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Rima Kallingal
Rima Kallingal in 2010
Born	(1984-01-19) 19 January 1984 Thrissur, Kerala, India
Occupation(s)	Actress, model, television anchor
Years active	2009–present
Spouse	Aashiq Abu (2013 - present)

Rima Kallingal (born 19 January 1984) is an Indian model and film actress, predominantly appearing in Malayalam cinema.

After being named First Runner Up 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 later appeared in Neelathaamara (2009) and continues to work in Malayalam films. Her notable roles include in City of God, Indian Rupee, Nidra, 22 Female Kottayam and August Club. She has also appeared in a couple of Tamil films.

Biography

Born in Thrissur, Rima Kallingal began dancing when she was three years old. A dancer by profession, she has performed on national and international stages. She completed her schooling from Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Thrissur, passing out in 2001. She holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Christ University, Bangalore. She is also skilled in Taekwondo(Korean martial art), Chao (Manipuri martial art) and Kalarippayattu.

She was a semi-finalist of the Asianet reality show Vodafone Thakadhimi. She moved to Bangalore 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 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 for Ritu, which eventually marked her acting debut. She was 25 when she acted in the film.

In 2012, she acted in the film 22 Female Kottayam which became a big success, commercially as well as critically. She received praises and won many awards for her portrayal of Tessa. 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".

In 2013, Rima turned television anchor with the Mazhavil Manorama show "Midukki". Because of that, she had reportedly been banned from acting in films by the Kerala Film Chamber.

Personal life

Rima got married to director Aashiq Abu on November 1, 2013, in a simple function held in Kakkand Registration office, Kochi in the presence of their close relatives and friends. Aashiq and Rima, dressed in a simple way, came with their family and friends to register their marriage. Aashiq and Rima's brothers signed the witness column of the marriage and both became officially husband and wife. After the function, they had arranged a small feast for their well-wishers.

Rima has told that she would continue to act in films post marriage. "I do not mix my personal and professional life. I will continue to act," she said. Rima, who said on a social networking site prior to her wedding that she would not be wearing any gold for the function as a protest against the dowry system.

On 31 October 2013, a day before marriage, they donated Rs 10 lakh towards the welfare of poor cancer patients at the general hospital, Ernakulam and on marriage day they gave Rs 25,000 to meet a day's expense of the dietary kitchen at the hospital. The couple had then said that they did not want any gala wedding celebrations and instead used the money for charity.

Awards

Year	Ceremony	Film	Role	Result
2010	Asianet Film Award for Best Actress	Ritu	Varsha John	Nominated
2010	Vanitha Nippon paints film fare award for Best New Face	Ritu , Kerala Cafe , Neelathaamara	Varsha John , Shaarath Ammini	Won
2012	Asianet Film Award for Best Actress	City of God	Surya Prabha	Nominated
2012	Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Malayalam	City of God	Surya Prabha	Nominated
2012	Vanitha Film Award for Best Actress	City of God	Surya Prabha	Nominated
2012	Asianet Film Award for Best Actress	Indian Rupee	Beena	Nominated
2012	Kerala Film Critics Association Awards for Best Actress	Indian Rupee	Beena	Won
2013	Asianet Film Award for Best Actress	22 Female Kottayam	Tessa Kurissuparambil Abraham	Nominated
2013	Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Malayalam	22 Female Kottayam	Tessa Kurissuparambil Abraham	Won
2013	Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress	22 Female Kottayam,Nidra	Tessa Kurissuparambil Abraham , Ashwathy	Won
2013	Asiavision Movie Award for Best Actress	22 Female Kottayam,Nidra	Tessa Kurissuparambil Abraham , Ashwathy	Won
2013	Vanitha Film Award for Best Actress	22 Female Kottayam	Tessa Kurissuparambil Abraham	Won
2013	2nd South Indian International Movie Award for Best Actress (Critics)	22 Female Kottayam	Tessa Kurissuparambil Abraham	Won

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2009	Ritu	Varsha John	Malayalam	Nominated—Asianet Award for Best Actress
	Kerala Cafe		Malayalam	Segment Mrityunjayam
	Neelathaamara	Shaarath Ammini	Malayalam
2010	Happy Husbands	Diana	Malayalam
	Best of Luck	Diya	Malayalam
2011	City of God	Surya Prabha	Malayalam	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Malayalam Nominated—Vanitha Film Award for Best Actress Nominated—Asianet Award for Best Actress
	Ko	As Herself	Tamil	Special appearance
	Shankaranum Mohananum	Jyotsna Mathew	Malayalam
	Yuvan Yuvathi	Nisha	Tamil
	Sevenes		Malayalam
	Indian Rupee	Beena	Malayalam	Kerala Film Critics Award For Best Actress Nominated—Asianet Award for Best Actress
2012	Orkut Oru Ormakoot	Crystal Falth Ritz	Malayalam
	Unnam	Jennifer	Malayalam
	Nidra	Ashwathy	Malayalam	Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress
	22 Female Kottayam	Tessa Kurissuparambil Abraham	Malayalam	Asiavision Movie Award for Best Actress (also for Nidra) Filmfare Award for Best Actress Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress SIIMA Award for Best Actress (Critics) Vanitha Film Award for Best Actress Nominated—Asianet Award for Best Actress
	Husbands in Goa	Tina	Malayalam
	Ayalum Njanum Thammil	Diya	Malayalam
	Ardhanaari		Malayalam
	Bavuttiyude Namathil	Noorjahan	Malayalam
2013	Kammath & Kammath	Mahalakshmi	Malayalam
	Natholi Oru Cheriya Meenalla	Annie	Malayalam	Guest appearance
	August Club	Savithri	Malayalam
	Zachariayude Garbhinikal	Fathima	Malayalam
	Escape from Uganda	Shikha Samuel	Malayalam
	Starring Pournami		Malayalam	Filming
	Ezhu Sundara Rathrikal		Malayalam