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{{short description|Indian actress}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Ruchita Prasad
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| birth_place = [[Bangalore]], [[Karnataka]], [[India]]
| other names =
| occupation = Actress
| yearsactive = 1996-2008
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'''Ruchita Prasad''' is an Indian actress who has appeared in [[Kannada]], [[Malayalam]], [[Tamil cinema|Tamil]] and Telugu language films in the 1990s and early 2000s.

==Career==
Ruchita began her career as a model, first competing in the Princess of Indira Nagar Club contest. She began to take modelling seriously and subsequently won the [[Miss Bangalore]] beauty pageant in 1995.<ref>{{Cite web| title=The Event - The Queens | url=http://www.missbangalore.in/SP.asp?P=3 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408085358/http://www.missbangalore.in/SP.asp?P=3 | archive-date=2023-04-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bangalorefirst.in/?p=7091 |title=Gear up for Miss Bangalore {{pipe}} Bangalore First |date=6 October 2013}}</ref>

Ruchita started her acting career through the unreleased Tamil film ''[[Kanden Seethaiyai (unreleased film)|Kanden Seethaiyai]]'' starring [[Kamal Haasan]] and [[Ramesh Aravind]]. Ruchita cleared several rounds of auditions and had started shooting for her part, but the film was later dropped after the director and lead actors fell out. She subsequently first appeared in ''Rangoli'' in Kannada, before playing a dual role in her first Telugu film, ''[[Jabilamma Pelli]]'' (1996) opposite [[Jagapati Babu]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/on-screen-romance-can-be-a-put-off-ruchita/articleshow/35149103.cms |title=On screen romance can be a put-off: Ruchita {{pipe}} Hindi Movie News - Times of India |website=The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://article.wn.com/view/2001/03/15/Knowing_me_knowing_you/ |title=Knowing me_ knowing you |website=article.wn.com}}</ref>

She eventually made her first appearance in a Tamil film through the romantic drama ''[[Kannodu Kanbathellam]]'' (1999), featuring in an ensemble cast including [[Arjun Sarja|Arjun]], [[Sonali Bendre]] and [[Suchindra Bali]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sify.com/movies/kannodu-kaanbathu-ellam-review-tamil-pcltQteehijde.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624202929/https://www.sify.com/movies/kannodu-kaanbathu-ellam-review-tamil-pcltQteehijde.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 June 2021 |title=Kannodu Kaanbathu Ellam |website=[[Sify]]}}</ref> In the late 1990s, Ruchita became one of the first Indian actresses to call out directors regarding [[casting couch]] practices.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.zahidjavali.com/index.php/the-casting-couch-and-actress-ruchita-prasad/ |title=The 'casting couch' and actress Ruchita Prasad - Zahid H Javali |website=zahidjavali.com |date=2 November 2008}}</ref>

In 2002, she signed on to appear in a Hindi film directed by [[M. F. Husain]] with music by [[A. R. Rahman]], but the project did not develop.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/bangalore-times/Bollywood-here-she-comes/articleshow/1330923163.cms |title=Bollywood, here she comes |website=[[The Times of India]]|date=14 January 2002 }}</ref> By 2004, Ruchita had worked on over 500 commercials and in all four South film industries.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/bangalore-times/its-tough-without-a-godfather/articleshow/471236.cms |title='It's tough without a godfather' |website=The Times of India|date=3 February 2004 }}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Film
! Role
! Language
! Notes
|-
| 1996 || ''Rangoli'' || || [[Kannada]]||
|-
| 1996 || ''[[Jabilamma Pelli]]'' ||Madhura Vani / Lakshmi|| [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
|
|-
| 1997 || ''[[Devudu]]'' ||Madhavi|| Telugu
|
|-
| 1997 || ''Encounter'' || || Telugu||
|-
| 1997 || ''Chelikaadu'' || || Telugu||
|-
| 1997 || ''Saradala Samsaram'' || || Telugu||
|-
| 1999 || ''[[Kannodu Kanbathellam]]'' ||Akhila|| Tamil
|
|-
| 1999 || ''Chennappa Channegowda'' || || Kannada||
|-
| 1999 || ''Coolie Raja'' || || Kannada||
|-
| 2000 || ''[[Mister Butler|Mr Butler]]'' ||Radhika Menon|| [[Malayalam]]
|
|-
| 2001 || ''[[Kurigalu Saar Kurigalu]]'' ||Vijayalakshmi|| Kannada
|
|-
| 2001 || ''[[Bahala Chennagide]]'' || || Kannada||
|-
| 2001 || ''Kalla Police'' || || Kannada||
|-
| 2001 || ''[[Hoo Anthiya Uhoo Anthiya]]'' || || Kannada|| Guest appearance
|-
| 2002 || ''[[Nettru Varai Nee Yaaro]]'' || || Tamil||
|-
| 2002 || ''[[Simhadriya Simha]]'' ||Teacher|| Kannada
|
|-
| 2002 || ''[[Ninagoskara]]'' ||Varsha|| Kannada
|
|-
| 2002 || ''[[Olu Saar Bari Olu]]'' || || Kannada||
|-
| 2003 || ''[[Don (2003 film)|Don]]'' || || Kannada || Guest appearance<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.viggy.com/english/chow_jogula.asp|title= Ruchitaprasad joined Jogula|work=Viggy}}</ref>
|-
| 2003 || ''[[Pakka Chukka]]'' || Meena || Kannada||
|-
| 2003 || ''Onnam Raagam'' || || Malayalam||
|-
| 2003 || ''Anka'' || || Kannada||
|-
| 2003 || ''Jogula'' || || Kannada||
|-
| 2004 || ''[[Monalisa (film)|Monalisa]]'' || || Kannada|| Guest appearance
|-
| 2004 || ''Target'' || || Kannada||
|-
| 2004 || ''Aliya Mane Tholiya'' || || Kannada||
|-
| 2006 || ''[[Neenello Naanalle]]'' || Maya || Kannada||
|-
| 2008 || ''[[Navashakthi Vaibhava]]'' ||Annamma Devi|| Kannada
|
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|id=7541029|name=Ruchita Prasad}}
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Actresses in Tamil cinema]]
[[Category:Actresses in Kannada cinema]]
[[Category:Actresses in Malayalam cinema]]
[[Category:Actresses in Telugu cinema]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian actresses]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian actresses]]
[[Category:Indian film actresses]]
[[Category:Actresses from Bengaluru]]
[[Category:Female models from Bengaluru]]
[[Category:Indian beauty pageant winners]]
[[Category:Female models from Karnataka]]
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