Ritika Singh was born on 16 December 1994 in Mumbai Maharashtra, India. is an Indian actress and mixed martial artist, who predominantly appears in Tamil films and also has appeared in Hindi and Telugu films.
After competing for India at the 2009 Asian Indoor Games and then participating in the Super Fight League, she played a leading role in Sudha Kongara Prasad’s Tamil film Irudhi Suttru (also shot in Hindi as Saala Khadoos) alongside R. Madhavan.
She won Special Mention at the 63rd National Film Awards for her performance in Irudhi Suttru. Ritika Singh trained as a kickboxer and as a mixed martial artist from the age of 6, under the guidance of her father Mohan Singh (Martial artist).
She also participated in several kickboxing events in Portugal and Vietnam. Her father is the owner of Mohan’s fitness planet in Mumbai.
Personal Life :- Ritika Singh was born on 16 December 1994 in Mumbai Maharashtra, India. Ritika Singh trained as a kickboxer and as a mixed martial artist from the age of 6, under the guidance of her father Mohan Singh (Martial artist).
She made her debut in a national competition by competing in the 52 kg category at the 2009 Asian Indoor Games as a kickboxer.
She subsequently appeared in the inaugural season of the Super Fight League and competed as a mixed martial artist. She also participated in several kickboxing events in Portugal and Vietnam. Her father is the owner of Mohan’s fitness planet in Mumbai.
Ritika Singh later appeared in Manikandan’s Aandavan Kattalai as a Journalist which was a completely different role from Saala Khadoos, even in this difficult role her acting was topnotch and received best reviews for her acting, which was released in September 2016.
Career :- In 2013, Singh was spotted by director Sudha Kongara Prasad in an advert for the Super Fight League and was later auditioned to play a leading role in her bilingual film, Saala Khadoos (2016), after the makers managed to contact her through the competition’s chairman, Raj Kundra.
Portraying Madhi, a Marwari girl who grows up in the slums of Chennai, Singh was signed because the makers wanted a professional boxer to act, rather than an actress to act as a boxer. For the Tamil version, Irudhi Suttru, Singh phonetically learned her part in Tamil by writing down the dialogues in Hindi. Co-produced by the film’s lead actor R. Madhavan and Rajkumar Hirani, the film was released in late January 2016.
She is received rave reviews for her portrayal, with Sify.com stating “she is a marvelous discovery” and “her lip sync, body language and gait is a major highlight for the film”. For her performance in Irudhi Suttru, Ritika won the a 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.
She is a later appeared in Manikandan’s Aandavan Kattalai as a Journalist which was a completely different role from Saala Khadoos, even in this difficult role her acting was topnotch and received best reviews for her acting, which was released in September 2016 As of September 2016, Singh is working on P. Vasu’s Shivalinga with Raghava Lawrence and Guru with Daggubati Venkatesh, the Telugu remake of Irudhi Suttru.
Age and Height :- 16 December 1994 and Height 5’4’inches (163cm)
Born :- 16 December 1994
Mumbai Maharashtra , India
Parents :- Mohan Singh (Father)
Sibbling :- Rohan Singh (Brother)
