Hitha Chandrashekar

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Hitha
Born15 December 1990 [1]
OccupationActress
Years active2017–present
Spouse
(m. 2019)
Parent(s) Sihi Kahi Chandru
Sihi Kahi Geetha

Hitha Chandrashekhar is an Indian actress who works in Kannada films. She made her debut with 2017 Kannada Film 1/4 Kg Preethi.

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Career

Hitha completed an acting course from Roshan Taneja School of Acting in Mumbai before making her film debut in 2017 with 1/4 Kg Preethi opposite Vihan Gowda which became successful. In 2016, she participated in the reality television show Dancing Star where she won the title which was aired on Colors Kannada. [2] She was then seen in Yogi Duniya opposite Yogesh and Onthara Bannagalu starring Kiran Srinivas, Sonu Gowda, Prathap Narayan, Praveen Pugalia. [3] Her next film was Premier Padmini directed by debutant Ramesh Indira which received positive reviews and went on to become a huge success at the box office. [4] [5] Her next release was a short film "Kaaji" directed by Actress Aishani Shetty backed by Satish Ninasam which went to win multiple awards. [6]

She then went on to make her Bollywood debut with the film Silence... Can you hear it? starring Manoj Bajpayee which opened to positive to mixed reviews. [7] She was once again seen in Thurthu Nirgamana directed by debutant Hemant Kumar which opened to positive reviews and went on to become a success on OTT. [8] In 2024, She played the role of Protagonist's sister in Yuva produced by Hombale Films which opened to positive to mixed reviews but her role was appreciated. [9]

Personal life

Hitha was born to actors Sihi Kahi Chandru and Sihi Kahi Geetha in Bangalore. She has a younger sister. Hitha met actor Kiran Srinivas during the shoot of a film. The two got engaged in August 2019 before marrying on 2 December that year. [10]

Filmography

Films

Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearTitleRoleNotesRef
20171/4 Kg PreethiSri [11]
2018Onthara BannagaluHitha
2018 Yogi Duniya Sheela
2019 Premier Padmini Ranjani [4]
2021 Silence... Can You Hear It? Kavita Khanna Hindi film, Bollywood Debut
2022 Thurthu Nirgamana Mili Sebastian
Shubhamangala Vidhya
2024 Yuva Shwetha [12]

Short films

YearTitleRoleLanguageNotesRef
2019KaajiLakshmiKannada Best Actress - SIIMA Short Film Awards [13]

Television/ Series

YearShowRoleNotesChannelRef
2016Dancing StarNASeason 3; Winner Colors Kannada
2022 Nammane Yuvarani HerselfCameo Colors Kannada [14]
2023 Scam 2003 Radha(Karnataka SIT) SonyLiv [15]

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