Model turned actress, Richa Pallod, made her entry into the tinsel world with a minute role in the film 'Pardes' (1997). She started modeling at the age of 16, has featured for several ads films and appeared in Falguni Pathak’s music videos 'Yaad Piya Ki Aane Lagi' and 'Piya Se Mil Ke Aaye Nain'. The cute actress debuted with the Telugu flick 'Nuvve Kavali' (2000) which won rare reviews and bagged her Filmfare best actress award. Later she did several films in Tamil, Kannada and Hindi but failed to establish a career as a heroine and settled to character roles.