Payal Ghosh

Payal Ghosh (born 13 November 1989) is an Indian celebrity actress who has recently made her debut into Bollywood.[2]

Payal Ghosh
Payal Ghosh in 2018
Born (1989-11-13) 13 November 1989
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Other namesHarika[1]
OccupationActress
Years active2008–present

Early life

She studied at St. Paul's Mission School Kolkata[3] and graduated in Political Science Honours from the Scottish Church College, Kolkata.[1] Presently, she is residing and working in Mumbai.

Career

When she was 17 years old, she had accompanied a 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.[4] Payal also starred in a Canadian film in which she played a school girl in love with her neighbour's servant.[5] 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.[4] Later, she was seen in the Telugu films Mr. Rascal and Oosaravelli and the Kannada film Varshadhare.

She has completed her first Tamil film Therodum Veedhiyile, directed by Saro Sriram, in which she plays 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.[6] While the film has not released yet as of 2014, she has signed another Hindi comedy film, Patel Ki Punjabi Shaadi opposite Vir Das, directed by Sanjay Chhel.[7] which is releasing worldwide on 15 September 2017. She is making her Bollywood Debut alongside industry Stalwarts Paresh Rawal, Rishi Kapoor and Prem Chopra.[8]

Filmography
YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
2008Sharpe's PerilPadmeEnglishBBC
2009PrayanamHarikaTelugureleased
2010VarshadhaareMythiliKannadareleased
2011OosaravelliChitraTelugureleased
2011Mr. RascalSoundariyaTelugureleased
2017Patel Ki Punjabi ShaadiPoojaHindireleased
TBAKoi Jaane NaTBAHindiFilming

Television
Year Show Character Notes
2016 Saath Nibhaana Saathiya Radhika
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gollark: Macron.
gollark: Because it's too bad.
gollark: This is a bad joke. I can't even convert it into bees for the bee reactors.
gollark: Yes.

References
  1. "Exclusive Interview With Harika (Payal Ghosh) - Interviews". CineGoer.com. 16 June 2009. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  2. "Payal Ghosh makes her debut with industry veterans-Times of India". TimesofInia.indiantimes.com. 28 January 2017. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  3. "Southern Sirens". Telegraphindia.com. 3 September 2010. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  4. "South actress Payal Ghosh debuts in Sanjay Chhel's untitled Hindi film". The Indian Express. 20 February 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  5. k.r. manigandan (16 September 2012). "A step forward". The Hindu. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  6. "Payal ghosh to make her Bollywood debut - The Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 22 December 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  7. "Telugu actress to make her Bollywood debut - The Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  8. "Patel ki Punjabi Shaadi Movie (2017) Reviews, Cast & Release Date in Mumbai-BookMyShow". Bookmyshow.com. 10 September 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2017.

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