Payal Ghosh

{{Infobox person

| name = Payal Ghosh

| image = Payal Ghosh at the 63rd Jio Filmfare Awards 2018.jpg

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| caption = Ghosh in 2018

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1992}}

| birth_place = Kolkata, West Bengal, India

| other_names = Harika{{cite web |url=http://www.cinegoer.net/telugu-cinema/interviews/interview-with-harika-payal-ghosh.html |title=Exclusive Interview With Harika (Payal Ghosh) - Interviews |publisher=CineGoer.com |date=16 June 2009 |access-date=31 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128115153/http://www.cinegoer.net/telugu-cinema/interviews/interview-with-harika-payal-ghosh.html |archive-date=28 January 2015 |url-status=dead}}

| occupation = Actress

| party = Republican Party of India (Athawale)

| alma_mater = Scottish Church College

| years_active = 2008–present

| website =

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Payal Ghosh (born 1992) is an Indian actress and politician who primarily appears in Telugu and Hindi films. She is the vice president of women's wing of Republican Party of India (Athawale).{{cite web |date=28 January 2017 |title=Payal Ghosh makes her debut with industry veterans-Times of India |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Payal-Ghosh-makes-her-debut-with-industry-veterans/articleshow/53174968.cms |access-date=11 September 2017 |publisher=TimesofInia.indiantimes.com}}

Early life

She studied at St. Paul's Mission School Kolkata{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/southern-sirens/cid/482150 |title=Southern Sirens |work=The Telegraph (India) |date=3 September 2010 |access-date=31 March 2014}} and graduated in Political Science Honours from the Scottish Church College, Kolkata. Presently, she is residing and working in Mumbai.

Career

=Acting=

When she was 17 years old, she had accompanied her friend to an audition for Sharpe's Peril and landed a role in the BBC Telefilm. In the period drama based on English soldier Richard Sharpe, Payal had played a village girl, the daughter of a revolutionary freedom fighter from Bengal.{{cite web |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/screen/south-actress-payal-ghosh-debuts-in-sanjay-chhels-untitled-film/ |title=South actress Payal Ghosh debuts in Sanjay Chhel's untitled Hindi film |work=The Indian Express |date=20 February 2014 |access-date=31 March 2014}} Payal also starred in a Canadian film in which she played a school girl in love with her neighbour's servant.{{cite web |author=k.r. manigandan |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/a-step-forward/article3902484.ece |title=A step forward |work=The Hindu |date=16 September 2012 |access-date=31 March 2014}} Since her parents disapproved of her decision to join films, during her college holidays, she ran away from her home in Calcutta and came to Mumbai. She joined Namit Kishore's acting academy, where she met Chandra Sekhar Yeleti who offered her the lead role in his Prayanam, opposite Manchu Manoj. Later, she was seen in the Telugu films Mr. Rascal and Oosaravelli and the Kannada film Varshadhare.

She completed her first Tamil film Therodum Veedhiyile, directed by Saro Sriram, in which played a traditional girl, who lives in Erode. She was selected as the female lead by Vivek Agnihotri for his Bollywood film Freedom and filmed for it in 2012.{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news-interviews/Payal-ghosh-to-make-her-Bollywood-debut/articleshow/17720238.cms |title=Payal ghosh to make her Bollywood debut |work=The Times of India |date=22 December 2012 |access-date=31 March 2014}} She signed another Hindi comedy film, Patel Ki Punjabi Shaadi opposite Vir Das, directed by Sanjay Chhel.{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news-interviews/Telugu-actress-to-make-her-Bollywood-debut/articleshow/32786801.cms |title=Telugu actress to make her Bollywood debut |work=The Times of India |access-date=31 March 2014}} which released worldwide on 15 September 2017.

In April 2020, she stated that she was out of work, financially broke, and was leading a life she had never imagined.{{cite news |title=Payal Ghosh is 'financially broken, living a life never imagined' |url=https://www.msn.com/en-in/entertainment/news/payal-ghosh-is-financially-broken-living-a-life-never-imagined/ar-BB12FowN |access-date=16 October 2020 |publisher=MSN}}

