Richa Pallod
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Richa Pallod is an India
n model and film actress who has featured in regional Indian films. After appearing as a child artiste, she appeared in an award-winning role in Nuvve Kavali
, her first film in Telugu
. She has appeared in several low-budget Hindi films with her most notable appearance being in Yashraj Films' Neal 'N' Nikki
. Her roles in Tamil films Shahjahan
, Alli Arjuna
and Unakkum Enakkum are noted whilst she has also featured in Kannada and Malayalam
language films. She belongs to Marwari
Maheshwari
family.
(1991) and then Pardes (1997).. She started modeling at the age of 16, has featured in over five hundred commercials and appeared in Falguni Pathak
’s music videos "Yaad Piya Ki Aane Lagi" and "Piya Se Mil Ke Aaye Nain". Richa made her film debut in the Telugu film, Nuvve Kavali
(2000), opposite Tarun, whom she had previously appeared with in a commercial shot by Rajiv Menon
. The film, which portrayed love between two childhood friends in college, became a large commercial success and won favourable reviews with claims that Richa "did no seem like a debutant" in her role. Furthermore the role led to Richa securing the Filmfare Best Telugu Actress Award for 2000.
She made her debut in Tamil cinema, playing the lead role opposite Vijay
in Shajahan
, although the film was panned by critics and Richa's performance was noted to have "done little but look good". Her second Tamil film was Alli Arjuna
, an A. R. Rahman
musical, directed by noted film maker Saran
featuring Manoj Bharathiraja. Richa played the role of an independent girl being romantically pursued by Manoj, but once again received little acclaim with reviewers citing that "you do not feel for Richa".
Her first film as a senior artiste in Hindi films was opposite Fardeen Khan
in Kuch Tum Kaho Kuch Hum Kahein
with the film becoming a failure, with Richa claiming that the promotion of the project, let the film down. Her subsequent Hindi films within the next two years were low-budget projects and failed to take big openings, with the two films opposite actor Rakesh Bapat
being large financial failures. Similarly her projects in Kannada Cheppale and Jootata opposite Sameer Dattani
also failed commercially, with reviews criticizing Richa's performance in the latter film. Richa went on to appear in Yashraj Films' Neal 'N' Nikki
featuring Uday Chopra
and Tanisha, playing the role of Sweety. After several of her previous venture failed to succeed, Richa was losing offers for lead roles and was forced to appear in a supporting role in Unakkum Enakkum.
Richa went on to claim that poor public relations and lack of promotion led to her disappearance from films before returning in 2009, with her first appearance in a Malayalam film in the Mammootty
starrer, Daddy Cool. Playing the role of Annie Simon, a mother of an eight year old, her role won critical acclaim and the film was a commercial success. In 2010 she appeared in the Telugu language film, Inkosaari
alongside Raja
and Manjari Phadnis
. However the film failed to succeed commercially as it was released alongside the hit film, Ye Maaya Chesaave, which went on to attract more viewers. Currently, Richa has two long-delayed Tamil films waiting, Nalvaravu and Kadhal Kalvan, scheduled for release in 2011.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n model and film actress who has featured in regional Indian films. After appearing as a child artiste, she appeared in an award-winning role in Nuvve Kavali
Nuvve Kavali
Nuvve Kavali is a 2000 blockbuster Telugu film under Ushakiron Movies, directed by K. Vijaya Bhaskar of Swayamvaram fame. Tarun and Richa Pallod debuted with this film. In many ways the film became a catalyst for new trends in Tollywood...
, her first film in Telugu
Telugu language
Telugu is a Central Dravidian language primarily spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, where it is an official language. It is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu...
. She has appeared in several low-budget Hindi films with her most notable appearance being in Yashraj Films' Neal 'N' Nikki
Neal 'n' Nikki
Neal 'n' Nikki is a Bollywood film, released in 2005 starring Uday Chopra, Tanisha Mukherjee, Susheel Parashara, Richa Pallod. It was produced by Yash Chopra and his son Aditya, and directed by Canadian-based director Arjun Sablok. The film was critically panned and also was a failure at the box...
. Her roles in Tamil films Shahjahan
Shahjahan (film)
Shahjahan is a 2001 Tamil film directed and written by K. S. Ravi and produced by R. B. Choudary. The film features Vijay and Richa Pallod in the lead roles while Krishna and Vivek portray supporting roles. The film, which had music was composed by Mani Sharma, released to [highly positive reviews...
