Rhea Chakraborty’s Bio: Career, Timeline and Family Life

Credit: Rhea Chakraborty at Instagram

Rhea Chakraborty is an Indian actor who primarily appears in Hindi films. In 2014, she came into the limelight after she played Sonali Dattaram Tandel in the Hindi film Sonali Cable.

Wiki/Bio

Rhea Chakraborty was born on July 1, 1992 (age 32 years; as of 2025) in Bengaluru, Karnataka. Owing to her father’s transferable job, Chakraborty did her schooling at various schools across India. Meanwhile, she also attended Army Public School, Ambala Cantt, Ambala.

Family

Rhea Chakraborty belongs to an affluent Bengali family. Her father, Indrajit Chakraborty, served in the army as a medical officer. While her mother, Sandhya Chakraborty, is a homemaker. Additionally, her brother, Showik Chakraborty, is a businessman.

Career

In 2009, Rhea Chakraborty started her career with MTV India’s TVS Scooty Teen Diva where she was the first- runner-up.
Owing to her success in the modeling show, she auditioned for VJ at MTV Delhi and was instantly selected.
Meanwhile, during her career on MTV, she hosted several MTV shows including Pepsi MTV Wassup, TicTac College Beat, and MTV Gone in 60 Seconds.
Cienega Tuneega was released in 2012, but Rhea Chakraborty made her film debut in Mere Dad Ki Maruti in 2013.
Rhea’s Bollywood debut was Mere Dad Ki Maruti in 2013, where she played the character of Jamini.
In 2014, she gained the limelight with the Hindi film Sonali Cable. Meanwhile, she played the titular role in the film.
Meanwhile, in 2017, she worked in three Hindi films, Dobaara: See Your Evil, Half Girlfriend, and Bank Chor.
In 2018, she appeared in Jalebi, wherein she played Ayesha,
As of April 2025, Rhea Chakraborty has completed her judging stint on Roadies Season 2025, and she has appeared in various projects since. The show details need to reflect recent events and participation.

Controversy

Accused in Sushant Singh Rajput’s Case

It should be more specific that Sushant Singh Rajput’s tragic death (not just “suicide”) occurred in June 2020, and the FIR was filed in late July 2020. Soon after the case was filed, four police officers traveled to Mumbai to question Rhea and her family members.

In the FIR, Singh claimed, “Sushant called his sister and told her that Rhea had threatened him to show doctor receipts to the media and would prove him mad. Thereafter, no person would give him work. On June 8 night, Sushant’s secretary Disha committed suicide. Rhea had appointed her as Sushant’s secretary. Later, Rhea blocked Sushant’s number on her cell. Sushant was afraid that Rhea could have made him responsible for his manager’s suicide as she had threatened to frame him in the secretary’s suicide case.”

Credit: Rhea Chakraborty at Instagram

Rhea Chakraborty’s Relationship Timeline

Aditya Roy Kapoor: Media sources claim that Aditya Roy Kapoor dated Rhea Chakraborty initially. However, these gained limelight after the Sushant Singh Rajput’s Suicide Case.
Sushant Singh Rajput: In April 2019, she started dating Sushant Singh Rajput. Meanwhile, the couple moved in together in December 2019. However, on 14 June 2020, Sushant died by suicide, six days after Rhea moved out.

Besides actors, Rhea Chakraborty was rumored to be dating Bunty Sajdeh and Nikhil Kamath.

Do You Know These Lesser Known Facts about Rhea Chakraborty?

She was brutally trolled after her pictures with Mahesh Bhatt went viral. Not only this but the duo was reported to be sharing an intimate bond.
Rhea Chakraborty was the youngest to become a VJ on MTV.
She was the main suspect in Sushant Singh Rajput’s death case.
After the controversy surrounding the Sushant Singh Rajput case, Rhea made her comeback as a judge on Roadies Season 2025, where her team emerged as the winner.
She auditioned for Yash Raj Film’s Band Baaja Baarat. However, she was rejected.
She was the female lead in Ayushmaan Khurrana’s song O Heeriye.
She is often trolled and abused on social media. Moreover, this happened after Sushant Singh’s death.

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