Pratibha Ranta(born 17 December 2000) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi films and television. Ranta made her acting debut with the television soap opera Qurbaan Hua (2020–2021). She expanded to films with a leading role in the comedy-drama Laapataa Ladies (2024), which became her breakout role and earned her the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress. Ranta made her film debut in 2024, with Laapataa Ladies, where she played a swapped bride Jaya / Pushpa. The film was released in India in 2024. Saibal Chatterjee termed her a "show-stealer", while Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express noted, "The more worldly-wise yet not-as-independent-as-she-would-like-to-be Ranta, who has the more difficult role to pull off, wins the day." Laapataa Ladies earned her several nominations and she won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress and IIFA Award for Star Debut of the Year – Female. In the same year, she played Shama, a courtesan's daughter, in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's series Heeramandi. Bollywood Hungama stated that Ranta doesn't have "much to do".
Pratibha Ranta as Jaya
در سال ۲۰۰۱، در نقطهای از حومه هند، دو عروس جوان هنگام سفر با قطار به اشتباه جابجا میشوند. در پی این اتفاق، هر دو با مجموعهای از شخصیتهای رنگارنگ روبرو شده و در نتیجه عواقب خندهدار و غیرمنتظرهای رخ میدهد.