Mumbai: Former model turned Bollywood actress Bhumika Chawla who made her entry in films with Telugu movie Yuvakudu in year 2000 and was last seen on Hindi film industry during the year 2005 in Dil Jo Bhi Kahey is reportedly making comeback with biopic made of late CM Rajasekhara Reddy.
The Director Mahi V Raghav, who had a modest beginning to his career with Paathshaala, went on to get a break with his second release, the horror comedy Anando Brahma starring Tapsee, which went on to become a superhit, much to the surprise of the industry.
Now, the director is making Yatra, the biopic of the late Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy, with Malayalam megastar Mammootty playing the lead role as YSR, and yesteryear heroine Suhasini Maniratnam as former minister Sabitha Indra Reddy, in whose constituency YSR had begun his historic Padayatra in 2003 and the movie will begin rolling soon, and will be shot in a non stop single schedule.
After long gap 39-year-old Bhumika finally joins biopic on former CM:
The latest update is that the movie will have Bhumika Chawla playing a vital role. The actress recently joined the team and a Photoshoot session took place with the actress. The entire team is happy with the outcome and the movie will go on floors soon.
Now, Bhumika Chawla born as Rachna Chawla on 21 August 1978, worked in various Indian film industries and appeared in over thirty films in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, Kannada, Bhojpuri, and Punjabi. Her notable performances include Badri, Sillunu Oru Kaadhal, Kushi, Okkadu, Tere Naam, Missamma, Gandhi, My Father, Buddy and Anasuya.
Chawla was born in a Punjabi family in New Delhi, India and completed her schooling there. Her father was an Army officer. Bhumika has two siblings, an elder brother and sister.
She moved to Mumbai in 1997 and started her career with Ad films and Hindi music video albums. She appeared in the Zee TV series Hip Hip Hurray.
