Does Ritu Varma smoke?: Not Known Does Ritu Varma drink alcohol?: Not Known She was born and brought up in Hyderabad. After completing her B. Tech, she participated in ‘Dabur Gulabari Miss Rose Glow’ pageant and was the first runner-up. She rose to fame post her performance in the short film Anukokunda, which was screened at Cannes Film Festival. This short film also won the best film award at the ’48HR Film’ Project competition in 2012 and also Ritu won the best actor female award for the film. She got her breakthrough in Tollywood with the film Prema Ishq Kaadhal (2013).