Ruchita Prasad

Ruchita Prasad is an Indian actress who has appeared in Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu language films in the 1990s and early 2000s.

Career Ruchita began her career as a model, first competing in the Princess of Indira Nagar Club contest. She began to take modelling seriously and subsequently won the Miss Bangalore beauty pageant in 1995.

Ruchita started her acting career through the unreleased Tamil film Kanden Seethaiyai starring Kamal Haasan and Ramesh Aravind. Ruchita cleared several rounds of auditions and had started shooting for her part, but the film was later dropped after the director and lead actors fell out. She subsequently first appeared in Rangoli in Kannada, before playing a dual role in her first Telugu film, Jabilamma Pelli (1996) opposite Jagapati Babu.

She eventually made her first appearance in a Tamil film through the romantic drama Kannodu Kanbathellam (1999), featuring in an ensemble cast including Arjun, Sonali Bendre and Suchindra Bali. In the late 1990s, Ruchita became one of the first Indian actresses to call out directors regarding casting couch practices.

In 2002, she signed on to appear in a Hindi film directed by M. F. Husain with music by A. R. Rahman, but the project did not develop. By 2004, Ruchita had worked on over 500 commercials and in all four South film industries.

Filmography Year Film Role Language Notes 1996 Rangoli Kannada 1996 Jabilamma Pelli Madhura Vani / Lakshmi Telugu 1997 Devudu Madhavi Telugu 1997 Encounter Telugu 1997 Chelikaadu Telugu 1997 Saradala Samsaram Telugu 1999 Kannodu Kanbathellam Akhila Tamil 1999 Chennappa Channegowda Padmavathi Kannada 1999 Coolie Raja Kannada 2000 Mr Butler Radhika Menon Malayalam 2001 Kurigalu Saar Kurigalu Vijayalakshmi Kannada 2001 Bahala Chennagide Kannada 2001 Kalla Police Kannada 2001 Hoo Anthiya Uhoo Anthiya Kannada Guest appearance 2002 Nettru Varai Nee Yaaro Tamil 2002 Simhadriya Simha Teacher Kannada 2002 Ninagoskara Varsha Kannada 2002 Olu Saar Bari Olu Kannada 2003 Don Kannada Guest appearance 2003 Pakka Chukka Meena Kannada 2003 Onnam Raagam Malayalam 2003 Anka Kannada 2003 Jogula Kannada 2004 Monalisa Kannada Guest appearance 2004 Target Kannada 2004 Aliya Mane Tholiya Kannada 2006 Neenello Naanalle Maya Kannada 2008 Navashakthi Vaibhava Annamma Devi Kannada