My Compelling Story

Riya Shukla is an Indian television and film actress.At the age of 3, she joined Prayag Sangeet Samiti in Allahabad to receive training in classical music and Kathak dance form. Riya Shukla Performing Classical Dance.In 2012, she debuted as a contestant in the TV talent show for children, Hindustan Ke Hunarbaaz..Later, she participated in Zee TVs dance reality show, Dance India Dance.She did small roles in Bollywood films like Tanu Weds Manu Returns (2015) and San 75 Pachattar (2016).In 2016, she auditioned for the film Nil Bate Sannata in Lucknow. She was selected to play the character of Apeksha Apu Shivlal Sahay. She won the Star Screen Best Child Artist Award for this film in the same year.The filmmaker of Nil Battey Sannata, Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari had hired a tutor for Riya on the sets of the film so that she could not skip her studies.Impressed by Riyas acting skill actor, Pankaj Tripathi calls her Longia Mirch..In an interview, Riya said that whatever she had learned in the field of acting, dancing, and singing was from her guru at Prayag Sangeet Samiti in Allahabad. Riya Shukla with Her Guru.In 2017, she worked as an art director in Butterflies and Hurricanes, a short film directed by Savvas Christou.