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Full Name
  
Rachna Chawla

Role
  
Actress

Occupation
  
Actress

Height
  
1.60 m


Years active
  
2000–present

Spouse
  
Bharat Thakur (m. 2007)

Name
  
Bhumika Chawla

Parents
  
Colonel A S, Bali

Bhumika Chawla wearing a green see-through dress with a striped line on the edge, blue brassiere, and earrings


Born
  
21 August 1978 (age 45) (
1978-08-21
)

Other names
  
Rachna Chawla (birth name)Gudiya (nick name)Bhoomika (also credited as)

Movies
  
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Profiles

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Bhumika Chawla (born Rachna Chawla on 21 August 1978) is an Indian actress and a former model. She made her film debut in the Telugu film Yuvakudu (2000) and has since then worked in various Indian film industries and appeared in over thirty films in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, Kannada, Bhojpuri, and Punjabi. Her notable performances include Kushi, Okkadu, Tere Naam, Missamma, Gandhi, My Father, Buddy and Anasuya.

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Early life

Bhumika Chawla with a tight-lipped smile while wearing a mustard yellow dress with floral sequin design, gold necklace, and earrings

Chawla was born in a Punjabi Family in New Delhi, India and completed her schooling there. Her father was an Army officer. Bhumika has two siblings, an elder brother and sister.

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She moved to Mumbai in 1997 and started her career with Ad films and Hindi music video albums. She appeared in the Zee TV series Hip Hip Hurray.

Career

Chawla started off her film career in the Telugu film industry, starring in the feature film Yuvakudu (2000) alongside actor Sumanth. Her second release, Kushi (2001), in which she starred opposite Pawan Kalyan was a box office success, winning her the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu following which she acted in several films in Telugu, including Okkadu (2003) opposite Mahesh Babu and Simhadri (2003) opposite Jr. NTR, which became two of the year's highest grossers in Telugu. Meanwhile, she made her debut in the Tamil film industry as well, starring in the film Badri (2001) opposite actor Vijay, which was followed by her second Tamil film Roja Kootam (2002). Her performance in Missamma (2003), as a businesswoman suffering from cancer, was applauded. She was nominated for the FilmfareAward for Best Actress – Telugu and won the Nandi Award for Best Actress.

After a number of critically and commercially successful films in the South, Chawla starred in her first Bollywood film, Tere Naam (2003), alongside Salman Khan. The film was one of the year's highest grossers. It was a critical success and her performance in the film won her many positive notices as well as several nominations for Best Debut at different award ceremonies. She was nominated for her first Filmfare Best Actress Award and won the Best Debut trophy at the Zee Cine Awards ceremony.

Bhumika Chawla with a tight-lipped smile while her arms crossed and wearing a red and gold dress, red dupatta, ring, and earrings

Subsequently, she got to star in a number of Hindi films as Run (2004), a remake of the same-named Tamil film, Dil Ne Jise Apna Kahaa (2004), again opposite Salman Khan, Silsilay (2005) and Dil Jo Bhi Kahey... (2005) alongside Amitabh Bachchan. She returned to Telugu, acting in the films Naa Autograph (2004) (a remake of the Tamil film Autograph) and Jai Chiranjeeva, alongside Chiranjeevi and Sameera Reddy. Whilst Chawla's performance in the former won her accolades and the CineMAA Jury Award for Best Actress, the latter went to become a super hit film.

Bhumika Chawla looking afar while her arms crossed and wearing a red dress, earrings, wristwatch, and ring

In 2006, Chawla appeared in the Tamil film Sillunu Oru Kaadhal, alongside real-life couple Surya and Jyothika which became a big hit worldwide, whilst playing a vital role in the Hindi film Family - Ties of Blood, in which she shared screen space with Amitabh Bachchan and Akshay Kumar, and starring in the Telugu fantasy film, Mayabazar. Following which, she acted in the Hindi film Gandhi, My Father as Gulab Gandhi and enacted the title roles in the Telugu films Sathyabhama, in which she played a woman who suffers from Short-term memory loss, and Anasuya, a crime thriller, and in the Bhojpuri film, Gangotri (2007 film), a sequel to the successful 2006 Bhojpuri film Ganga, acting again alongside Amitabh Bachchan. Her performance in Anasuya (2007), as an Investigative journalist who covers the case of a serial killer, received critical acclaim. She was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu and won the Santosham Best Actress Award.

Bhumika Chawla with a tight-lipped smile while wearing a hoop earrings and gray dress with sequins

In 2008, she made her debut in the Punjabi film industry, starring in Yaariyan, opposite Gurdas Maan, following which she debuted in Malayalam as well, starring in Bhramaram alongside Mohanlal. Currently, she is working on half-a-dozen films in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi, which include Thangar Bachan's Kalavadiya Pozhudugal opposite Prabhu Deva in Tamil, Yagam alongside Navdeep and Sathyaraj in Telugu and Classmates, a remake of the 2006 Malayalam film, in Hindi.

