Ritika Singh

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Ritika Singh
National Film Award – Special Jury Award
Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil

Ritika Mohan Singh is an Indian actress and former

Filmfare Award
) respectively.

Mixed martial arts career

Singh trained as a kickboxer and as a mixed martial artist since childhood, under the guidance of her father. She appeared in the inaugural season of the Super Fight League and competed as a mixed martial artist.[2][3]

Mixed martial arts record

Professional record breakdown
4 matches 1 win 3 losses
By knockout 0 1
By submission 0 1
By decision 1 1
Res. Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
Loss 1–3 Daizy Singh Decision (Unanimous) SFL 22-23 17 August 2013 3 5:00 Mumbai, India
Loss 1–2 Irene Cabello Rivera Submission (armbar) SFL 18 24 May 2013 1 2:06 Mumbai, India
Win 1-1 Aya Saber Decision (Unanimous) SFL 11 30 November 2012 3 5:00 Mumbai, India
Loss 0–1 Manjit Kolekar TKO (punches) SFL 5 19 October 2012 2 3:45 Mumbai, India

Acting career

Ritika Singh began her acting career in 2013. She was spotted by director

Special Mention at the 63rd National Film Awards and became the first actress who did not dub for her role to be recognised at the National Awards.[7] Singh later appeared in Manikandan's Aandavan Kattalai, which was released in September 2016.[8] Her next film is the Telugu movie Guru (2017), a remake of Irudhi Suttru.[9] Later, she performed in the horror comedy P. Vasu's Shivalinga (2017) and the Telugu movie Neevevaro (2018).[10][11]

In 2020, she played the female protagonist in the film Oh My Kadavule with Ashok Selvan and Vani Bhojan.[12]

Filmography

Films

Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
List of films and roles
Year Title Role Language Notes
2016 Irudhi Suttru
Saala Khadoos
Ezhil Madhi Tamil
Hindi
Bilingual film[13]
Aandavan Kattalai Karmegha Kuzhali Tamil [14]
2017 Guru Rameshwari "Ramulu" Telugu
Shivalinga Sathya Tamil [15]
2018 Neevevaro Anu Telugu
2020 Oh My Kadavule Anu Paulraj Tamil [16]
2023 InCar Sakshi Gulati Hindi
Kolai Sandhya Mohanraj Tamil
King of Kotha Herself Malayalam Special appearance
valari divya dharshini telugu
2024 Vettaiyan TBA Tamil Filming

Web series

Year Title Role Language Network Notes
2023 Story of Things Shurthi Tamil Sony LIV Originals Segment: Compressor [17]

Awards

List of awards and nominations
Year Title Award Ref.
2016 Irudhi Suttru
National Film Award – Special Jury Award
[18]
Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize [19]
Ananda Vikatan Cinema Award for Best Actress [20]
IIFA Utsavam for Best Actress [21]
Saala Khadoos Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut [22]
Zee Cine Award for Best Female Debut [23]
2017 Irudhi Suttru Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil [24]
SIIMA Award for Best Debut Actress [25]
2018 Guru Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress – South [26]

References

  1. ^ "Ritika Singh wants to stay grounded". The Indian Express. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  2. ^ Sunaina Kumar (22 June 2013). "Not Your Usual Punching Bags". Tehelka. Archived from the original on 3 September 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Ritika Singh MMA Stats, Pictures, News, Videos, Biography". Sherdog. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Never thought of acting in Bollywood: boxer Ritika Singh". The Indian Express. 12 January 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Saala Khadoos: Ritika Singh not the only real-life boxer in the Rajkumar Hirani movie!". India.com. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  6. ^ "Review : Irudhi Suttru review". Sify. Archived from the original on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  7. ^ "It's like winning an Oscar: Ritika Singh on National Award". The Indian Express. 28 March 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  8. ^ "Aandavan Kattalai: Overwhelming positive response from audiences!". Sify. Archived from the original on 25 September 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  9. ^ "Guru movie review: Venkatesh and Ritika Singh battle egos in this intense sports drama". 30 March 2017.
  10. ^ "Sivalinga (Aka) Shivalinga review". 13 April 2017.
  11. ^ "Neevevaro Movie Review {3/5}: A promising plot, but is too cluttered to make any impact". The Times of India.
  12. ^ "Oh My Kadavule (Aka) OMK review". 12 February 2020.
  13. ^ "Ritika Singh gets 'immense appreciation' over "Saala Khadoos" trailer". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  14. ^ "Ritika to play an urban girl in Manikandan's next film". The Times of India.
  15. ^ "Lawrence Raghava, Ritika Singh pair up for horror flick Shivalinga". The Indian Express. 24 November 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  16. ^ "Oh My Kadavule first look out: Ritika Singh and Ashok Selvan are cute together". India Today. Ist. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  17. ^ "SonyLIV's Tamil anthology series Story of Things gets release date". The Indian Express. 27 December 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  18. ^ "She got a special mention at the National Awards: Who is Ritika Singh? - SheThePeople TV".
  19. ^ "Tamil Nadu State Film Awards announced for 2015". MSN.com. Chennai, India. 5 March 2024. Retrieved 28 September 2009.
  20. ^ "Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards - 2016". vikatan.com (in Tamil). Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  21. ^ "IIFA Utsavam 2017 day 2: Janatha Garage, Kirik Party, U-turn win top awards". Firstpost. 30 March 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  22. ^ "Filmfare Awards 2017: Complete list of winners". 15 January 2017.
  23. ^ "Best actor (Male): Amitabh Bachchan for Pink".
  24. ^ "64th Filmfare Awards South 2017: R Madhavan wins Best Actor, Suriya bags Critics Award". Retrieved 3 July 2017.[permanent dead link]
  25. ^ "SIIMA 2017 concludes: Ranbir-Kat make a special appearance". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  26. ^ "65th Filmfare Awards (South): Here's a full list of winners". The New Indian Express. 17 June 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2021.

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