Ruchita Prasad

Ruchita Prasad is an Indian actress who has appeared in Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu language films in the 1990s and early 2000s.

Ruchita Prasad
Born
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
NationalityIndian
OccupationActress
Years active1996-2008

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.[1][2]

Ruchita started her acting career through the unreleased Tamil 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.[3][4]

She eventually made her first appearance in a Tamil film through the romantic drama Kannodu Kanbathellam (1999), featuring in an ensemble cast including Arjun, Sonali Bendre and Suchindra Bali.[5] In the late 1990s, Ruchita became one of the first Indian actresses to call out directors regarding casting couch practices.[6]

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.[7] By 2004, Ruchita had worked on over 500 commercials and in all four South film industries.[8]

Filmography
Year Film Role Language Notes
1996RangoliKannada
1996Jabilamma PelliMadhura Vani / LakshmiTelugu
1997DevuduMadhaviTelugu
1997EncounterTelugu
1997ChelikaaduTelugu
1997Saradala SamsaramTelugu
1999Kannodu KanbathellamAkhilaTamil
1999Chennappa ChannegowdaKannada
1999Coolie RajaKannada
2000Mr ButlerRadhika MenonMalayalam
2001Kurigalu Saar KurigaluVijayalakshmiKannada
2001Bahala ChennagideKannada
2001Kalla PoliceKannada
2001Hoo Anthiya Uhoo AnthiyaKannadaGuest appearance
2002Nettru Varai Nee YaaroTamil
2002Simhadriya SimhaTeacherKannada
2002NinagoskaraVarshaKannada
2002Olu Sir Bari OluKannada
2003Onnam RaagamMalayalam
2003Pakka ChukkaKannada
2003AnkaKannada
2003JogulaKannada
2004MonalisaKannadaGuest appearance
2004TargetKannada
2004Aliya Mane TholiyaKannada
2006Neenello NaanalleKannada
2008Navashakthi VaibhavaAnnamma DeviKannada

References
  1. http://www.missbangalore.in/SP.asp?P=3
  2. "Gear up for Miss Bangalore | Bangalore First". 6 October 2013.
  3. "On screen romance can be a put-off: Ruchita | Hindi Movie News - Times of India". The Times of India.
  4. "Knowing me_ knowing you". article.wn.com.
  5. "Kannodu Kaanbathu Ellam". Sify. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021.
  6. "The 'casting couch' and actress Ruchita Prasad - Zahid H Javali". zahidjavali.com. 2 November 2008.
  7. "Bollywood, here she comes | undefined News - Times of India". The Times of India. 14 January 2002.
  8. "'It's tough without a godfather' | undefined News - Times of India". The Times of India. 3 February 2004.
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