Michigan's Richa Gangopadhyay debuts in Telugu Film "Leader"

Michigan's Richa Gangopadhyay makes her leading lady debut in AVM productions Telugu Film "Leader". Leader is releasing tomorrow Friday 19th here in Michigan at Big Cinemas, 26045 Town Center Drive, Novi, MI‎ . Please call (248) 347-3830 or visit the Big Cinemas website for more details.‎

Richa Gangopadhyay plays the role of a politician’s daughter who is the CEO of a TV Channel. Richa says that the the role she played in "Leader" is nearer to her real life nature.

I felt as if Sekhar Kammula has designed this particular role only for me. I’m a very determined person and fight for my rights. I know what I want and I work hard till I achieve them. My role in this film is also similar to what I am in real life.

Congratulations to Richa!!

Richa Gangopadhyay makes her leading lady debut on Silver Screen

Michigan Indian Beauty - Richa Gangopadhyay makes her leading lady debut in the much-awaited film ‘Leader’, by critically-acclaimed/award-winning director Sekhar Kammula.

The film is finally in completion after 5 long months of rigorous shooting. The film is prestigious production house AVM’s 174th film, and introduces “Rana”, the grandson of movie mogul Dr.D Ramanaidu, son of producer D. Suresh Babu, and nephew of south superstar, Venkatesh. The film also introduces the two main female characters in the film, Richa Gangopadhyay, from the U.S., and Priya Anand, model and actress from Chennai.

Shooting for this film involved traveling all over Andhra Pradesh, from Hyderabad to Vizag, including many rural villages in between. As the title suggests, Rana plays the role of a leader in this political thriller, and certain scenes in the movie required huge public gatherings.

This film also marks the debut of Miss India Michigan/Miss India USA ’08, Richa Gangopadhyay, who was able to bag the female lead role in “Leader” after an extensive search done through auditions throughout India. Richa, 23 years old Public Health/Nutrition student, shifted to Mumbai after winning the title, attended the world-renowned Anupam Kher’s Actor Prepares Institute for 3 months, and hit the ground running with this film. She has been quite active in Mumbai and throughout India involved with many modeling assignments in the short time frame of 9 months, and is just completing post production activities this month before the film’s release in December.

The audio of ‘Leader’ is done by award-winning music composer, Mickey Meyer, from Kammula’s “Happy Days” fame.

The audio of the film is scheduled for release on November 22nd, and the theatrical release is tentatively scheduled for this Christmas 2009.

Michigan Indian - Richa Gangopadhyay

Meet Richa Gangopadhyay (Beauty + Brains) from Okemos, Michigan, a very talented Michigan Indian. Richa was Miss India Michigan in 2007 and then went on to become Miss India USA.

Richa was pursuing her degree in nutrition at Michigan State University. However she decided to take a break after her bollywood calling, and her Miss India USA win.

Richa recently finished a 3 month rigorous course at Anupam Kher's Actor Prepares Institute in Mumbai. Very soon you might see Richa in a Bollywood movie at a theater near you.

Richa has also devoted a considerable amount of time into volunteering. Richa has been volunteering since a young age and got nominated for the governor's service award for outstanding volunteering. Richa started her own youth tutoring group when she was 15 with her mom, and she recruited more than 20 of her friends to tutor at-risk students in the urban school districts every Saturday for 4 consecutive years, until she graduated from high school.

Best Wishes to Richa!!