Nidhhi Agerwal

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Nidhhi Agerwal
Nidhhi Agerwal at the Daniel Wellingston store launch.jpg
Agerwal in 2018
Born17 August 1992/1993
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Alma mater Christ University
Occupation
  • Actress
Years active2017 - present

Nidhhi Agerwal is an Indian actress who primarily works in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi films. After participating in Miss Diva Universe 2014, Agerwal made her acting debut with the Hindi film Munna Michael (2017), for which she received Zee Cine Award for Best Female Debut. [1] [2]

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Agerwal made her Telugu debut with Savyasachi (2018) and Tamil debut with Eeswaran (2021). For the former, she received SIIMA Award for Best Female Debut - Telugu nominations. She has been part of successful films including iSmart Shankar (2019) and Kalaga Thalaivan (2022). [3]

Early life

Agerwal was born in Hyderabad and brought up in Bangalore. Born into a Hindi-speaking Marwari family, she can understand as well as speak Telugu, Tamil and Kannada. [4] Her birth year is reported inconsistently either as 1992 [5] [1] or 1993. [6] [7]

Her schooling was at Debipur Milan Vidyapith. She holds a graduation in Business Management from Christ University, Bangalore. [8] [9] She is well trained in ballet, kathak and belly dance. [10]

Career

In 2016, director Sabbir Khan confirmed that Agerwal was signed as the lead in his film Munna Michael , alongside Tiger Shroff. She was chosen from among 300 candidates. Agerwal was also asked to sign a no-dating clause till completion of the film. [11] She made her acting debut with the film, which received mixed to negative reviews from critics. [12]

Agerwal made her Telugu film debut in 2018 alongside Naga Chaitanya, with the film Savyasachi . It did not perform well at the box-office.[ citation needed ] She had two releases in 2019. Mr. Majnu with Akhil Akkineni was unsuccessful at the box-office [13] whereas iSmart Shankar alongside Ram Pothineni was a commercial success running for more than 100 days at the box office. [14] The same year, Agerwal appeared in two music videos, Unglich Ring Daal De sung by Jyotica Tangri and AAHO! Mittran Di Yes Hai with Badshah.

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Agerwal at Zee Cine Awards

In 2021, she made her Tamil debut opposite Silambarasan in Eeswaran . [15] The film received mixed reviews and was an average success. Her next film, Bhoomi with Jayam Ravi released the same year. It received negative reviews. [16] She also appeared opposite Sonu Sood in Altaf Raja's recreation of Saath Kya Nibhaoge song. In 2022, she appeared Hero alongside debutant Ashok Galla. The film received mixed reviews from the critics and audiences as well. [17] She also appeared alongside Udhayanidhi Stalin in Magizh Thirumeni's action-thriller film Kalaga Thalaivan, which received positive reviews from critics. [18]

She will next be seen as Panchami in Krish Jagarlamudi's Hari Hara Veera Mallu, that is scheduled to release in 2023. [19]

In the media

Agerwal has featured various times on Hyderabad Times Most Desirable Woman list. She ranked 11th in 2019, [20] and 8th in 2020. [21]

She is an active celebrity endorser for several brands. In 2019, she rejected a fairness cream endorsement. [22] Agerwal has also been part of Kalyan Jewellers multilingual ad. [23]

Filmography

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†Denotes films that have not yet been released

Films

List of Nidhhi Agerwal film credits
YearTitleRoleLanguageNotesRef.
2017 Munna Michael Deepika Sharma "Dolly" Hindi [24]
2018 Savyasachi Chitra Telugu [25]
2019 Mr. Majnu Nikitha "Nikki" [26]
iSmart Shankar Dr. Sarah [27]
2021 Eeswaran Poongodi Tamil [28]
Bhoomi Shakthi [29]
2022 Hero Subhadra "Subbu"Telugu [30]
Kalaga Thalaivan Mythili PrasadTamil [31]
2024 Hari Hara Veera Mallu †PanchamiTeluguFilming [32]
The Raja Saab †TBAFilming [33]

Music videos

List of Nidhhi Agerwal music video credits
YearTitleSinger(s)Ref.
2019Unglich Ring Daal De Jyotica Tangri [34]
AAHO! Mittran Di Yes Hai Badshah [35]
2021Saath Kya Nibhaoge Altaf Raja [36]

Awards and nominations

List of awards and nominations received by Nidhhi Agerwal
YearAwardFilmCategoryResultRef.
2017 Zee Cine Awards Munna Michael Best Female Debut Won [37]
2019 SIIMA Awards Savyasachi Best Female Debut - Telugu Nominated [38]

Other Honours

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