Disha Pandey

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Disha Pandey
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Disha Pandey
Born17 January [lower-alpha 1]
Kirti Nagar, New Delhi, India
Occupations
  • Film actress
  • model
Years active2009–present

Disha Pandey (born 17 January [1] [2] [lower-alpha 1] ) is an Indian actress and model. She has appeared in films in Tamil, notably in the commercial success, Thamizh Padam (2010), and in Telugu, Kannada and Hindi.

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Early life

In comments published in a 2011 article in The New Indian Express , Pandey shared that her father was a gazette officer with the education department, and that her mother worked with Hindustan Copper. She also revealed that she has one older sister and a younger brother. [3]

Pandey was in class 12 when she entered films, but was advised to pursue her degree before continuing acting. Despite choosing biology with mathematics in class 12, Disha decided to pursue arts to be able to complete her degree more easily. In 2011, she reported that she completed her first year BA in Human Rights.[ where? ][ further explanation needed ] [3]

Career

Pandey has done modelling for commercials, including for Prince Jewellery and Amul Lassi. [3]

Pandey achieved initial success as an actress in the successful comedy film Thamizh Padam (2010). [2] [3] [4]

She acted in Mayanginen Thayanginen (2012), a Tamil flick opposite Nitin Sathya and Moksha (2013), a Telugu horror film, directed by Srikanth Vemulapalli. In Mayanginen Thayanginen she played the character of a very homely girl — a customer care executive employed with a call taxi company. [5]

She made her Kannada debut in Jai Lalitha (2014), the Kannada remake of the Malayalam hit Mayamohini (2012). She plays the role that Malayalam actress Mythili played in the original. [6] She has appeared in another Kannada films Bombay Mittai (2015), in which she plays a character interested in travelling and photography. [7]

Filmography

List of Disha Pandey film credits
YearTitleRoleLanguageNotesRef.
2009 Bolo Raam Juhi Khan Hindi Hindi debut [3] [5] [8]
2010 Thamizh Padam Priya Tamil Tamil debut [2] [3] [4]
2012 Mayanginen Thayanginen ShruthiTamil [5] [1]
2013 Race Aarthi Telugu Telugu debut [9]
2013 Saare Jahaan Se Mehnga SumanHindi [10]
2013KeeripullaSandhyaTamil [11]
2013 Moksha DishaTelugu [3] [5]
2013Chikki MukkiSangeethaTamil [12]
2014 Jai Lalitha Disha Kannada Kannada debut [6]
2014 Manasunu Maaya Seyake LasyaTelugu
2015 Bombay Mittai AditiKannada [7]
2016CTRL-CDishaTelugu [13]
2018 Tamizh Padam 2 PriyaTamil [14]
2019 Adyaksha in America SimranKannada [15] [16]
2020 Kombu JananiTamil [17]

Notes

  1. 1 2 The year of her birth has not been reported by a reliable source.

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