| Ridhima Ghosh | |
| Birth Date: | 18 January 1989 |
| Birth Place: | Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Alma Mater: | Loreto House Bhawanipur Education Society College |
| Occupation: | Actress TV Host |
| Years Active: | 2007–present |
| Spouse: | Gaurav Chakrabarty (m. 2017) |
| Notable Works: | Laptop Byomkesh Rajkahini Mahanayak Byomkesh Dwitiyo Purush Nikhonj |
| Known For: | Rang Milanti |
| Relatives: | Sabyasachi Chakrabarty (father-in-law) Mithu Chakrabarty (mother-in-law) Arjun Chakrabarty (brother-in-law) |
| Other Names: | Ridhi |
| Children: | Dheer |
Ridhima Ghosh is an Indian Bengali film and television actress.[1] She debuted on the big screen Sanghamitra Chaudhuri's Ratporir Rupkotha in 2007. She later debuted on television in the Bengali series Bou Kotha Kao in 2009. She is known for acting in Kaushik Ganguly's Rang Milanti, one of the most appreciated films of the year 2011.
Ridhima also became the first celebrity model for the first edition of the FFACE Calendar.
Ghosh completed her schooling at the Loreto House in Kolkata.[2] She subsequently earned a degree in English Literature from Bhawanipur Education Society College.
Ridhima was born and raised in Kolkata, West Bengal, India on 18 January 1989.[3] She married her long-term boyfriend, actor Gaurav Chakrabarty, on 28 November 2017. They met at the script reading of Rang Milanti on 5 September 2010.[4] [5] Ridhima is the daughter-in-law of actor Sabyasachi Chakrabarty and actress Mithu Chakrabarty. Her brother-in-law is actor Arjun Chakrabarty.[6] She gave birth to a boy named Dheer on 16 September 2023.[7]
Ridhima made her television debut in the Star Jalsha megaserial Bou Kotha Kao. She made her silver screen debut with the film Raatporir Rupkotha, directed by Sanghamitra Chaudhuri, which was released in 2007. She gained popularity with her performance in Kaushik Ganguly’s Rang Milanti, which was released in September 2011 to wide critical and commercial acclaim.[8]
Ghosh returned to television in 2014 with Byomkesh on Colors Bangla. She became well-known for her performance in the series, where her portrayal of Satyabati was widely appreciated by the audience.
She made her OTT debut with the Hoichoi web series Byomkesh (Seasons 1–8). Her portrayal of Satyabati received widespread appreciation from viewers and was also praised by critics. Following this, she appeared in several other web series.[9]
Ghosh returned to television in 2024 as the host of Randhane Bandhan on Zee Bangla, co-hosting the show with her husband, actor Gaurav Chakrabarty.[10]
| Year | Film | Director | Role | Notes | Co-star | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Raatporir Rupkotha | Sanghamitra Chaudhuri | Dia | Debut Film | Jackie Shroff, Indrani Halder & Koel Bandyopadhyay | |
| 2009 | Friend | Satabdi Roy | Dia | Sabyasachi Chakrabarty | ||
| 2009 | Amar Sangi | Subhah Sen | Priya | Mainak Banarjee | ||
| 2010 | Love Connection | Biresh Chatterjee | Rai | Sunny | ||
| 2011 | Piriti Kathaler Aatha | Reshmi Mitra | Moon | Sourav | ||
| 2011 | Rang Milanti | Kaushik Ganguly | Kamalika | Gaurav Chakrabarty, Saswata Chatterjee & Churni Ganguly | ||
| 2012 | Laptop | Kaushik Ganguly | Raya | Gaurav Chakrabarty & Arindam Sil | ||
| 2012 | Hothat Sedin | Basu Chatterjee | Deepa | Indo-Bangladesh project | Ferdous Ahmed | |
| 2013 | Bicycle Kick | Debasish Sen Sharma & Sumit Das | Madhobilata | Sourav Bandyopadhyay | ||
| 2013 | Kidnapper | Rupak Majumdar | Koel | Samadarshi Dutta | ||
| 2013 | Amar Bodyguard | Haranath Chakraborty | Ankhi | Pratik | ||
| 2013 | Aashbo Aar Ekdin | Abhijit Dasgupta & Arindam Sil | Kuhu | Gaurav Chakrabarty | ||
| 2013 | Half Serious | Utsav Mukherjee | Tuli | Saheb Bhattacharya | ||
| 2015 | Fakebook | Sanjoy Bardhan | Payel | Gaurav Chakrabarty | ||
| 2015 | Aagun | Joydip Mukherjee | Dia Chowdhury | Sabyasachi Chakrabarty, Rajatava Dutta, Arindam Sil, Abir Chatterjee & Gaurav Chakrabarty | ||
