Rima Kallingal is an Indian model and film actress, predominantly appearing Malayalam films. After being named First Runner Up

Runner-up

Runner-up is a term used to denote a participant which finishes in second place in any of a variety of competitive endeavors, most notably sporting events and beauty pageants; in the latter instance, the term is applied to more than one of the highest-ranked non-winning contestants, the...

 in the Miss Kerala 2008 contest, she went to pursue a career in acting. She made her film debut in 2009 through the film Ritu

Ritu

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, later appeared in Neelathaamara

Neelathaamara

Neelathamara is a 2009 Malayalam romantic drama film written by M.T. Vasudevan Nair and directed by Lal Jose. It is the remake of the 1979 film of the same name, scripted by M.T. himself and directed by Yusuf Ali Kechery. The film was produced by Suresh Kumar under the banner of Revathy Kalamandir...

 and continues to work in Malayalam and Tamil films.

Biography

Daughter of Rajan Kallingal, an engineer based in Thrissur, Kallingal began dancing when she was three years old. A dancer by profession, she has performed on national and international stages. She holds a bachelor's degree

Bachelor's degree

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 in journalism

Journalism

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. She completed her schooling from Chinmaya Vidyalaya

Chinmaya Vidyalaya

Chinmaya Vidyalaya are a group of schools operated by the Chinmaya Mission Trust, founded by a spiritual leader late His Holiness Swami Chinmayananda. There are more than 75 such schools in 12 states across India...

, Thrissur, passing out in 2001. She was a semi-finalist of the Asianet

Asianet

Asianet Communications Limited is an Indian media conglomerate jointly owned by STAR TV and Jupiter Entertainment. Formed in 1991 and headquartered in the city of Thiruvananthapuram in the south Indian state of Kerala, the company owns several television channels including Asianet, the first...

 reality show Vodafone Thakadhimi. She moved to Bangalore

Bangalore

Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...

 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. She was spotted by director Lal Jose

Lal Jose

Lal Jose is an Indian film director. His debut film as a director is Oru Maravathoor Kanavu . His popular films include Meesa Madhavan , Classmates and Arabikkatha .- Biography :...

 on a magazine cover, who cast her for a goat herder role in a Tamil film Mazhai Varappoguthu. The project didn't materialize, but she was offered the lead female character of Varsha by director Shyamaprasad

Shyamaprasad

Shyamaprasad is an Indian film director. Directing highly acclaimed and complex films such as Agnisakshi, Akale, Ore Kadal and Elektra, he has won several state, national and international film awards.-Biography:...

 for Ritu, which eventually marked her acting debut.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
2009	Ritu	Varsha John	Malayalam
	Kerala Cafe Kerala Cafe Kerala Cafe is a Malayalam anthology film produced by Ranjith and directed by a team of ten directors including Lal Jose, Shaji Kailas, Anwar Rasheed, Shyamaprasad, B. Unnikrishnan, Revathy, Anjali Menon, M. Padmakumar, Shankar Ramakrishnan, and Uday Ananthan. For the first time in the history of...		Malayalam	Part of Mrityunjayam
	Neelathaamara Neelathaamara Neelathamara is a 2009 Malayalam romantic drama film written by M.T. Vasudevan Nair and directed by Lal Jose. It is the remake of the 1979 film of the same name, scripted by M.T. himself and directed by Yusuf Ali Kechery. The film was produced by Suresh Kumar under the banner of Revathy Kalamandir...	Shaarathe Ammini	Malayalam
2010	Happy Husbands Happy Husbands Happy Husbands is a 2010 Malayalam film directed by Saji Surendran and starring Jayasurya, Jayaram, Indrajith, Bhavana, Rima Kallingal Samvrutha Sunil and Vandana.This is movie is remake of Tamil movie "Charlie Chaplin ".-Plot summary:...	Diana	Malayalam
	Best of Luck Best of Luck (2010 film) Best of Luck is a 2010 Malayalam comedy film written and directed by M.A. Nishad. It stars Prabhu, Urvashi, Asif Ali, Kailash, Archana Kavi, Rima Kallingal and features Mammootty in a cameo role. The film's soundtrack was composed by Indian rock band Euphoria. The song "NaNa" which was featured in...	Diya	Malayalam
2011	City of God City of God (2011 film) City of God is a 2011 Indian thriller film directed by Lijo Jose Pellissery and written by Babu Janardhanan. The film tells the story of Tamil migrant workers and a team of land mafia criminals in the city of Kochi. It stars Indrajith, Prithviraj, Rajeev Pillai, Rohini, Parvathi, Rima Kallingal...	Surya Prabha	Malayalam
	Ko Ko (film) Ko is a 2011 Indian Tamil political thriller film directed by K. V. Anand starring Jeeva, Ajmal Ameer, newcomer Karthika Nair and Piaa Bajpai. The film was released on 22 April 2011 to mostly positive reviews, and was dubbed into Telugu as Rangam as well. The film's plot outline is inspired by the...	Herself	Tamil Tamil language Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...	Special appearance
	Shankaranum Mohanum	Jyotsna Mathew	Malayalam
	Yuvan Yuvathi	Nisha	Tamil
	Sevenes		Malayalam
	Indian Rupee Indian rupee (film) Indian Rupee is a 2011 Malayalam satirical film written and directed by Ranjith, and produced by August cinema. The film stars Prithviraj, Thilakan and Rima Kallingal in the lead roles. -Plot:...	Beena	Malayalam
	Orkut Oru Ormakoot Orkut Oru Ormakoot -External links:* * * *...	Crystal	Malayalam	Post-production
	Unnam Unnam Unnam is an upcoming Malayalam film directed by Sibi Malayil, starring Asif Ali and Sreenivasan in the lead role...	Jenny	Malayalam	Filming
	Nidra Nidra (film) Nidra is an upcoming Malayalm film directed by Siddharth. The film is a remake of the 1971 film with the same name written and directed by Bharathan.-Cast:* Siddharth* Jishnu* Rima Kallingal...		Malayalam	Filming
2012	22 Female Kottayam 22 Female Kottayam 22 Female Kottayam is a Malayalam-language Indian feature film directed by Aashiq Abu, starring Fahad Fazil and Rima Kallingal.-Plot:22 Female Kottayam is the story of 2 friends Tessa Abraham and Cyril C Mathew, their love and relationship....	Tessa Abraham	Malayalam	Filming
	Pathiramanal Pathiramanal (film) Pathiramanal is an upcoming Malayalam action film directed by M. Padmakumar, and starring Jayasurya. The shooting locations are in Marayur and Alapuzha.-Plot:...	Sara	Malayalam	Pre-production
	Ardhanareeswaran Ardhanareeswaran Ardhanareeswaran is an upcoming Malayalam fantasy Adventure film directed by Ratheesh Ravi. The film, which features Jayasurya, Rima Kallingal and Anoop Menon, deals with transgenderism, and includes over 300 hijadas. The film is about man raised as girl, who gets despised in his community which...		Malayalam	Pre-production

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