richa Chadda is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films. After debuting with a bit role in the comedy film Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! (2008), she worked as a supporting actress in several films. Her major breakthrough was a supporting role in the film noir gangster saga Gangs of Wasseypur (2012), where her role as the bellicose and extremely foul-tongued wife of a gangster earned her a Filmfare award. Her sole foray into mainstream cinema has been as a supporting character in Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram-Leela (2013). In 2015, Chadda made her debut in a leading role with the drama Masaan, playing a girl caught after indulging in casual sex. The film got a standing ovation when screened at the Cannes film festival. The film has been cited as a milestone in Chadda's career and through it she is said to have created a niche for herself in the Hindi film industry. Chadda has also worked in theatre, essaying the role of a married Delhi-based woman in Trivial Disasters (2014).
Also known as: Riccha Chadha, Richcha Chadha
35
film credits
16
television credits
48
2006–2025 · acting roles
6.2
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (51)
Showing 51 of 51 credits
The Kapil Sharma Show
Self
2016
The Great Indian Kapil Show
Self
2024
Comedy Nights Bachao
Self
2015
The Drama Company
Self
2017
Son of Abish
Herself
2014
Conan O'Brien Must Go
Self
2024
Heeramandi
Lajjo
2024
Inside Edge
Zarina Malik
2017
Call My Agent Bollywood
Special Appearance
2021Call My Agent Bollywood
Richa Chada
2021Call My Agent Bollywood
Richa Chadha
2021
Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1
Nagma
2012
The Great Indian Murder
Sudha Bharadwaj
2022
Charlie Chopra & the Mystery of Solang Valley
Lovely Chopra
2023
Girls Will Be Girls
Producer
2024
Farzi Mushaira
2022
Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela
Raseela
2013
Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 2
Nagma
2012
Love Sonia
Madhuri
2018
Masaan
Devi Pathak
2015
Candy
Ratna Sankhwar
2021
One Mic Stand
Herself
2019
Cabaret
Roza
2019
Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!
Dolly
2008
Tamanchey
2014Untitled Ali Fazal - Richa Chadha Film
Gangs of Wasseypur - Making Uncut - The Roots of Revenge from Wasseypur
Self
2013
Sarbjit
Sukhpreet Kaur
2016
Lahore Confidential
Ananya
2021
Secret of a Mountain Serpent
Producer
2025Delhi 2021
Fukrey Returns
Bholi Punjaban
2017
Unpaused
Devika Khanna (segment "The Apartment")
2020
Fukrey
Bholi Punjaban
2013
Section 375
Hiral Gandhi
2019
Ishqeria
Kuhu
2018Abhi Toh Jung Hona Baaki Hai
Panga
Meenu
2020
Chalk N Duster
2016
Fukrey 3
Bholi Punjaban
2023
Ahista Ahista
Interviewer
2006
Daas Dev
Paro
2018
Ghoomketu
Pagaliya
2020
Shakeela
Shakeela
2020
Jia aur Jia
Jia
2017
Main Aur Charles
Mira Sharma
2015
55 km/sec
Srishti
2020
The Last of Them Plagues
Producer
Madam Chief Minister
2021Raakh
2016