Personal life

Bhumika Chawla with a tight-lipped smile while wearing a blue and white striped blouse and earrings

Bhumika Chawla married her long-time boyfriend and Yoga teacher Bharat Thakur on 21 October 2007 at Devlali, Nashik in a Gurdwara. She went regularly to Thakur's courses and is said to have dated him for four years, before eventually marrying him. The couple has a son born on February 2014.


Bhumika Chawla looking afar while wearing a red blouse and earrings

Filmography

Actress
-
Naam (announced)
2023
Emergency (filming)(as Bhumika Chawla)
2023
Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan as
Mrs. Gundamaneni (as Bhumika Chawla)
2023
Kannai Nambathey (as Bhumika Chawla)
2022
Butterfly
2022
Sita Ramam as
Vaidehi Sharma
2022
Operation Romeo as
Chhaya Jadhav
2021
The Robbery as
Stripper
2021
Idhe Maa Katha
2021
Seetimaarr as
Bhoomi
2021
Paagal as
Prem's Mother
2019
Ruler (as Bhumika Iqbal Chawla)
2019
Bhram (TV Series) as
Ankita Paul
- The King Of The Jungle (2019) - Ankita Paul (as Bhumika Chawla)
- Skeletons In The Cupboard (2019) - Ankita Paul (as Bhumika Chawla)
- Haunted Memory Lane (2019) - Ankita Paul (as Bhumika Chawla)
- The Drowning (2019) - Ankita Paul (as Bhumika Chawla)
- The Guilt (2019) - Ankita Paul (as Bhumika Chawla)
- Down The Cursed Road (2019) - Ankita Paul (as Bhumika Chawla)
- Help Me (2019) - Ankita Paul (as Bhumika Chawla)
- The Porter Hill Murder (2019) - Ankita Paul (as Bhumika Chawla)
2019
Khamoshi as
Mrs. Desai
2019
Kolaiyuthir Kaalam as
Mrs. Sawant
2018
Savyasachi as
Sridevi
2018
U Turn as
Maaya (as Bhumika Chawla)
2017
Kalavaadiya Pozhudhugal
2017
MCA Middle Class Abbayi as
Jyothi
2016
M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story as
Jayanti Gupta
2015
Luv U Alia as
Bhoomi
2014
Laddu Babu as
Madhuri
2013
Chithirayil Nilachoru as
Fake beggar / mentally challenged person
2013
Buddy as
Padma
2012
Godfather
2010
Kotha Bandham
2010
Collector Gari Bharya (as Bhumika Chawla)
2010
Thakita Thakita
2010
Yagam
2009
Amavarathi as
Amaravathi
2009
Bhramaram as
Jaya
2009
Naa Styley Veru
2008
Mallepuvvu as
Malleshwari a.k.a Malli
2008
Swagatam as
Vidya
2008
Yaariyan as
Simran (as Bhumika Chawla)
2007
Naya Jigar as
Yuvrani Padmini
2007
Anasuya as
Anasuya
2007
Gangotri as
Gangotri J. Singh
2007
Gandhi, My Father as
Gulab Gandhi
2007
Satyabhama as
Satyabhama / Chandni
2006
Mayabazaar
2006
Sillunu Oru Kaadhal as
Iswarya
2006
Family: Ties of Blood as
Dr. Kavita Shekhar Bhatia
2005
Jai Chiranjeeva as
Neelima
2005
Dil Jo Bhi Kahey... as
Dr. Gayarti Pandey
2005
Silsiilay as
Zia Rao
2004
Dil Ne Jise Apna Kaha as
Dhani
2004
Naa Autograph Sweet Memories as
Divya
2004
Samba as
Nandu
2004
Run as
Jhanvi Choudhry
2004
Mahiya (Short)
2003
Aadanthe Ado Type
2003
In Your Name as
Nirjara Bharadwaj
2003
Simhadri as
Indira
2003
Missamma
2003
Okkadu as
Swapna
2002
Vasu as
Deepthi (as Bhumika)
2002
Roja Kootam as
Mano
2001
Snehamante Idera as
Padmini
2001
Khushi as
Madhumati
2001
Badri as
Janu
2000
Yuvakudu as
Sindhu
2000
Jab Se Door Rehne Lage Ho (Short)
1999
Hip Hip Hurray (TV Series) as
Meera
- Episode #1.1 (1999) - Meera
1999
Star Bestsellers: Fursat Mein (TV Series)
1998
Masoom Tera Chehra (Short)
Miscellaneous
2010
Thakita Thakita (presents)
Thanks
2010
Yagam (special thanks)
Self
2006
Bollywood Queens Vol. 2 (Video) as
Self

References

Bhumika Chawla Wikipedia