Bhumika Chawla was born (as Rachna Chawla) in a Punjabi family in New Delhi, India. Bhumika moved to Mumbai in 1997 and started her career with ad films and Hindi music video albums. She made her film debut in the Telugu film Yuvakudu (2000) and has since then worked in various Indian film industries and appeared in over thirty films in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Bhojpuri, Punjabi and Malayalam. She is probably best known for her critically acclaimed performances in Kushi, Tere Naam, Missamma, Gandhi, My Father and Sathyabhama.