Rasika Dugal

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Rasika Dugal
Rasika Dugal at the special screening of the web series Mirzapur.jpg
Rasika Dugal at the special screening of the web series Mirzapur
Born
Jamshedpur, Bihar, India (now in Jharkhand)
NationalityIndian
Alma materFTII
Sophia Polytechnic
Lady Shri Ram College
Sacred Heart Convent School (Jamshedpur)
OccupationActor
Years active2007—present
Spouse(s)Mukul Chadda (m. 2010)

Rasika Dugal is an Indian actress who is known for her roles in several Bollywood movies and web series. Apart from this, she has starred in Indian-German drama film, Qissa and several Indian soap operas.[1][2]

Biography[edit]

Rasika Dugal was born in Circuit House Area, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand. She attained Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics in the year 2004 from Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Delhi. Subsequently, Dugal attended Sophia Polytechnic for a postgraduate diploma in "Social Communications Media" and FTII for attaining postgraduate diploma in "acting".[citation needed] In 2010, Rasika Dugal married Indian actor Mukul Chadda.[3]

Career[edit]

Rasika Dugal started appearing in Bollywood movies in 2007. She appeared in Anwar in a character role. She made her debut in Bollywood in the movie Tahaan in 2008. She did a cameo in famous web series TVF Permanent Roommates Season 2 Episode 4 "The Dinner". She has also appeared as a lead actress in another of TVF's web series Humorously Yours (2017).[citation needed]

She also appeared in YRF TV serial Kismat as Lubna opposite to Rahul Bagga.[4][5]

She did a cameo in the film Tu Hai Mera Sunday released in 2017, now available on Netflix which starred actors Barun Sobti, Vishal Malhotra, Shahana Goswami, Nakul Bhalla, Avinash Tiwary, Jay Upadhyay.

She won the Best Actor Award for her role in the film Hamid at Rajasthan International Film Festival.[6]

She stars in Mirzapur, a web television series on Amazon Prime Video as Beena Tripathi, Kaleen Bhaiya's second wife, and Munna's stepmother.[7]

She essays the role of Nutan Yadav, an ambitious politician's daughter willing to sacrifice his daughter's dreams for his political career, in Zoya Akhtar's web series Made in Heaven, released on Amazon Prime on March 8, 2019.

She played the role of Dr. Meera in Out of Love in two seasons.[8]

She portrays the role of young IPS officer named as Neeti Singh in Delhi Crime (TV series) released on Netflix on March 21, 2019 which won the International Emmy Award for Best Drama Series. Her latest film Lootcase released on 31 July 2020.[7]

Dugal was roped in for an international comedy audio series The Empire written by Anuvab Pal.[9]

Filmography[edit]

Films[edit]

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2007 Anwar Deepti [citation needed]
2007 No Smoking
2008 Hijack Neha [10]
2008 Tahaan Nadira [11]
2009 Agyaat Sameera
2010 Thanks Maa [12]
2011 Kshay Chhaya [13]
2013 Aurangzeb Trishla Phogat "Chhoti"
2014 Bombay Talkies Amrita Mathur
2015 Qissa Neeli [14]
Train Station Wife (India)
2016 Kammatti Paadam Juhi Malayalam Film
Shor Se Shuruaat Lina
2018 Manto Safia
2017 Tu Hai Mera Sunday Tasneem
2018 Once Again Sapna
Lust Stories Maid
Hamid Ishrat [6]
2019 #Gadhvi (He thought he was Gandhi) Laxmi
2020 Lootcase Lata Hotstar film [15]
2020 Darbaan Bhuri ZEE5 film

she was also in gulal

Television[edit]

Year Show Role Platform Notes
2009 Powder Rati Sony Entertainment Television
2009 Rishta.com
2010 Kismat Lubna
2008 Upanishad Ganga Nati, Uma, Maina, Kanchanvarna, Sutradhar DD National
2015 Dariba Diaries Zeenat Bano Epic TV
2016 Devlok with Devdutt Pattanaik Host
2016 P.O.W.- Bandi Yuddh Ke Mrs. Shobha Vikram Singh StarPlus
2019 Hamidabai Ki Kothi Shabbo ZEE5 TV Movie
2020 A Suitable Boy Savita Mehra Kapoor BBC One & Netflix [16]

Web Shows[edit]

Year Show Role Platform Notes
2016 Permanent Roommates Cameo The Viral Fever Season 2; Episode 4
2016 – 2019 Humorously Yours Mrs. Kavya Goyal 9 episodes
2017 TVF Couples Kavya Episode: Saheb, Biwi aur Billi
2018–2020 Mirzapur Beena Tripathi Amazon Prime Video 19 episodes[17]
2019 Made in Heaven Nutan Yadav 2 episodes
2019 Delhi Crime Neeti Singh Netflix 7 episodes
2019–2021 Out of Love Dr. Meera Kapoor Disney+ Hotstar 6 episodes
2021 OK Computer Satoshi 2 episodes

Podcast[edit]

Year Title Role Platform Notes
2020 Uncovidable Vekeana Dhillon Amazon Audible 21 episodes

Short Films[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2009 Narmeen Noor
2010 Na Jeeva Maharaaj
2015 Agli Baar Faiza
2016 Chutney Rasika
2017 Life Support
The School Bag Ammi
2020 Banana Bread Shruti
TBA The Miniaturist of Junagadh Nurhayat

References[edit]

  1. "Nandita Das and Nawazuddin Siddiqui bring Mantoiyat to JNU".
  2. "IMDb profile". IMDb. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  3. "All you need to know about Rasika Dugal and husband Mukul Chadda's short film". mid-day. 14 June 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  4. "Dariba Diaries". Indian Express. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  5. "Devlok with Devdutt Pattanaik". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  6. 6.0 6.1 Taran Adarsh [@taran_adarsh] (30 January 2019). "Yoodlee Films' talked-about film #Hamid wins two prestigious awards at Rajasthan International Film Festival: Best Director Aijaz Khan and Best Actor Rasika Dugal. t.co/x0xWSgywiU" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. 7.0 7.1 "Rasika Dugal: Beena is as manipulative as she was in Mirzapur Season 1". The Indian Express. 22 October 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  8. "I Find Season Two Very Fascinating: Rasika Dugal on 'Out of Love'". www.news18.com. 24 April 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  9. "Rasika Dugal joins Stephen Fry for audio series The Empire, says 'it's a delight to hear beautiful voices'". Indian Express. 6 March 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  10. "Hijack". IMDb. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  11. "Tahaan". IMDb. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  12. "Thanks Maa". upperstall.com. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  13. "Kshay". Cine Vue. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  14. "Qissa". The Huffington post. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  15. "Kunal Kemmu starrer Lootcase to release on Disney Plus Hotstar". Indian Express. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  16. "BBC - Cast announced for BBC One's A Suitable Boy, the first screen adaptation of Vikram Seth's classic novel - Media Centre". www.bbc.co.uk.
  17. "Mirzapur Series | Rasika Jee as Beena". Retrieved 31 January 2021.

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