| 2015 | Rajkahini[11] | Srijit Mukherjee | Fatima/Shabnam | Rituparna Sengupta | ||
| 2018 | Crisscross[12] | Birsa Dasgupta | Urna | Based on Crisscross. written by Smaranjit Chakraborty | Jaya Ahsan & Arjun Chakrabarty | |
| 2020 | Dwitiyo Purush[13] | Srijit Mukherjee | Ankita | Special appearance; a sequel to Baishe Srabon and the second film | Gaurav Chakrabarty | |
| 2023 | Tenida and Company[14] | Sayantan Ghosal | Anwesha | Based on Jhau-Bunglowr Rahasya written by Narayan Gangopadhyay | Sabyasachi Chakrabarty & Mithu Chakrabarty | |
| 2023 | Nikhnoj | Aranyak Chatterjee | Tanaya | ZEE5 Release | Soham Chakraborty, Somraj Maity & Sujoy Prasad | |
| Upcoming | Prantik | Aritra Sen | TBA | Arjun Chakrabarty | ||
| Year | Title | Role | Channel | Notes | Co-star | Producer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-10 | Bou Kotha Kao | Neera (Female antagonist; later replaced by Parno Mitra) | Star Jalsha | TV series; first appearance on Television | Manali Dey & Riju Biswas | Ravi Ojha |
| 2014-2015 | Byomkesh | Satyabati (Lead role-Female) | Colors Bangla | TV series; based on the Bengali sleuth Byomkesh Bakshi created by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay | Gaurav Chakrabarty[15] | Rana Sarkar |
| 2016 | Mahanayak | Urmila (Based on actress Sharmila Tagore & Mala Sinha) | Star Jalsha | TV series; loosely based on the life of megastar Uttam Kumar | Prosenjit Chatterjee | Shrikant Mohta & Mahendra Soni |
| 2016 | Judhishthir | Sohini Roy (Lead role-Female) | Zee Bangla Cinema | Telefilm | Indrasish Roy | Zee Entertainment Enterprises |
| 2016 | Akash Choan | Nibedita (Lead role-Female) | Zee Bangla Cinema | Telefilm; based on Nadi written by Pracheta Gupta | Arjun Chakrabarty[16] | Zee Entertainment Enterprises |
| 2019 | Jamai Elo Ghare[17] | Toposhya (Lead role-Female) | Zee Bangla Cinema | Telefilm | Sabyasachi Chakrabarty & Samadarshi Dutta | Zee Entertainment Enterprises |
| Year | Title | Director | Platform | Format | Role | Co-star | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Spinning a Yarn - A Nextiles Story[18] | Utsav Mukherjee | YouTube | Short Film | Herself | Gaurav Chakrabarty[19] | |
| 2017-2023 | Byomkesh (S1-S3, S5-S8)[20] | Sayantan Ghosal, Soumik Chattopadhyay, Soumik Halder, Sudipto Roy | Hoichoi | Web Series | Satyabati | Anirban Bhattacharya[21] | Based on the Bengali sleuth Byomkesh Bakshi created by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay |
| 2018 | Shesh Theke Suru | Sayantan Ghosal | Hoichoi | Web Original Film | Shirin | Samadarshi Dutta | |
| 2018 | Oh! Mother (S1) | Shaket Banerjee | Addatimes | Web Series | Catherine D'Souza | Bibriti Chatterjee | Special appearance[22] |
| 2018 | The Big Bong Connection[23] | Saptarshi Majumdar | SonyLIV | Web Series | Sneha | Shamun Ahmed | Debut on Hindi web series |
| 2018 | The Poetic Justice | Jayjit Banerjee | YouTube | Short Film | Soumi | Saheb Bhattacharya | |
| 2019 | Humsafar | Make My Trip | Web Original Film | Sayani Gupta, Sumeet Vyas | |||
| 2019 | Bhalobashar Shohor (Pori) | Aritra Sen, Rohan Ghoshe & Nandini Kundu | ZEE5 | Web Series | Torsha[24] | Gaurav Chakrabarty | |
| 2020 | Mafia[25] | Birsa Dasgupta | ZEE5 | Web Series | Priyanka | Anindita Bose, Namit Das & Ishaa Saha | |
| 2023 | Seven[26] | Anjan Dutt | ZEE5 | Web Series | Namita | Suprabhat, Rahul, Ankita Chakraborty, Gaurav Chakrabarty & Anjan Dutt | |
| 2026 | Kuheli | Aditi Roy | Hoichoi | Web Series | TBA | Angana Roy & Susmita Dey | |
| Year | Brand | Director | Co-star |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Kinnova Kitchen Chimney | ||
| 2018 | Myntra | Indranil Roy Chowdhury | Mithu Chakrabarty, Gaurav Chakrabarty, Arjun Chakrabarty & Sabyasachi Chakrabarty |
| 2018 | Hiland Riverside Project | Anindya Chatterjee | Gaurav Chakrabarty |
| 2020 | Sparkle Dishwash | Sayantan Ghosal | Gaurav Chakrabarty |
| 2022 | Safed Detergent | ||
| 2022 | Admission Tree | Gaurav Chakrabarty | |
