 She started modelling at the age of 16, has featured in over five hundred commercials and appeared in Falguni Pathak's music videos "Yaad Piya Ki Aane Lagi" and "Piya Se Mil Ke Aaye Nain".Richa made her film debut in the Telugu film, "Nuvve Kavali" (2000), opposite Tarun, whom she had previously appeared with in a commercial shot by Rajiv Menon.The film, which portrayed love between two childhood friends in college, became a large commercial success and won favourable reviews with claims that Richa "did not seem like a debutant" in her role.