Snigdha (actress)

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Snigdha Nayani
Born (1981-01-15) 15 January 1981 (age 43)
Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh, India
Occupation(s)Actress, singer, music director
Years active2011–present
Parent(s)Jagadish (father)
Rajeswari (mother) [1]

Snigdha is an Indian actress and singer. She began her career as a singer and later became a well-known actress in Tollywood with Ala Modalaindi. She has also acted in Tamil and Kannada films.

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Early life

Snigdha was born in Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh, to Jagadeesh, a doctor, and Rajeswari, a housewife. [1] She pursued her MBA at CR Reddy College in Eluru. [2] Before getting into movies, she worked as HR Manager at Logic Bytes in Hyderabad. [3]

Career

She started her acting career with B. V. Nandini Reddy's directorial debut film, Ala Modalaindi . [3] She played the role of Pinky, the mutual friend of the lead characters of the movie, played by Nani and Nithya Menon. In 2012, she appeared in 4 movies, Mem Vayasuku Vacham, Routine Love Story, Kittu Unnadu Jagratha [4] and Dhammu .

Apart from acting, she has composed music for commercials, and short films. [5] She is also a singer. [6] [7]

Snigdha started her career as a musician with the composition of a title song for Bunty Garu (Chakravakam) in a TV serial ‘Nijamga’. Later she turned into a playback singer with the song ‘Vela Vela’ for Anil in ‘Sambhavami Yuge Yuge’. She also participated in Okkare (ETV) and gained popularity on the small screen, after which she anchored for Okkare Little Stars. She has performed in the USA, Muscat, Malaysia, the UK, Rajahmundry, Chennai, New Delhi, Mumbai, Vijayawada, Vizag, Guntur, Tirupathi & Hyderabad and has released several pop albums.

After the success of Oh! Baby , [8] [9] in 2021, she acted in You Avakay Me Ice Cream, a rom-com webseries directed by Bhargav Dasari. [10]

Filmography

Filmography

YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
2011 Ala Modalaindi Pinky Telugu
2012 Mem Vayasuku Vacham SMS ShyamalaTelugu
Rushi AdvocateTelugu
Routine Love Story NeetuTelugu
Dhammu Satya's friendTelugu
2013 Okkadine SujathaTelugu
Prema Ishq Kaadhal SnigdhaTelugu
Anthaka Mundu Aa Tarvatha JigeshaTelugu
Priyathama Neevachata Kusalama SnigdhaTelugu
Prema Ishq Kaadhal SnigdhaTelugu
2014 Yennamo Yedho Pinky Tamil
Chandamama Kathalu Bar waitressTelugu
2015BastiSnigdhaTelugu
KetugaduLady DonTelugu
Tiger Ganga's friendTelugu
Jatha KaliseDriver BangaramTelugu
Bandipotu GuideTelugu
2016 Guntur Talkies Pistol PoojaTelugu
Bale JodiPinky Kannada
Kalyana Vaibhogame AllianceTelugu
Selfie Raja Telugu
2017 Kittu Unnadu Jagratha Janaki's friendTelugu
PSV Garuda Vega HackerTelugu
Okka Kshanam SnigdhaTelugu
B-tech BabbuluAllam SrideviTelugu
2018 Vijetha ManagerTelugu
Ego Gopi's FriendTelugu
2 FriendsKannada / Telugu
Evanukku Engeyo Matcham Irukku DonTamil
2019 Oh! Baby Vikram's assistantTelugu
2021Deyyamtho SahajeevanamTelugu
You Avakay Me Ice CreamTeluguWeb series

Discography

YearFilmCredited asLanguageNotes
2009Allam VelluliMusic Director [3] TeluguUnreleased movie
2012RushiMusic DirectorTelugu

Award

Snigdha won the prestigious Nandi Award for the best female comedian for the year 2014 for the movie Jatha Kalise. [11]

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