Ritwika Gupta who first started her career with a Britannia ad, found her love for anchoring and now, ‘creating content’. Daughter to Bengali parents, she grew up and studied in Singapore. At age 18, she shared the stage with Shah Rukh Khan as a professional dancer and won a local Indian pageant at 19. She eventually graduated with a Bachelor of Business degree from The University of London and relocated to Mumbai to pursue her love for storytelling.
Today, she has over 40,000 followers on her @ritzdotcom Instagram account, where she shares her TV work, dance videos, style posts and travel vlogs.
“It was never my intention to be a popular influencer. I just wanted to write, present on TV and do my regular theatre and dance because that’s what I am truly passionate about. But in no time, some of my posts resonated with a lot of people online and my insta family grew”.
It was at Anupam Kher’s Actor Prepares where she studied theatre and that changed her life. “I came to Mumbai to join Actor Prepares during my University semester break. And I really enjoyed the course. It pushed me to look at things and myself differently.”
Ritwika, who has been in numerous ads, received appreciation a couple of months ago for her lockdown short film “The Intruder” which is streaming on YouTube. At the moment, she’s hosting her weekly TV show (which also streams on Zee5) and creating content for social media.
Asked whether she wants to settle in for a career in Bollywood, Ritwika says, "I would love to be a part of good, meaningful content. But since I am an outsider, without any godfathers, it is not going to be easy. But thankfully, things are changing and there are a lot more opportunities in TV, films and OTT right now."
The Singapore girl got married in Mumbai recently to her filmmaker beau and the couple hopes to make independent films in the coming year.
“Well, that’s the idea. We love films, we love telling good stories. That’s our passion and I hope to announce something new very soon”, she signs off.
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