Disha Pandey (born 17 January) is an Indian actress. She has appeared in films in

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, notably in the commercial success, '' Thamizh Padam'' (2010), and in Telugu,

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and

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Early life

In comments published in a 2011 article in ''

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'', Pandey shared that her father was a gazette officer with the education department, and that her mother worked with

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. She also revealed that she has one older sister and a younger brother. Pandey was in class 12 when she entered films, but was advised to pursue her degree before continuing acting. Despite choosing biology with mathematics in class 12, Disha decided to pursue arts to be able to complete her degree more easily. In 2011, she reported that she completed her first year BA in Human Rights.

Career

Pandey has done modelling for

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, including for Prince Jewellery and

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Lassi. Pandey achieved initial success as an actress in the successful comedy film '' Thamizh Padam'' (2010). She acted in ''

Mayanginen Thayanginen ''Mayanginen Thayanginen'' () is a 2012 Tamil romantic-thriller film written and directed by T. S. Vendan, who earlier directed '' Inba''. The film stars Nithin Sathya and Disha Pandey in the lead roles with Pawan, Tarun Shatriya and Tejash ...

'' (2012), a Tamil flick opposite

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and ''

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'' (2013), a Telugu horror film, directed by Srikanth Vemulapalli. In ''Mayanginen Thayanginen'' she played the character of a very homely girl — a customer care executive employed with a call taxi company. She made her

debut in ''

Jai Lalitha ''Jai Lalitha'' is a 2014 Indian Kannada-language comedy film directed by Pon Kumaran. It stars Sharan (actor), Sharan, Aishwarya Devan, Disha Pandey and Ravishankar Gowda in the lead roles. The film is a remake of the Malayalam film ''Mayamohin ...

'' (2014), the Kannada remake of the Malayalam hit ''

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'' (2012). She plays the role that Malayalam actress

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played in the original. She has appeared in another Kannada films '' Bombay Mittai'' (2015), in which she plays a character interested in travelling and photography.

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pandey, Disha Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) Actresses from New Delhi 21st-century Indian actresses Actresses from Rajasthan Actresses in Hindi cinema Actresses in Kannada cinema Actresses in Tamil cinema Actresses in Telugu cinema Female models from Rajasthan Indian film actresses