, Alli Arjuna
Alli Arjuna
Alli Arjuna is 2001 released Tamil film directed by Saran. The film featured Manoj Bharathiraja, Richa Pallod, Dhamu, Charle, Karan and Preetha Vijayakumar in major roles. Music was by A. R. Rahman.-Plot:...
and Unakkum Enakkum are noted whilst she has also featured in Kannada and Malayalam
Malayalam cinema
The Cinema of Kerala or Malayalam cinema refers to the film industry in the Indian state of Kerala, which makes films in the Malayalam language. Malayalam movies typically portray social or family issues and are considered more realistic than films from other parts of India. Malayalam cinema has...
language films. She belongs to Marwari
Marwari
Marwari may refer to:* Marwar, a region in Rajasthan, India* Marwari language, a language of the Marwar region* Marwaris, people from the Marwar region* Muslim Marwaris, Muslim people from the Marwar region living in Karachi Pakistan...
Maheshwari
Maheshwari
Maheshwari are a business community of Vaishnava, originating from Khandela, Rajasthan in western India. They are a sub-group within the Marwaris community. The community is found throughout North India.- History & Origin :...
family.
Career
Richa Pallod, made her entry into films with a minute role as a child artiste in the film LamheLamhe
Lamhe is a 1991 Hindi film directed by Yash Chopra and starring Anil Kapoor and Sridevi. The story was written by Honey Irani. The film was critically acclaimed, had exceptional music, and did brilliant business in UK. Unfortunately, it was not a box-office success in India...
(1991) and then Pardes (1997).. She started modeling at the age of 16, has featured in over five hundred commercials and appeared in Falguni Pathak
Falguni Pathak
Falguni Pathak , born March 12, 1964, is an acclaimed singer and performing artist from India, based in Mumbai. Her music is based on traditional musical forms from the Indian state of Gujarat...
’s music videos "Yaad Piya Ki Aane Lagi" and "Piya Se Mil Ke Aaye Nain". Richa made her film debut in the Telugu film, Nuvve Kavali
Nuvve Kavali
Nuvve Kavali is a 2000 blockbuster Telugu film under Ushakiron Movies, directed by K. Vijaya Bhaskar of Swayamvaram fame. Tarun and Richa Pallod debuted with this film. In many ways the film became a catalyst for new trends in Tollywood...
(2000), opposite Tarun, whom she had previously appeared with in a commercial shot by Rajiv Menon
Rajiv Menon
Rajiv Menon is an Indian cinematographer and film maker. He is known for directing critically acclaimed Tamil films like Minsaara Kanavu and Kandukondain Kandukondain.-Early Life:...
. The film, which portrayed love between two childhood friends in college, became a large commercial success and won favourable reviews with claims that Richa "did no seem like a debutant" in her role. Furthermore the role led to Richa securing the Filmfare Best Telugu Actress Award for 2000.
She made her debut in Tamil cinema, playing the lead role opposite Vijay
Joseph Vijay
Vijay is an Indian film actor and playback singer, who is based in the cinema of Tamil Nadu. He is the son of film producer and director S. A. Chandrasekhar. After performing uncredited roles as a child actor in films produced by his father, he made his debut in a lead role in the 1992 film...
in Shajahan
Shahjahan (film)
Shahjahan is a 2001 Tamil film directed and written by K. S. Ravi and produced by R. B. Choudary. The film features Vijay and Richa Pallod in the lead roles while Krishna and Vivek portray supporting roles. The film, which had music was composed by Mani Sharma, released to [highly positive reviews...
, although the film was panned by critics and Richa's performance was noted to have "done little but look good". Her second Tamil film was Alli Arjuna
Alli Arjuna
Alli Arjuna is 2001 released Tamil film directed by Saran. The film featured Manoj Bharathiraja, Richa Pallod, Dhamu, Charle, Karan and Preetha Vijayakumar in major roles. Music was by A. R. Rahman.-Plot:...
, an A. R. Rahman
A. R. Rahman
Allah Rakha Rahman is an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, record producer, musician, and philanthropist. Described as the world's most prominent and prolific film composer by Time, his works are notable for integrating eastern classical music with electronic music sounds, world music genres and...
musical, directed by noted film maker Saran
Saran (director)
Saran is a Tamil film director from Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu. He was once an assistant to K. Balachander. He now owns a production house called Gemini Productions.-Life and Career:...
featuring Manoj Bharathiraja. Richa played the role of an independent girl being romantically pursued by Manoj, but once again received little acclaim with reviewers citing that "you do not feel for Richa".
