Deekshitha Manikkam is an Indian actress who has appeared in

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films. After making her debut in the Tamil film '' Kerala Nattilam Pengaludane'' (2014), she has been in films including '' Thirumanam Enum Nikkah'' (2014) and ''

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'' (2016).

Career

Born in Chennai, Deekshitha Manikkam completed a computer science engineering degree at SRM University before going on to participate as a finalist with Miss South India and also featured in the web series ''Happy To Be Single''. She made her first on screen appearance by portraying one of the lead characters in the romantic comedy '' Kerala Nattilam Pengaludane'' (2014), before portraying a friend of Nazriya's character in

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' '' Thirumanam Enum Nikkah'' (2014). Deekshitha later appeared in the leading female role in ''

'' and then in ''

Nagarvalam ''Nagarvalam'' () is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by Markx. The film stars Yuthan Balaji and Deekshitha Manikkam, while Yogi Babu, Bala Saravanan, and Namo Narayana play supporting roles. The film had a theatri ...

''. In September 2017, she married music composer

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Filmography

References

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