Daisy Ridley
Ridley began her career with minor roles in the television programmes "Youngers", "Toast of London", "Silent Witness", "Mr Selfridge", and "Casualty". She appeared in the short film "Blue Season", which was entered into the Sci-Fi-London 48-Hour Film Challenge. Ridley played the lead in film three of "Lifesaver", an interactive film which was nominated for a BAFTA Award. She also appeared in the music video for Wiley's song "Lights On", playing the character of Kim. Ridley made her film debut in the 2015 British independent horror film "Scrawl", after her scenes from the British comedy film "The Inbetweeners 2" were removed in the final cut.
In April 2014, Ridley's casting as Rey, one of the lead characters in "", was announced. She was chosen for the film in February 2014. At the time of her casting she was, according to "Rolling Stone", a "total unknown." Her choice by director J. J. Abrams was seen as a repeat of George Lucas's move of casting relatively unknown actors for the lead roles in the first "Star Wars" film in 1977. Ridley began filming her scenes in May 2014 at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire, and prior to the film's release in December 2015, she appeared at the launch of a set of "Star Wars" postage stamps issued by the UK postal service Royal Mail, with her character Rey featuring on a stamp along with the droid BB-8. With international revenues of over $2 billion, "The Force Awakens" was a major box-office hit and the highest-grossing film of 2015. After an early screening of the film, Brian Viner of the "Daily Mail" called Ridley the "real star of the show", adding that her performance as Rey should "send her career into orbit." Her performance received critical acclaim, with Richard Roeper describing her portrayal as "a breakout performance" and adding "Ford has a terrific father figure chemistry [shared] with Ridley and [John] Boyega".
Deepika Chikhalia
Deepika made her debut as lead actress in "Sun Meri Laila" (1983), opposite Raj Kiran, but though her debut film was successful, she did not get A grade films till 1987. Chikhalia was part of the popular television serial "Dada Daadi Ki Kahani" in 1985. She meanwhile did supporting roles in flop films like "Bhagwan Dada" (1986), "Kala Dhanda Goray Log" (1986) and "Doorie" (1989) and played lead heroine in the B grade horror film "Cheekh" (1986) and "Raat Ke Andhere Mein" (1987), which were box office duds. Later on in 1987, she played the female lead role of Sita in Ramanand Sagar's hit television series "Ramayan", which gave her national fame. She continued getting lead roles in hit TV serials like "Vikram Aur Betaal" (1988), "The Sword of Tipu Sultan" and "Luv Kush" (both in 1989). Her only hits in Hindi films were "Ghar Ka Chiraag" (1989) and "Rupaye Dus Karod" (1991), both of which had Rajesh Khanna in the lead and she had supporting roles with lesser footage in these films. She got more footage in the film "Khudai", but the film was a commercial failure in 1994. She played the romantic lead of Rajesh Khanna in 2 films, "Ghar Ka Chirag" and "Khudai". Her Kannada film as the lead heroine opposite Shankar Nag was a box office hit in 1990 and her Bengali films "Asha O Bhalobasha" (1989), opposite Prosenjit Chatterjee and Tamil film "Naangal" (1992) opposite Prabhu were box office hits. She also got a supporting role in a Malayalam movie, "Ithile Iniyum Varu" (1986), which had Mammootty in the lead. She met with limited success in Hindi films in the after 1992, as "Sanam Aap Ki Khatir" (1992) flopped, which had her in as main lead heroine, she only got supporting roles in Hindi films. Chikhalia followed up her television and film career with a move into politics, riding her fame as a religious icon to an election victory as a Member of Parliament in the Indian Lok Sabha from Baroda constituency in 1991 as a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate. Deepika was also seen in the TV serial "Chutta Chheda" (2017) on Colors Gujarati channel. The Gujarati film "Nattsamrat" is to be released in August 2018 and she will be seen in her upcoming Hindi movie "Gaalib" (2018-2019). Dipika Chikhalia is working again.