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Rima Kallingal is an Indian actress and film producer who mainly appears in Malayalam films. She made her Malayalam film debut with Ritu (2009). She married to the Malayalam film director Aashiq Abu in 2013.

Rima Kallingal
Rima in 2018
Born	(1984-01-19) 19 January 1984 (age 38)[citation needed] Thrissur, Kerala, India
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	Christ University
Occupation	Actress film producer television host dancer
Years active	2009 – present
Spouse	Aashiq Abu ​ (m. 2013)​

Early Life and Career

Born in Thrissur, Kerala, Rima Kallingal began practising dancing when she was three years old.[1] A dancer by profession, she has been a part of a dance company called Nritarutya and has had performances on national and international stages. She studied in Stanes Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School, Coonoor up to Fifth grade.[2] She completed her schooling from Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Thrissur, graduating in 2001. She holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Christ University, Bengaluru.[3][4] She is also skilled in Taekwondo (Korean martial art), Chao (Manipuri martial art) and Kalari.[1]

She was a semi-finalist of the Asianet reality show Vodafone Thakadhimi. She moved to Bengaluru to pursue a modelling career and later participated in the Miss Kerala beauty pageant, in which be she became the first runner-up, losing to Shree Thulasi in a tie-breaker.[5]

She was spotted by director Lal Jose on a magazine cover, who cast her for a goat herder role in a Tamil film Mazhai Varappoguthu.[6] The project didn't materialise, but she was offered the lead female character of Varsha by director Shyamaprasad for Ritu, which eventually marked her acting debut.[5] She was 25 when she acted in the film.[3]

In 2012, she acted in the film 22 Female Kottayam which became a big success,[3] commercially as well as critically.[7][8] She received praises[9] and won many awards for her portrayal of Tessa.[10] She also won the Kerala State Government award for Best Actress. After 22 Female Kottayam she told that she had made some mistakes in her career and stated "Yes, I have done a few films I never should have, but I am determined not to repeat those mistakes".[7]

In 2013, Kallingal turned television anchor with the Mazhavil Manorama show "Midukki".[11][12] Following which the Kerala Film Chamber imposed a ban on her which was revoked later.^{[citation needed]}

In 2014 she set up her own Dance institute Mamangam in Kochi, Kerala.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Kallingal married director Aashiq Abu on 1 November 2013, in a simple ceremony held in Kakkanad Registration office, Kochi. As part of the occasion, they donated Rs 1 million towards the welfare of poor cancer patients at the General Hospital, Ernakulam, and Rs 25,000 to meet a day's expense of the dietary kitchen at the hospital.[13][14][15]

Filmography

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As actor

• All projects are in Malayalam language unless noted

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2009	Ritu	Varsha John	Debut film
	Kerala Cafe	Grand daughter	Segment : Mrityunjayam
	Neelathaamara	Shaarath Ammini
2010	Happy Husbands	Diana
	Best of Luck	Diya
2011	City of God	Surya Prabha
	Ko	Herself	Tamil film Special appearance
	Shankaranum Mohananum	Jyotsna Mathew
	Yuvan Yuvathi	Nisha	Tamil film
	Sevenes	Aravindan's sister
	Doubles		Cameo appearance
	Indian Rupee	Beena
2012	Orkut Oru Ormakoot	Crystal Falth Ritz
	Unnam	Jennifer
	Nidra	Ashwathy
	22 Female Kottayam	Tessa Kurissuparambil Abraham
	Husbands in Goa	Tina
	Ayalum Njanum Thammil	Diya
	Bavuttiyude Namathil	Noorjahan
2013	Proprietors: Kammath & Kammath	Mahalakshmi
	Natholi Oru Cheriya Meenalla	Annie
	August Club	Savithri
	Zachariayude Garbhinikal	Fathima
	Escape from Uganda	Shikha Samuel
	Ezhu Sundara Rathrikal	Sini Alex
2015	Chirakodinja Kinavukal	Sumathi
	Rani Padmini	Rani
2017	Kaadu Pookkunna Neram	Maoist
	Clint	Chinnamma
2018	Aabhaasam	Passenger
2019	Virus	Nurse Akhila	also producer
2021	Santhoshathinte Onnam Rahasyam	Maria	also dialogue writer
	Chithirai Sevvaanam	Asha Nair	Tamil film
2023	Neelavelicham	TBA

As producer

Year	Film	Director	Notes
2014	Gangster	Aashiq Abu	Associate producer
2016	Maheshinte Prathikaaram	Dileesh Pothan	Associate producer
2017	Mayanadi	Aashiq Abu	Associate producer
2018	Ee.Ma.Yau	Lijo Jose Pellissery	Associate producer
2019	Virus	Aashiq Abu	Co-produced with Aashiq Abu
2021	Bheemante Vazhi	Ashraf Hamza	Co-produced with Chemban Vinod Jose and Aashiq Abu
2022	Naaradan	Aashiq Abu	Co-produced with Santhosh T. Kuruvilla and Aashiq Abu
2023	Neelavelicham	Aashiq Abu	Co-produced with Santhosh T. Kuruvilla and Aashiq Abu

Television

Year	Program	Role	Channel	Notes
2013	Midukki	Host	Mazhavil Manorama	reality show
2009	Vodafone Thakadhimi	contestant	Asianet	Dance reality show

Awards

Year	Ceremony	Film	Result
2013	Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress	22 Female Kottayam and Nidra	Won
	Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Malayalam		Won

References

External links

• Media related to Rima Kallingal at Wikimedia Commons
• Rima Kallingal at IMDb

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