Bhumika Chawla real name Rachna Chawla, was born 21st August 1978 in a Punjabi family in New Delhi, India. Her father Colonel A, S Chawla was an upright army officer. She has completed her schooling in Delhi. Bhumika got in to the acting in ads and musivc videos. She did advetising for the big companies like Fair and Lovely, Ponds talcum powder, birla cements whisper, dabur etc...
Her appearance in Ponds ads became more popular and it made here invitable to Tollywood. She made her film debut in the Telugu film Yuvakudu. Her second release, Kushi, in which she starred opposite Pawan Kalyan was a box office success, and it made winning her the Filmfare Best Actress Award. After big success of bollywood movie "Tere Naam" she got so many offers from south. She made her appearence in Telugu, Tamil, Bhojpuri, Panjabi and Malayalam. She got married to her yoga master Bharath Thakur on 21 October 2007.
Filmography
Year Film Role Language Notes
- 2000 Yuvakudu Sindhu Telugu
- 2001 Badri Janaki Tamil
- 2001 Khushi Madhumitha Telugu Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu
- 2001 Snehamante Idera Yuvrani Padmini Telugu
- 2002 Roja Koottam Mano Tamil
- 2002 Vasu Divya Telugu
- 2003 Okkadu Swapna Reddy Telugu
- 2003 Missamma Meghana Telugu Nandi Award for Best Actress
- CineMAA Award for Best Actress
- 2003 Simhadri Indu Telugu
- 2003 Tere Naam Nirjara Bharadwaj Hindi Zee Cine Award for Best Female Debut
- 2003 Aadanthe Ado Type Telugu Special appearance
- 2004 Run Jhanvi Choudhry Hindi
- 2004 Samba Nandu Telugu
- 2004 Naa Autograph Divya Telugu
- 2004 Dil Ne Jise Apna Kahaa Dhani Hindi
- 2005 Silsilay Zia Rao Hindi
- 2005 Dil Jo Bhi Kahey... Dr. Gayarti Pandey Hindi
- 2005 Jai Chiranjeeva Neelima Telugu
- 2006 Sillunu Oru Kaadhal Ishwarya Tamil
- 2006 Family - Ties of Blood Dr. Kavita Hindi
- 2006 Mayabazaar Anupama Telugu
- 2007 Gandhi, My Father Gulab Gandhi Hindi
- 2007 Sathyabhama Sathyabhama Telugu Nandi Special Jury Award
- 2007 Gangotri Gangotri Bhojpuri
- 2007 Anasuya Anasuya Telugu
- 2008 Swagatham Vidhya KK Telugu
- 2008 Mallepuvvu Malleshwari Kanneganti (Malli) Telugu
- 2008 Yaariyan Simran Punjabi
- 2009 Bhramaram Jaya Malayalam
- 2009 Naa Style Veru Parvati Telugu
- 2009 Amaravathi Amaravathi Telugu
- 2010 Yagam Nandini Telugu
- 2010 Thakita Thakita Professor Telugu also Producer
- 2010 Collector Gaari Bharya Indira Gautam Telugu
- 2012 Kalavadiya Pozhudugal Jayanthi Tamil
- 2012 Bheeshma Telugu Filming
- 2012 Alivelu Manga Alivelu Manga Telugu
- 2012 Rathrimazha Malayalam
- 2012 Classmates Hindi