hea Chakraborty From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search Rhea Chakraborty Rhea Chakraborty, 6th Nykaa Femina Beauty Awards 2020 (11) (cropped).jpg Chakraborty in 2020 Born 1 July 1992 (age 29) Bangalore, Karnataka, India Occupation VJ Actress Years active 2009–present Rhea Chakraborty (born 1 July 1992) is an Indian actress and VJ. She started her career as a VJ 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). Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 3.1 Death of Sushant Singh Rajput 3.1.1 Media coverage 4 Filmography 4.1 Films 4.2 Television 5 References 6 External links Early life Rhea Chakraborty was born into a Bengali family in Bangalore, Karnataka, India on 1 July 1992.[citation needed] Her father was an Indian Army officer. She did her schooling from Army Public School Ambala Cantt, Ambala. Career Rhe a 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 VJ 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 did cameo appearances in Half Girlfriend and Dobaara: See Your Evil. In 2018 she appeared in Jalebi opposite debutante Varun Mitra. She topped the list of The Times of India's "Most Desirable Women" in 2020. Personal life Chakraborty in 2018 Chakraborty met the Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput in 2013 when they were shooting for their respective YRF films as the film sets were in vicinity. They started dating each other in April 2019. She founded an artificial intelligence company called Vividrage Rhealityx in partnership with her brother and Rajput in September 2019. 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 she moved out. Death of Sushant Singh Rajput Main article: Death of Sushant Singh Rajput On 25 July, Rajput's family lodged a first information report (FIR) with Patna Police, where his father lives, alleging 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. Rajput's father said in the FIR that Rajput had confided to his sister about Chakr