Neha Chauhan

Neha was born in Nigeria and moved to Faridabad, India. Her father is from Bijnor and her mother is from Moradabad. She spent most of her life in Indore, Madhya Pradesh and moved to Mumbai to become a film director.^[2]

She debuted with the Bollywood film Love Sex Aur Dhokha (2010). She was cast after Dibakar Banerjee saw her in her brother's wedding video. Though Chauhan wanted to assist Banerjee, he chose her for the role of Rashmi. Besides, she also took on the role of assistant to the casting director of the film and auditioned her co-actors.^[3] She was nominated for the Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance.

She made her Tamil film debut in the movie Yaan (2014). She worked in the Haryanvi Hindi bilingual G Kutta Se (2015),^[4] which met with critical acclaim, praising her performance.^[5][6] She has appeared in the critically acclaimed English movie A Billion Colour Story (2014). She then starred in the web series It's Not That Simple (2016), Humorously Yours (2016), Shaitaan Haveli (2018), and Inside Edge (2019). She has also acted in the Telugu film Aaviri (2019).^[7]

She plays the role of Kalpana Kaul in the web series Maharani.^[8] Her highly acclaimed role came when she played Kamla Chowdhry in the web series Rocket Boys.^[9][10][11]