Nidhi Subbaiah (born 16 February 1987) 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 ''Pancharangi'' is a 2010 Indian Kannada language romantic comedy film with philosophical overtones directed and produced by Yogaraj Bhat starring Diganth and Nidhi Subbaiah in the lead roles. The music has been composed by Mano Murthy, story a ...

'' (2010) and ''

Krishnan Marriage Story ''Krishnan Marriage Story'' is an Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film written and directed by debutant Nuthan Umesh, starring Ajay Rao and Nidhi Subbaiah in the lead roles. Vijaya Kumar is the producer and Sridhar V. Sambhram is the mus ...

'' (2011). She made her Bollywood debut with '' Oh My God'' (in a guest appearance role), and '' Ajab Gazabb Love'' (in a lead role).

Early life

Nidhi was born on 16 February 1987 in the

Kodagu district Kodagu (also known by its former name Coorg) is an administrative district in the Karnataka state of India. Before 1956, it was an administratively separate Coorg State, at which point it was merged into an enlarged Mysore State. It occupies ...

Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO 15919, ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a States and union territories of India, state in the southwestern region of India. It was Unification of Karnataka, formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reor ...

as the only child to Bollachanda Subhash Subbaiah and Jhansi Subbaiah. Soon afterwards, her family later moved to

Mysore Mysore (), officially Mysuru (), is a city in the southern part of the state of Karnataka, India. Mysore city is geographically located between 12° 18′ 26″ north latitude and 76° 38′ 59″ east longitude. It is located at an altitude o ...

, 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. 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. Besides being a sportsperson of repute, Nidhi was also a Naval NCC cadet who won the best cadet award in the year 2004. An alumnus of St. Joseph's Central, Mysore, Mahajanas PU college, Mysore, she went on to study

Civil Engineering Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewa ...

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 Kodagu (also known by its former name Coorg) is an administrative district in the Karnataka state of India. Before 1956, it was an administratively separate Coorg State, at which point it was merged into an enlarged Mysore State. It occupies ...

. They were divorced in 2018.

Career

She first ventured into modelling, appearing in various television commercials, with Fair & Lovely being the most notable, through which she landed her first acting assignment. She made her acting debut with '' Abhimani'' in 2009, which did not fare well at the box office. She has also acted in Suri's ''

Anna Bond ''Anna Bond'' () is a 2012 Kannada-language romantic action film written and directed by Duniya Soori. Produced by Parvathamma Rajkumar, it stars Puneeth Rajkumar, Nidhi Subbaiah and Priyamani and Jackie Shroff in a negative role. The movie wa ...

'' that features her alongside

Puneeth Rajkumar Puneeth Rajkumar (17 March 1975 – 29 October 2021), colloquially known as Appu, was an Indian actor, playback singer, television presenter, and producer, who worked in Kannada cinema. He was the youngest son of actor and matinee idol Dr. Raj ...

and Priyamani. The film did fairly well at the box office. She will be making a special appearance in Poornima Mohan's ''School Days''. Nidhi's first Bollywood outing was '' Oh My God'', which starred

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. She had a cameo in the movie. Nidhi's first Bollywood movie as a leading actress was '' Ajab Gazabb Love'', where she co-stars with

Jackky Bhagnani Jackky Bhagnani (born 25 December 1984) is an Indian actor, film producer and entrepreneur. Early life Bhagnani was born in Kolkata, West Bengal in India to a Sindhi family. After schooling, he got a degree in commerce from H.R. College of Comm ...

. Currently, she is one of the contestants in the present

Bigg Boss Kannada (season 8) The eighth season of the Indian Kannada-language reality television game show ''Bigg Boss'' premiered on 28 February 2021. It is produced by Endemol Shine India under the control of Banijay and broadcast on Colors Kannada with Kiccha Sudeepa a ...

and got evicted on 4 July 2021 as the first contestant to be evicted in the second innings.

Filmography

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

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