Peeya Rai Chowdhary

Peeya Rai Chowdhary is an Indian movie actress who rose to fame with Hip Hip Hurray. Peeya’s father is Bengali while her mother is Sindhi. Peeya used to speak Hindi at home. She became fluent in Marathi as well. Peeya got her first acting opportunity when her brother’s friend sent her portfolio to McKenn Erickson. When Hip Hip Hurray’s director Nupur Asthana Nupur Asthana is an Indian director and has direct >> Read More... saw her photos, she instantly called Peeya for an audition. Eventually, Peeya passed the test and went on to become a part of the show which would impress the teenage viewers in the country.

After the serial, Channel V signed her to host a couple of reality programs which struck the chord with the youth. In a chat with TWF reporter Vickey Lalwani, Peeya mentioned that her experience was a VJ was an “enriching” one. In Bollywood, Peeya debuted in Ram Gopal Varma Ram Gopal Varma is a famed Indian film director an >> Read More... ’s Bhoot which had Ajay Devgn and Urmila Matondkar Urmila Matondkar is an Indian actress born on 4th >> Read More... in the cast. It was a decent outing for Peeya as Bhoot got positive reviews from the critics. Later, Ram Gopal Varma zeroed in on Peeya for his next horror flick Darna Mana Hai If you are a Daredevil & love to watch movies rela >> Read More... which comprised of six short subplots.

Peeya got a breakthrough when Gurinder Chadha Born on January 10, 1960, Gurinder Chadha is a fam >> Read More... approached her for Bride and Prejudice in which Bollywood actors like Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is a popular Indian actress >> Read More... , Anupam Kher Anupam Kher is a very popular actor, director, and >> Read More... , and Nadira Babbar Nadira Babbar, is a renowned and extremely talente >> Read More... appeared in pivotal roles too. It was a cinematic adaptation of the novel Pride and Prejudice. In the feature, Peeya took the role of Lakhi. Bride and Prejudice got an appreciation as the newspapers termed it as beautiful. In 2006, Peeya dated Shayan Munshi Shayan Munshi is an Indian actor and former model >> Read More... , her co-star in The Bong Connection. Later, she married him in the same year.

With Munshi being a Bengali, Peeya learned the language in a couple of weeks. Although both of them did not face each other in a scene, The Bong Connections highlights the lives of Bengalis who are residing in Kolkata and abroad. She played the character of Rita in it. Peeya also acted in Home Delivery as an employee at a pizza company.

When the judges convicted her husband Shayan of perjury during the Jessica Lall murder trial, Peeya supported her husband. She always attended the trial events which involved the actor. However, in 2010, the pair decided to separate from each other. Nowadays, Peeya is a theatre artist. Alongside Tino Sanchez, Peeya has presented a play “Playground” across the nation.