Her first film as a senior artiste in Hindi films was opposite Fardeen Khan
Fardeen Khan
Fardeen Khan is an Indian Bollywood actor.-Early life:Fardeen Khan was born to actor turned director Feroz Khan and mother Sundari. Grandson of Sadiq Ali Khan and Fatima Khan. He is the nephew of actors Sanjay Khan and Akbar Khan. He is the cousin of Suzanne Khan and actor Zayed Khan. He lived in...
in Kuch Tum Kaho Kuch Hum Kahein
Kuch Tum Kaho Kuch Hum Kahein
Kuchh Tum Kaho Kuchh Hum Kahein is a Bollywood action film directed by Ravi Sharma Shankar. The film stars Fardeen Khan and introducing Richa Pallod. Farida Jalal, Govind Namdeo and Mukesh Tiwari had supporting roles in the film...
with the film becoming a failure, with Richa claiming that the promotion of the project, let the film down. Her subsequent Hindi films within the next two years were low-budget projects and failed to take big openings, with the two films opposite actor Rakesh Bapat
Rakesh Bapat
Rakesh Bapat, now known as Raqesh Vashisth, is an Indian film and TV serial actor.-Career:A Grasim Mr. India first runner-up title holder, Raqesh made his screen debut together with Himanshu Malik in Anubhav Sinha's Tum Bin...
being large financial failures. Similarly her projects in Kannada Cheppale and Jootata opposite Sameer Dattani
Sameer Dattani
Sammir Dattani also known as Dhyan is an Indian film actor who acts in Bollywood and Kannada films.-Early life:Sammir belongs to a industrialist business family and was born and brought up in Mumbai...
also failed commercially, with reviews criticizing Richa's performance in the latter film. Richa went on to appear in Yashraj Films' Neal 'N' Nikki
Neal 'n' Nikki
Neal 'n' Nikki is a Bollywood film, released in 2005 starring Uday Chopra, Tanisha Mukherjee, Susheel Parashara, Richa Pallod. It was produced by Yash Chopra and his son Aditya, and directed by Canadian-based director Arjun Sablok. The film was critically panned and also was a failure at the box...
featuring Uday Chopra
Uday Chopra
Uday Chopra is a Bollywood actor, producer, and assistant director.He is the son of Yash Chopra and brother of Aditya Chopra, and worked as assistant director on a number of his father's and brother's movies under the Yash Raj Films banner. In 1994 Chopra produced Yeh Dillagi starring Akshay...
and Tanisha, playing the role of Sweety. After several of her previous venture failed to succeed, Richa was losing offers for lead roles and was forced to appear in a supporting role in Unakkum Enakkum.
Richa went on to claim that poor public relations and lack of promotion led to her disappearance from films before returning in 2009, with her first appearance in a Malayalam film in the Mammootty
Mammootty
Mammootty is an Indian film actor and producer who works mainly in Malayalam cinema. He has also acted in a few Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, and Kannada films. During a career spanning more than three decades, he has acted in more than 360 films, and is only next to Prem Nazir in the number of lead roles...
starrer, Daddy Cool. Playing the role of Annie Simon, a mother of an eight year old, her role won critical acclaim and the film was a commercial success. In 2010 she appeared in the Telugu language film, Inkosaari
Inkosaari
Inkosaari is a 2010 Telugu film, directed by Suman Pathuri & produced by Kalyan Palla starring Raja, Manjari Phadnis and Richa Pallod.-Cast:*Raja*Manjari Phadnis*Richa Pallod*Saandip*Ravi Varma*Vennela Kishore-Plot:...
alongside Raja
Raja (actor)
Raja Abel is a Telugu film actor. He played the lead role in the Telugu movieAnand, which won 7 Nandi Awards in 2004.-Early life & Family:...
and Manjari Phadnis
Manjari Phadnis
Manjari Fadnis is an Indian film actress, who has appeared in Hindi, Telugu, Bengali and Tamil language films. She is best known for her performance in the 2008 Hindi film Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na.-Career:...
