Deepa Sannidhi (born Rahasya) is an Indian actress who mainly appears in

Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...

films. She made her acting debut in the 2011 film ''

Saarathi ''Saarathi'' ( en, Charioteer) is a 2011 Indian Kannada-language romantic action film written and directed by Dinakar Thoogudeep. It stars Darshan and debutante Deepa Sannidhi in the lead roles. V. Harikrishna scored for the film's backgrou ...

''.

Personal life

Rahasya was born in Chikkamagalur district of Karnataka to Shashidhar and Nanda. She completed her schooling in Bangalore and is an alumna of St. Aloysius College in

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Career

Deepa Sannidhi was in her first year in architectural engineering when she received a film offer for ''

'', and dropped out of college to pursue a career in films. She also has some prior experience in modelling and has completed a one-year course in jewellery designing. During her acting career, Deepa simultaneously pursued a degree in English Literature through Distant Education. She took part in the audition tests conducted by the ''Saarathi'' film team and was selected to play its lead role after undergoing two rounds of tests. While shooting for ''Saarathi'', she signed her second film ''

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'' directed by

Yogaraj Bhat Yogaraj Bhat (born 8 October 1972) is an Indian Kannada film-maker, director, screenwriter, lyricist and producer. He is most known for the 2006 film ''Mungaru Male''. The film recorded the highest box-office collections in the history of Kannad ...

, which released a week after ''Saarathi''. ''Paramathma'' also went on to become a successful venture. Deepa was chosen as the Promising Newcomer Female for ''Saarathi'' and ''Paramathma'' in The Bangalore Times Film Awards 2011. Her only 2012 release was

Preetham Gubbi Preetham Gubbi is an Indian film screenwriter turned director who works in Kannada film industry. He made his debut as a script writer for the blockbuster Kannada film ''Mungaru Male'' in 2006. He debuted as a director for the film '' Haage Su ...

's '' Jaanu''.

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in its review called it "Deepa Sannidhi's film all the way". In 2014, she was first seen in '' Endendu Ninagagi'' as Soumya, "a very bold, in-your-face, today's girl". She stated that the role was "quite challenging because this is not me" but that she loved playing it. In 2015, she made her Tamil film debut in '' Enakkul Oruvan'', a remake of Kannada film '' Lucia'', in which she will play the character that

Sruthi Hariharan Sruthi Hariharan (born 2 February 1989) is an Indian actress and producer who appears primarily in Kannada language films. She debuted in a 2012 Malayalam film, '' Cinema Company'', and her first film in the Kannada cinema industry was '' Lucia ...

did in the original. Even before her Tamil debut she signed up her next Tamil film, Vishnuvardhan's ''

Yatchan ''Yatchan'' () is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language action comedy film co written, co-produced and directed by Vishnuvardhan. The film was produced by Siddharth Roy Kapur under UTV Motion Pictures. The film features Arya, Kreshna, Swati Reddy, and De ...

''.Kannada girl Deepa Sannidhi for Arya – The Times of India
. Timesofindia.indiatimes.com (18 May 2014). Retrieved 27 May 2015.

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sannidhi, Deepa People from Chikkamagaluru Indian film actresses Living people Actresses in Kannada cinema Actresses from Karnataka 21st-century Indian actresses Year of birth missing (living people)