=Defamation suit=

On 23 September 2020, Ghosh accused Anurag Kashyap and filed a police complaint for sexually harassing her at Yari Road in Versova, Mumbai in 2013.{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/payal-ghosh-anurag-kashyap-got-naked-in-front-of-me/articleshow/78215737.cms |website=Times of India (Entertainment) |title=Payal Ghosh: Anurag Kashyap got naked in front of me |language=en |access-date=20 September 2020}}{{Cite web |last=Desk |first=India com Entertainment |date=23 September 2020 |title=Payal Ghosh Alleges 'Rape' in FIR Against Anurag Kashyap, Filmmaker To Appear For Interrogation |url=https://www.india.com/entertainment/bollywood-news-payal-ghosh-alleges-rape-in-fir-against-anurag-kashyap-filmmaker-to-appear-for-interrogation-4150238/ |access-date=23 September 2020 |website=India News, Breaking News, Entertainment News {{!}} India.com |language=en}} Kashyap dismissed the allegations as baseless, calling it an attempt to silence him from criticising the government.{{cite web |url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/baseless-tweets-anurag-kashyap-after-actress-payal-ghosh-accuses-him-of-sexual-harassment-2298202 |publisher=NDTV |title="Baseless," Tweets Anurag Kashyap After Actress Payal Ghosh Accuses Him Of Sexual Harassment |language=en |access-date=20 September 2020}}{{cite news |last1=Service |first1=Tribune News |title='Don't misuse liberty', Richa Chadha counters Payal Ghosh over allegations of 'Fukrey' actor 'being intimate' with Anurag Kashyap |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/dont-misuse-liberty-richa-chadha-counters-payal-ghosh-over-allegations-of-fukrey-actor-being-intimate-with-anurag-kashyap-144444 |access-date=21 September 2020 |work=Tribuneindia News Service |language=en}} On 1 October, Mumbai police called Kashyap for questioning about the case. He denied the allegations and provided documents as evidence to prove that he was filming in Sri Lanka at the time, when Ghosh alleged the incident in Mumbai had taken place.{{cite news |last1=Hungama |first1=Bollywood |title=Actor Payal Ghosh, who accused Anurag Kashyap of sexual harassment, joins Ramdas Athawale's Republican Party of India(A) : Bollywood News - Bollywood Hungama |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/actor-payal-ghosh-accused-anurag-kashyap-sexual-harassment-joins-ramdas-athawales-republican-party-indiaa/ |access-date=26 October 2020 |date=26 October 2020 |language=en}}

In October actor Richa Chadha filed defamation suit in Bombay High Court against Payal Ghosh seeking ₹1.1 Crore damages for attempting to unnecessarily drag Chadha's name into Ghosh's allegation against Kashyap.{{cite news |last1=Kashyap |first1=Nitish |title=Actor Richa Chadha Files Defamation Suit Against Payal Ghosh Seeking Rs 1.1 Crores Damages |url=https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/actor-richa-chadha-files-defamation-suit-against-payal-ghosh-seeking-11-crore-damages-164015 |access-date=6 October 2020 |work=livelaw.in |date=6 October 2020 |language=en}} After Payal Ghosh gave an un-conditional apology to Richa Chadha for her defamatory remarks, Bombay HC recorded the settlement of the case.{{cite news |last1=Kashyap |first1=Nitish |title=Payal Ghosh Tenders Unconditional Apology To Richa Chadha For Defamatory Remarks; Bombay HC Records Settlement |url=https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/payal-ghosh-tenders-unconditional-apology-to-richa-chadha-bombay-hc-accepts-undertaking-suit-ends-against-ghosh-kept-open-against-other-defendants-164442 |access-date=16 October 2020 |work=livelaw.in |date=14 October 2020 |language=en}}

=Politics=

On 26 October 2020 she joined Ramdas Athawale's political party and on the same day, she was appointed the vice president of its women's wing.{{cite news |title=Actor Who Accused Anurag Kashyap Of Rape Joins Ramdas Athawale's Party |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/actor-joins-ramdas-athawale-rpi-had-accused-anurag-kashyap-of-rape-2315900 |access-date=26 October 2020 |work=NDTV.com}}{{Cite web |date=27 October 2020 |title=Actor Payal Ghosh joins Ramdas Athawale-led Republican Party of India |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/actor-payal-ghosh-joins-ramdas-athawale-led-republican-party-of-india-6883983/ |access-date=28 October 2020 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}{{Cite news |agency=PTI |date=26 October 2020 |title=Actor Payal Ghosh joins Ramdas Athawale's party |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/actor-payal-ghosh-joins-ramdas-athawales-party/article32943892.ece |access-date=10 November 2020 |issn=0971-751X}}

Filmography

class="wikitable sortable"
style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;" ! Year !! Title !! Role !! Language !! class="unsortable"\|Notes
2008	Sharpe's Peril	Padme	English	British film
2009	Prayanam	Harika	Telugu
2010	Varshadhaare	Mythili	Kannada
rowspan="2" \| 2011	Oosaravelli	Chitra	rowspan="2" \| Telugu
Mr. Rascal	Soundariya
2017	Patel Ki Punjabi Shaadi	Pooja	rowspan="3" \| Hindi
2021	Koi Jaane Na
TBA \|Fire of Love: Red \|Poonam \|