. However the film failed to succeed commercially as it was released alongside the hit film, Ye Maaya Chesaave, which went on to attract more viewers. Currently, Richa has two long-delayed Tamil films waiting, Nalvaravu and Kadhal Kalvan, scheduled for release in 2011.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | language | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Lamhe Lamhe Lamhe is a 1991 Hindi film directed by Yash Chopra and starring Anil Kapoor and Sridevi. The story was written by Honey Irani. The film was critically acclaimed, had exceptional music, and did brilliant business in UK. Unfortunately, it was not a box-office success in India... |
Pooja | Hindi Hindi Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi... |
Child artiste |
| 1997 | Pardes | Hindi | ||
| 2000 | Nuvve Kavali Nuvve Kavali Nuvve Kavali is a 2000 blockbuster Telugu film under Ushakiron Movies, directed by K. Vijaya Bhaskar of Swayamvaram fame. Tarun and Richa Pallod debuted with this film. In many ways the film became a catalyst for new trends in Tollywood... |
Madhu | Telugu Telugu language Telugu is a Central Dravidian language primarily spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, where it is an official language. It is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu... |
Winner, Filmfare Best Telugu Actress Award |
| 2001 | Chiru Jallu | Radhika Prasad | Telugu | |
| 2001 | Shahjahan Shahjahan (film) Shahjahan is a 2001 Tamil film directed and written by K. S. Ravi and produced by R. B. Choudary. The film features Vijay and Richa Pallod in the lead roles while Krishna and Vivek portray supporting roles. The film, which had music was composed by Mani Sharma, released to [highly positive reviews... |
Mahe | Tamil | |
| 2001 | Manasista ra | Telugu | ||
| 2002 | Alli Arjuna Alli Arjuna Alli Arjuna is 2001 released Tamil film directed by Saran. The film featured Manoj Bharathiraja, Richa Pallod, Dhamu, Charle, Karan and Preetha Vijayakumar in major roles. Music was by A. R. Rahman.-Plot:... |
Savithri | Tamil | |
| 2002 | Kuch Tum Kaho Kuch Hum Kahein Kuch Tum Kaho Kuch Hum Kahein Kuchh Tum Kaho Kuchh Hum Kahein is a Bollywood action film directed by Ravi Sharma Shankar. The film stars Fardeen Khan and introducing Richa Pallod. Farida Jalal, Govind Namdeo and Mukesh Tiwari had supporting roles in the film... |
Mangala Solanki | Hindi | |
| 2002 | Holi | Sandhya | Telugu | |
| 2003 | Tumse Milke Wrong Number | Mahi Mathur | Hindi | |
| 2003 | Kadhal Kirukkan Kadhal Kirukkan Kadhal Kirukkan is a 2003 Indian Tamil film, directed by Sakthi Chidambaram, starring Parthiban, Richa Pallod, Vineeth and Vadiveluin lead roles. The film, produced by A... |
Maha | Tamil | |
| 2004 | Agnipankh | Surbhi | Hindi | |
| 2004 | Kaun Hai Jo Sapno Mein Aaya | Mahek | Hindi | |
| 2004 | Chappale | Janu | Kannada | |
| 2005 | Jootata | Nandini | Kannada | |
| 2005 | Neal 'N' Nikki Neal 'n' Nikki Neal 'n' Nikki is a Bollywood film, released in 2005 starring Uday Chopra, Tanisha Mukherjee, Susheel Parashara, Richa Pallod. It was produced by Yash Chopra and his son Aditya, and directed by Canadian-based director Arjun Sablok. The film was critically panned and also was a failure at the box... |
Sweety | Hindi | |
| 2006 | Something Something ... Unakkum Enakkum | Lalitha | Tamil | |
| 2009 | Daddy Cool | Annie Simon | Malayalam | |
| 2010 | Inkosaari Inkosaari Inkosaari is a 2010 Telugu film, directed by Suman Pathuri & produced by Kalyan Palla starring Raja, Manjari Phadnis and Richa Pallod.-Cast:*Raja*Manjari Phadnis*Richa Pallod*Saandip*Ravi Varma*Vennela Kishore-Plot:... |
Deepa | Telugu | |
| 2011 | Nalvaravu | Tamil | Post-production | |
| 2011 | Kadhal Kalvan | Tamil | Post-production | |
| 2011 | Tell Me o Khuda Tell Me O Khuda -External links:* * on Sulekha... |