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Payal Ghosh
Payal Ghosh in 2018
Born	(1989-11-13) 13 November 1989 (age 35) Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Other names	Harika
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2008–present

Payal Ghosh (born 13 November 1989) is an Indian actress who has recently made her debut into Bollywood.

Early life

She studied at St. Paul's Mission School Kolkata and graduated in Political Science Honours from the Scottish Church College, Kolkata. Presently, she is residing and working in Mumbai.

Career

When she was 17 years old, she had accompanied a friend to an audition for Sharpe's Peril and landed a role in the BBC Telefilm. In the period drama based on English soldier Richard Sharpe, Payal had played a village girl, the daughter of a revolutionary freedom fighter from Bengal. Payal also starred in a Canadian film in which she played a school girl in love with her neighbour's servant. Since her parents disapproved of her decision to join films, during her college holidays, she ran away from her home in Calcutta and came to Mumbai. She joined Namit Kishore's acting academy, where she met Chandra Sekhar Yeleti who offered her the lead role in his Prayanam, opposite Manchu Manoj. Later, she was seen in the Telugu films Mr. Rascal and Oosaravelli and the Kannada film Varshadhare.

She completed her first Tamil film Therodum Veedhiyile, directed by Saro Sriram, in which played a traditional girl, who lives in Erode. She was selected as the female lead by Vivek Agnihotri for his Bollywood film Freedom and filmed for it in 2012. She signed another Hindi comedy film, Patel Ki Punjabi Shaadi opposite Vir Das, directed by Sanjay Chhel. which released worldwide on 15 September 2017.

Controversies

In September 2020, Ghosh accused Anurag Kashyap of sexually harassing her.Anurag Kashyap dismissed the allegations as baseless, calling it an attempt to silence him from criticizing the government.Payal then slammed the Celebrities who came out in Support of Kashyap.

Filmography

Television

References

1. ^ "Exclusive Interview With Harika (Payal Ghosh) - Interviews". CineGoer.com. 16 June 2009. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
2. "Payal Ghosh makes her debut with industry veterans-Times of India". TimesofInia.indiantimes.com. 28 January 2017. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
3. "Southern Sirens". Telegraphindia.com. 3 September 2010. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
4. ^ "South actress Payal Ghosh debuts in Sanjay Chhel's untitled Hindi film". The Indian Express. 20 February 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
5. k.r. manigandan (16 September 2012). "A step forward". The Hindu. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
6. "Payal ghosh to make her Bollywood debut - The Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 22 December 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
7. "Telugu actress to make her Bollywood debut - The Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
8. "Payal Ghosh: Anurag Kashyap got naked in front of me". Times of India (Entertainment). Retrieved 20 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
9. ""Baseless," Tweets Anurag Kashyap After Actress Payal Ghosh Accuses Him Of Sexual Harassment". NDTV. Retrieved 20 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
10. Service, Tribune News. "'Don't misuse liberty', Richa Chadha counters Payal Ghosh over allegations of 'Fukrey' actor 'being intimate' with Anurag Kashyap". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
11. "Payal Ghosh Slams celebrities who are supporting Anurag Kashyap". RealityPost.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

External links

• Payal Ghosh at IMDb

• Living people
• Actresses in Telugu cinema
• Scottish Church College, Calcutta alumni
• Actresses in Tamil cinema
• Actresses in Hindi cinema
• 21st-century Indian actresses
• Indian film actresses
• 1989 births
• Actresses from Kolkata
• Indian television actresses