Bhumika Chawla (
Hindi:भूमिका चावला,
Urdu: بھُومِکا چاولا), born
21 August 1978, is an
Indian actress. Her birth name is Rachna and she is affectionately called 'Guddiya'.
Early life
Chawla was born in
New Delhi 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!
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.[citation needed]
Bhumika Chawla