Richa Panai
{{short description|Indian actress}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}
{{COI|date=May 2014}}
{{Infobox person
|name = Richa Panai
|image = Richa Panai Traffic Screening.jpg
| birth_date = {{bda|df=y|24 February 1993}}
|caption = Richa Panai ready for Traffic screening
| spouse =
| children =
|birth_place = Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
|occupation = Film actress
|years_active = 2011–present
|parents = Shakuntla Panai
|relatives = Ravi Panai (brother)
}}
Richa Panai is an actress who appears in Mollywood, Tollywood, Bollywood and various ads.{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Richa-Panai-to-make-her-Bollywood-debut/articleshow/22762937.cms |title=Richa Panai to make her Bollywood debut |newspaper=The Times of India |access-date=9 December 2018 |archive-date=13 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181213093310/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Richa-Panai-to-make-her-Bollywood-debut/articleshow/22762937.cms |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/ |title=News: India News, Latest Bollywood News, Sports News, Business & Political News, National & International News |newspaper=The Times of India |access-date=9 December 2018 |archive-date=25 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525143336/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/ |url-status=live }} Richa Panai came to prominence as a model in advertisements for the Indian jewellery company Bhima Jewellery.{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/Im-not-just-another-pretty-face-Richa-Panai/articleshow/16250145.cms |title=I'm not just another pretty face: Richa Panai |newspaper=The Times of India |access-date=9 December 2018 |archive-date=10 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210035848/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/Im-not-just-another-pretty-face-Richa-Panai/articleshow/16250145.cms |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/New-girl-Richa-Panai-in-T-town/articleshow/17782803.cms |title=New girl Richa Panai in T-town |newspaper=The Times of India |access-date=9 December 2018 |archive-date=10 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210140058/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/New-girl-Richa-Panai-in-T-town/articleshow/17782803.cms |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Richa-Panai-is-taking-a-short-break/articleshow/14427257.cms |title=Richa Panai is taking a short break |newspaper=The Times of India |access-date=9 December 2018 |archive-date=10 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210034331/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Richa-Panai-is-taking-a-short-break/articleshow/14427257.cms |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/kochi/Actor-Richa-Panai-at-a-fashion-event-in-Kochi/articleshow/12220313.cms |title=Actor Richa Panai at a fashion event in Kochi |newspaper=The Times of India |access-date=9 December 2018 |archive-date=13 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181213093246/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/kochi/Actor-Richa-Panai-at-a-fashion-event-in-Kochi/articleshow/12220313.cms |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/others/news-interviews/Richa-Panais-new-act/articleshow/12094934.cms |title=Richa Panai's new act |newspaper=The Times of India |access-date=9 December 2018 |archive-date=13 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181213093257/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/others/news-interviews/Richa-Panais-new-act/articleshow/12094934.cms |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/others/news-interviews/Richa-Panai-to-woo-Kollywood/articleshow/10158059.cms |title=Richa Panai to woo Kollywood |newspaper=The Times of India |access-date=9 December 2018 |archive-date=10 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210034333/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/others/news-interviews/Richa-Panai-to-woo-Kollywood/articleshow/10158059.cms |url-status=live }}
Career
Richa was brought up in Lucknow. Since her school days, 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.{{cite news |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/2013/sep/23/richa-heads-to-bollywood-520813.html |title=Richa heads to Bollywood |newspaper=The New Indian Express |access-date=9 December 2018 |archive-date=5 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705180102/http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/2013/sep/23/Richa-heads-to-Bollywood-520813.html |url-status=live }} However, initial days of modelling was a struggle.
After she did a correspondence course and graduated from Delhi University, she became an air hostess with Kingfisher Airlines. Jabbar Kalarakkal gave her first ad film. She starred in a few Malayalam ads and soon, she made her film debut too.{{cite news |title=New girl Richa Panai in T-town |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/telugu/news-interviews/New-girl-Richa-Panai-in-T-town/articleshow/17782803.cms |newspaper=The Times of India |access-date=28 December 2012 |archive-date=11 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181211013822/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/telugu/news-interviews/New-girl-Richa-Panai-in-T-town/articleshow/17782803.cms |url-status=live }}
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.{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/im-in-love-with-this-industry/article4039331.ece |title=I'm in love with this industry |work=The Hindu |access-date=23 April 2013 |archive-date=14 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130614012753/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/im-in-love-with-this-industry/article4039331.ece |url-status=live }} She made her debut in Kannada film industry in 2015 and was cast along with Golden Star Ganesh in Buguri.{{Citation needed|date=November 2022}} She made her Bollywood debut with Traffic. Ensemble cast of Manoj Bajpayee, Jimmy Shergill, Divya Dutta and others.{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Traffic-trailer-will-leave-you-on-the-edge/articleshow/51812466.cms |title='Traffic' trailer will leave you on the edge |newspaper=The Times of India |access-date=9 December 2018 |archive-date=4 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181104170012/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Traffic-trailer-will-leave-you-on-the-edge/articleshow/51812466.cms |url-status=live }} She was also seen in Telugu movie, Eedu Gold Ehe, starring Sunil.{{cite web |url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/sushma-raj-richa-panai-to-join-sunil-in-eedu-gold-ehe-1185099.html |title=Sushma Raj, Richa Panai to join Sunil in 'Eedu Gold Ehe' |website=News18.com |date=4 January 2016 |access-date=9 December 2018 |archive-date=9 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181209212700/https://www.news18.com/news/movies/sushma-raj-richa-panai-to-join-sunil-in-eedu-gold-ehe-1185099.html |url-status=live }}
She also filmed a multi cast Malayalam movie Crossroad (Lakehouse) that hit theaters in 2017.{{Citation needed|date=November 2022}}
Filmography
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year !! Film !! Role !! Language !! Notes | ||||
| rowspan=3| 2011 | Vaadamalli | Vrindha | Malayalam | Asianet Film Award for Best New Face of the Year - Female |
| Bangkok Summer | Ganga | Malayalam | ||
| Sandwich | Shruthi | Malayalam | ||
| 2012 | Yamudiki Mogudu | Yamaja | Telugu | Telugu debut |
| 2013 | Manasunu Maaya Seyake | Mythili | Telugu | Guest Role |
| rowspan=3| 2014 | Nayattu | Malayalam | ||
| Second Innings | Malayalam | |||
| Chandamama Kathalu | Haseena | Telugu | ||
| rowspan=2| 2015 | Lava Kusa | Subbalaxmi | Telugu | |
| Buguri | Nandini | Kannada | Kannada Debut | |
| rowspan=2| 2016 | Traffic | Shweta | Hindi | Hindi Debut |
| Eedu Gold Ehe | Sanjana | Telugu
| | ||
| rowspan=2|2017
|Rakshaka Bhatudu | |Telugu | | ||||
| Crossroad | Aimy | Malayalam | ||
| rowspan=2|2023
| |Telugu | |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=4383942|name=Richa Panai}}
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Category:Female models from Uttar Pradesh
Category:Actresses in Telugu cinema
Category:Actresses in Malayalam cinema
Category:Indian film actresses
Category:21st-century Indian actresses
Category:Actresses from Lucknow
Category:Actresses in Kannada cinema