Ritu Varma (born 10 March 1990) is an Indian actress who works in Telugu and Tamil films. After appearing in short films and supporting roles, Varma played the lead role in the Telugu film Pelli Choopulu (2016), for which she received the Nandi Award for Best Actress and the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress – Telugu. She has appeared in several commercially successful films such as Yevade Subramanyam (2015), Kannum Kannum Kollaiyadithaal (2020), Oke Oka Jeevitham (2022) and Mark Antony (2023).
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Early life and work
Ritu Varma was born and brought up in Hyderabad in a North Indian family. Her father is from Madhya Pradesh and she speaks Hindi at home. She is fluent in Telugu and does her own dubbing for her Telugu films.
She did her intermediate from Villa Marie College for Women, Hyderabad and holds a bachelor's degree in engineering from Malla Reddy Engineering College. After completing her graduation, she took part in the Miss Hyderabad Beauty pageant and was declared the first runner-up.
Career
Varma started her career with her performance in the Telugu short film Anukokunda. The short film won the Best Film award at the 48HR Film Project competition in 2012 and also fetched Varma the Best Actor (Female) award. The short film was later screened at the Cannes Short Film Corner in 2013. Her first feature film was Baadshah where she played a supporting role of Pinky. She signed her next film as a lead Prema Ishq Kaadhal in which she played the role of a costume designer Sameera opposite Sree Vishnu. Sebsequently, she appeared in Naa Rakumarudu (2014), which was followed by Yevade Subramanyam (2015), for which she received IIFA Utsavam Award for Best Supporting Actress – Telugu nomination.
