Niharica Raizada | |
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Born | Niharica Kumari Raizada 18 April 1990 |
Nationality | Luxembourger |
Alma mater | Johns Hopkins University Imperial College New York Film Academy |
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Years active | 2013–present |
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Family | O. P. Nayyar (grandfather) |
Niharica Raizada (born 18 April 1990) [1] is a Luxembourgish actress. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] She was crowned as Miss India UK 2010 and was runner-up at Miss India Worldwide 2010. [7] She is the granddaughter of former Bollywood musician O. P. Nayyar. She has worked in films like IB71 , Masaan , 6-5=2 , Damadol , [8] [9] Total Dhamaal [10] (2018) and Sooryavanshi (2021).
Niharica is the granddaughter of music composer O. P. Nayyar. [11] [12] She was born to Indian parents and was raised in Luxembourg. Her mother tongue is French and she also speaks Luxembourgish, German, English, Spanish, and Hindi. [1] [13] [14] She has a sister Nirekhna Raizada and a brother Avneesh Raizada. [15] [16] She is a Medical Scientist by qualification [17] and studied MRes in Translational Medicine at Imperial College London, [18] and then did research in Cardiology at Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore), under a Fulbright scholarship. She got training in acting from New York Film Academy. [1] She is trained in Indian classical music and ballet. [1] [13] Niharica was crowned Miss India UK 2010 [19] and was also the first runner-up of Miss India Worldwide 2010. [14] Niharica released one song for the brand Chambor in French. She was ranked 45 in the list of Times 50 Most Desirable Women of 2013, and rose to 44 in 2015. [20]
Niharica made her film debut in a Bengali film Damadol in 2013. [21] She acted in a Gujarati film Var to NRI J in 2016. [22] Niharica has done a film titled Full 2 Jugaadu in 2016 with Krushna Abhishek. [23] [24]
She is the honorary cultural and arts ambassador between the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Republic of India. [13]
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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2013 | Damadol | Dancer | Bengali film |
2014 | 6-5=2 | Priya | |
2015 | Masaan | Traveller Girl | |
Alone | Anu | ||
Baby | Reporter | ||
Ek Kali | Short film [25] | ||
2016 | Waarrior Savitri | Savitri | |
Var to NRI J | Tejasvini | Gujarati film | |
2017 | Dwaraka | Telugu film; Special appearance in the song "Allabi Allabi" [26] | |
2019 | The Perfect Murder | Carol | Short film [27] [28] [29] |
Total Dhamaal | Dream Girl | [30] | |
2021 | Sooryavanshi | Inspector Tara Manchandani | [31] |
Himbeeren mit Senf | Junge Ehefrau | German film [32] | |
2023 | IB71 | Air Hostess | [33] |
Year | Web Series | Role | Language | Notes |
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2019 | Asli Mard | Mia Gupta | Hindi | |
2021 | Coyotes | French | [32] | |
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