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
Parents
  • Jagadish (father)
  • Rajeswari [1] (mother)

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.[ citation needed ]

Filmography

YearFilmRoleNotes
2011 Ala Modalaindi Pinky
2012 Mem Vayasuku Vacham SMS Shyamala
Rushi Advocate
Routine Love Story Neetu
Dhammu Satya's friend
2013 Okkadine Sujatha
Prema Ishq Kaadhal Snigdha
Anthaka Mundu Aa Tarvatha Jigesha
Priyathama Neevachata Kusalama Snigdha
Prema Ishq Kaadhal Snigdha
2014 Yennamo Yedho Pinky Tamil film
Chandamama Kathalu Bar waitress
2015BastiSnigdha
KetugaduLady Don
Tiger Ganga's friend
Jatha Kalise Driver Bangaram [10]
Bandipotu Guide
2016 Guntur Talkies Pistol Pooja
Bale JodiPinky Kannada film
Kalyana Vaibhogame Alliance
Selfie Raja
2017 Kittu Unnadu Jagratha Janaki's friend
PSV Garuda Vega Hacker
Okka Kshanam Snigdha
B-tech BabbuluAllam Sridevi
2018 Vijetha Manager
Ego Gopi's Friend
2 Friends
Evanukku Engeyo Matcham Irukku DonTamil film
2019 Oh! Baby Vikram's assistant
2021Deyyamtho Sahajeevanam
You Avakay Me Ice CreamWeb series

Discography

YearFilmCredited asNotes
2009Allam VelluliMusic Director [3] Unreleased movie
2012 Rushi Music Director

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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