Bhumika Chawla

Bhumika Chawla
Bhumika Chawla
	File:Bhumika(asNirjara).jpg
Born	Rachna
Other names	Gudiya ; Bhumika ; Bhumi
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2000 - present
Spouse	Bharat Thakur (2007 - present)
Website	http://www.bhoomikachawla.info/

Bhumika Chawla (Telugu: భూమిక చావ్లా , Tamil: பூமிகா சாவ்லா, Hindi:भूमिका चावला, Urdu: بھُومِکا چاولا) born 21 August 1978, is an Indian actress. Her birth name is Rachna and she is affectionately called 'Gudiya'.

Early life

Chawla was born in New Delhi,India and completed her schooling there. She moved to Mumbai in 1997 and started her career with ad films and Hindi music video albums.She also appeared in the Zee Tv serial Hip Hip Hurray!

Career

Chawla started off her film career in the Tollywood film industry, starring in the feature film Yuvakudu (2000) in Telugu alongside actor Sumanth. Her second release, Khushi (2001), in which she starred opposite Pawan Kalyan was a box office success. This was followed by several films in Telugu and three films in the Kollywood industry in Tamil. ^[1]

After a number of critically and commercially successful films, she starred in her first Bollywood film, Tere Naam (2003), alongside Salman Khan. The film was one of the year's highest grossing films and fared moderately well at the box office. Apart from it, 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.^[2]

In 2008, she starred alongside Gurdas Mann in the Punjabi film Yaariyan.

She married Bharat Thakur on October 21 2007.^[3]

Awards

Best Actress award for the movie missamma.

Selected Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language
2000	Yuvakudu	Sindhu	Telugu
2001	Badri		Tamil
	Khushi	Madhumathi	Telugu
	Snehamante Idera	Padmini	Telugu
2002	Roja Koottam		Tamil
2003	Okkadu	Swapna	Telugu
	Missamma	Meghana	Telugu
	Simhadri	Indu	Telugu
	Tere Naam	Nirjala	Hindi
2004	Run	Jhanvi Choudhry	Hindi
	Samba	Nandu	Telugu
	Naa Autograph	Divya	Telugu
	Dil Ne Jise Apna Kahaa	Dhani	Hindi
2005	Silsiilay	Zia Rao	Hindi
	Dil Jo Bhi Kahey	Dr. Gayarti Pandey	Hindi
	Jai Chiranjeeva	Neelima	Telugu
2006	Jillunu Oru Kaadhal	Aishwarya	Tamil
	Family: Ties of Blood	Dr. Kavita	Hindi
	Mayabazaar	Anupama	Telugu
2007	Benaam		Hindi
	Gandhi, My Father	Gulab Gandhi	Hindi
	Sathyabhama	Sathyabhama	Telugu
	Anasuya	Anasuya	Telugu
2008	Swagatham	Vidhya	Telugu
	Mallepuvvu		Telugu
	Yaariyan		Punjabi
	Naam		Hindi
2009	Maa		Tamil

References

^ "Bhoomika With Sathyaraj". Bhoomikachawla.info. Retrieved 11 December. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); External link in |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
^ "Nominees for the 49th Manikchand Filmfare Awards 2003". March 2008. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Text "Fact" ignored (help)
^ "Bhumika Chawla weds yoga guru Bharat". Screenindia.com. Retrieved 21 October. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); External link in |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)

External links

Bhumika Chawla at IMDb

[BC-1] "Bhoomika With Sathyaraj". Bhoomikachawla.info. Retrieved 11 December. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); External link in |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)

[FF-2] "Nominees for the 49th Manikchand Filmfare Awards 2003". March 2008. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Text "Fact" ignored (help)

[BT-3] "Bhumika Chawla weds yoga guru Bharat". Screenindia.com. Retrieved 21 October. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); External link in |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)

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