Nidhi Subbaiah

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Nidhi Subbaiah
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Born (1985-02-16) 16 February 1985 (age 39)
Kodagu, Karnataka, India
Alma materSJCE, Mysore
Occupation(s)Actress, model
Years active2009present

Nidhi Subbaiah (born 16 February 1985 [1] ) is an Indian actress and model, who has appeared in various television advertisements and films, she is known for her performance in successful Kannada movies such as Pancharangi (2010) and Krishnan Marriage Story (2011). She made her Bollywood debut with Oh My God and Ajab Gazabb Love (in a lead role).

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Early life

Nidhi was born on 16 February 1985 in the Kodagu district of Karnataka as the only child to Bollachanda Subhash Subbaiah and Jhansi Subbaiah. [2] Soon afterwards, her family later moved to Mysore, where she spent most of her childhood and completed her education.

Nidhi had made her mark in sports by winning gold medals at national level sports meets in sailing while she was studying II PUC in Mysore. [3] She also has the credit of winning three gold medals in a calendar year at the sports meet in sailing events at Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh and at Chilka Lake in Orissa. [3] Besides being a sportsperson of repute, Nidhi was also a Naval NCC cadet who won the best cadet award in the year 2004. [4]

An alumnus of St. Joseph's Central, Mysore, Mahajanas PU college, Mysore, she went on to study Civil Engineering from Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering (SJCE), Mysore. She quit in the second year as her modelling career took off and this ultimately led her to pursue a career in acting.

Personal life

Subbaiah married her longtime boyfriend entrepreneur Lavesh Khairajani in 2017 in Coorg, Karnataka. They were divorced in 2018. [5]

Career

She first ventured into modelling, appearing in various television commercials,[ citation needed ] with Fair & Lovely being the most notable, through which she landed her first acting assignment. [2] She made her acting debut with Abhimani in 2009, which did not fare well at the box office. [6] She has also acted in Suri's Anna Bond that features her alongside Puneeth Rajkumar and Priyamani. The film did fairly well at the box office. [7] She then made a special appearance in Poornima Mohan's School Days. [8] Nidhi's first Bollywood outing was Oh My God , which starred Akshay Kumar. She had a small role in the movie. Nidhi's first Bollywood movie as a leading actress was Ajab Gazabb Love , where she co-stars with Jackky Bhagnani and then went on to star in many more films.

She participated in the reality show Bigg Boss Kannada (season 8) as one of the contestants and got evicted on 4 July 2021 as the first contestant to be evicted in the second innings. [9]

Filmography

YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
2009 Abhimani Aparna Kannada
Chamkaisi Chindi Udaysi Kamala
Sweet HeartMeenakshiTelugu
2010 Krishna Nee Late Aagi Baaro LakshmiKannada
Pancharangi Ambika Kannada Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada
2011 Veera Bahu Devi
Krishnan Marriage Story Khushi SIIMA Special Appreciation Award-Kannada
Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada
2012 Anna Bond Divya SIIMA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Kannada
OMG – Oh My God! Shweta Tiwari Hindi
Ajab Gazabb Love Madhuri Singh Chouhan
2016 Direct Ishq Dolly Pandey
Love Shagun Tia [10]
Nanna Ninna Prema Kathe Rekha/Preeti Kannada
20175GRashi
2019 Ayushman Bhava ChukkiNominated- SIIMA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Kannada [11]
2024 Chef Chidambara Mona
TBA UI TBAFilming [12]
Edagaiye Apaghatakke Karana TBAFilming [13]

Television

2021 - Bigg Boss Kannada Season 8
2021 - Bigg Boss Second Innings

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