Rucha Inamdar

{{Short description|Indian actress}}

{{Use Indian English|date=May 2020}}

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| birth_place = Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

| occupation = Actress

| yearsactive = 2012–present

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Rucha Inamdar is an Indian film actress who has appeared in several Hindi films. Her film career began with the Hindi feature films Children of War (2014) and Under the Same Sun (2015).{{cite web | url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/movie-review-children-of-war-there-should-have-been-more-history/ | title=Cast: Indraneil Sengupta, Raima Sen, Pavan Malhotra, Riddhi Sen, Rucha Inamdar, Tillotama Shome, Victor Bannerjee, Farooque Shaikh, Joy Sengupta | work=indianexpress.com | access-date=1 May 2016}}{{cite news | url=https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-children-of-war-shocking-reminder-of-brutalities-of-1971-bangladesh-liberation-war-1989247 | title=Children of War- shocking reminder of brutalities of 1971 Bangladesh liberation war | work=dnaindia.com | date=17 May 2014 | agency=ANI | access-date=26 May 2020}}{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-reviews/children-of-war-oppressing-issues/article6020512.ece | title=Children of War: Oppressing issues | date=17 May 2014 | first=Baradwaj | last=Rangan | newspaper=The Hindu | access-date=26 May 2020}}{{cite web|url=http://www.underthesamesunthefilm.com/#!cast/c1w9h|title=under-the-same-sun|publisher=underthesamesunthefilm.com|access-date=2016-05-01|archive-date=7 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507233612/http://www.underthesamesunthefilm.com/#!cast/c1w9h|url-status=dead}} In 2017, she made her commercial film debut in Ganesh Acharya's Marathi language film Bhikari, opposite Swwapnil Joshi,{{cite web | url=http://mahamtb.com/Encyc/2017/7/26/Interview-of-upcoming-marthi-actress-Rucha-Inamdar-by-namrta-desai-.html | title=No Godfather, performance and effort counts (Marathi) | work=MahaMTB | access-date=26 July 2017 | archive-date=25 August 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825193209/http://mahamtb.com/Encyc/2017/7/26/Interview-of-upcoming-marthi-actress-Rucha-Inamdar-by-namrta-desai-.html | url-status=dead }} and Wedding cha shinema came next (2019).

Rucha made her digital web series debut in Criminal Justice as Avni.{{cite web |title=Criminal Justice Trailer: Hotstar Sets April Release Date for Indian Remake of British Series |date=29 March 2019 |url=https://gadgets.ndtv.com/entertainment/news/criminal-justice-hotstar-specials-trailer-cast-release-date-april-2019-2014535 |access-date=9 April 2019}} Her performance was universally praised.{{cite web |title=Review: 'Criminal Justice' Is Sluggish But Saved by Good Performances |date=5 April 2019 |url=https://www.thequint.com/entertainment/hot-on-web/criminal-justice-review-vikrant-massey-jackie-shroff-pankaj-tripathi |access-date=9 April 2019}} Rucha can be seen in the Hotstar Specials web series "The Great Indian Murder" as Ritu Rai.{{cite web |title=Ad-girl to actor (Marathi) |url=http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31835&articlexml=29072017104027 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825194509/http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31835&articlexml=29072017104027 |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 August 2017 |access-date=29 July 2017 |work=timesofindia.com Maharashtra Times, Pune}} Her upcoming Movies are Not Today (2021) and Mirage (2022). She has played a lead role in the movie Minus 31: The Nagpur Files

She won Special Jury Award at the Ottawa Indian Film Festival for Not Today.{{cite news |title=Rucha Inamdar wins at the Ottawa Indian Film Festival: I'm looking at this recognition very positively |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/rucha-inamdar-wins-at-the-ottawa-indian-film-festival-i-m-looking-at-this-recognition-very-positively-101625943335437.html |access-date=26 February 2025 |publisher=Hindustan Times |date=11 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250226110623/https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/rucha-inamdar-wins-at-the-ottawa-indian-film-festival-i-m-looking-at-this-recognition-very-positively-101625943335437.html |archive-date=26 February 2025 |language=en-us}}