Rhea Chakraborty is an Indian former actress and Video Jocky who primarily appeared in Hindi films. She began her career as a Video Jocky on MTV India. She made her acting debut with the 2012 Telugu film Tuneega Tuneega and later appeared in the Hindi film Mere Dad Ki Maruti (2013).
Personal Information
| Full name | Rhea Chakraborty |
| Date of birth | July 1, 1992 (age 32) |
| Birthplace | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma Mater | Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, New Delhi |
| Occupations | Actress, Video Jocky |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Parents | Indrajit Chakraborty (father) Sandhya Chakraborty (mother) |
| Siblings | Showik Chakraborty (brother) |
| Relationship | Sushant Singh Rajput (Actors) Nikhil Kamath (Zerodha co-founder) |
Early Life and Education
Rhea Chakraborty was born on July 1, 1992, in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, into a Bengali middle-class Hindu family. Her father, Indrajit Chakraborty, was a lieutenant colonel in the Indian Army, and her mother, Sandhya Chakraborty, is a homemaker. Her younger brother is Showik Chakraborty.
She completed her schooling at Army Public School, Ambala Cantt, Ambala, Haryana, and at St. Clare's School, Agra. She pursued higher education at Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, New Delhi, where she earned a Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.) degree.
Career
Rhea Chakraborty started her television career in 2009 with MTV India's TVS Scooty Teen Diva, where she was the first runner-up. She later auditioned to be a video jockey at MTV Delhi and was selected. She has hosted several MTV shows, including Pepsi MTV Wassup, TicTac College Beat, and MTV Gone in 60 Seconds.
In 2012, she made her film debut with the Telugu film Tuneega Tuneega, where she played the character Nidhi. In 2013, she debuted in Bollywood with Mere Dad Ki Maruti as Jasleen. In 2014, she played the character of Sonali in Sonali Cable.
In 2017, she appeared in YRF's Bank Chor. She also made cameo appearances in Half Girlfriend and Dobaara: See Your Evil. In 2018, she appeared in Jalebi opposite debutante Varun Mitra.
In 2021, she appeared in Chehre, where she played the character Anna Mathews, starring alongside Amitabh Bachchan, Emraan Hashmi, Annu Kapoor, and Krystle D'Souza.
In 2023, she made a return to television as a gang leader on the 19th season of MTV's Roadies, where she emerged as the winning gang leader. She continued her role in the 2025 season, Roadies: Double Cross.
Personal Life
Rhea Chakraborty began dating actor Sushant Singh Rajput in April 2019. In September 2019, she co-founded an artificial intelligence company called Vividrage Rhealityx in partnership with her brother and Rajput. The couple moved in together in December 2019. On 14 June 2020, Rajput died by suicide at his home in Bandra, Mumbai, six days after Chakraborty moved out.
Controversies
On 25 July, Rajput's family lodged a First Information Report (FIR) with the Patna Police, where his father resides, accusing Chakraborty and several others of abetment of suicide, wrongful restraint, wrongful confinement, theft, criminal breach of trust, and cheating under various sections of the IPC. In the FIR, Rajput's father stated that Rajput had confided in his sister that Chakraborty had threatened to make his medical receipts public and prove him mentally unstable; that he was afraid she would frame him for his secretary's suicide; and that, before the day of his death, Chakraborty had taken away all the doctors’ receipts.
On 7 August, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) questioned Chakraborty and her brother over allegations of money laundering. On 19 August, the Supreme Court of India allowed the CBI to take control of the investigation. The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), India’s national drug law enforcement agency, arrested Chakraborty on 8 September, alleging that she and her brother had arranged for marijuana to be supplied to Rajput.
On 6 October, the Mumbai Sessions Court extended Chakraborty’s judicial remand until 20 October, but a day later she was granted bail by the Bombay High Court. "Since she has no criminal antecedents," the high court ruled, "there are reasonable grounds for believing that she is not likely to commit any offence while on bail." Moreover, the court rejected the NCB’s theory that Chakraborty had harboured and financed Rajput's drug addiction, finding instead that she was not part of the chain of drug dealers involved in the case. "She has not forwarded the drugs allegedly procured by her to somebody else to earn monetary or other benefits," wrote Justice Sarang Kotwal.
In March 2025, the CBI filed a closure report concluding that actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death in June 2020 was a suicide, absolving Rhea Chakraborty and her family of any involvement.
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