Nidhhi Agerwal is an Indian actress who primarily works in

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and

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films. After participating in Miss Diva Universe 2014, Agerwal made her acting debut with the Hindi film ''

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'' (2017), for which she received

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.'' Agerwal made her Telugu debut with '' Savyasachi'' (2018) and Tamil debut with ''

Eeswaran ''Eeswaran'' is a 2021 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by Suseenthiran and produced by Balaji Kapa under Madhav Media. The film stars Silambarsan in the titular role, alongside Bharathiraja, Nidhhi Agerwal (in her Tamil debut) ...

'' (2021). For the former, she received SIIMA Award for Best Female Debut - Telugu nominations. She has been part of successful films including ''

iSmart Shankar ''iSmart Shankar'' is a 2019 Indian Telugu-language science fiction action film directed by Puri Jagannadh, who co-produced with Charmme Kaur. It stars Ram Pothineni, alongside Satyadev Kancharana, Nabha Natesh, Nidhhi Agerwal, Ashish Vidyar ...

'' (2019) and ''

Kalaga Thalaivan ''Kalaga Thalaivan'' () is a 2022 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by Magizh Thirumeni and produced by Udhayanidhi Stalin of Red Giant Movies. The film stars Udhayanidhi, Nidhhi Agerwal,Kalaiyarasan and Arav, Santhosh Prem. T ...

'' (2022).

Early life

Agerwal was born in

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and brought up in

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. Born into a

-speaking

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family, she can understand as well as speak

and

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. Her birth year is reported inconsistently either as 1992 or 1993. Her schooling was at Debipur Milan Vidyapith. She holds a graduation in Business Management from

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, Bangalore. She is well trained in

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Career

In 2016, director

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confirmed that Agerwal was signed as the lead in his film ''

'', alongside

Tiger Shroff Jai Hemant Shroff (born 2 March 1990), known professionally as Tiger Shroff, is an Indian actor who works in Hindi films. Born to actors Jackie Shroff and Ayesha Dutt, he made his acting debut with the action romance '' Heropanti'' (2014), for ...

. She was chosen from among 300 candidates. Agerwal was also asked to sign a ''no-dating clause'' till completion of the film. She made her acting debut with the film, which received mixed to negative reviews from critics. Agerwal made her Telugu film debut in 2018 alongside

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, with the film '' Savyasachi''. It did not perform well at the box-office. She had two releases in 2019. '' Mr. Majnu'' with

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was unsuccessful at the box-office whereas ''

'' alongside

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was a commercial success running for more than 100 days at the box office. The same year, Agerwal appeared in two music videos, ''Unglich Ring Daal De'' sung by

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and ''AAHO! Mittran Di Yes Hai'' with

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. In 2021, she made her Tamil debut opposite

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in ''

''. The film received mixed reviews and was an average success. Her next film, '' Bhoomi'' with

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released the same year. It received negative reviews. She also appeared opposite

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's recreation of ''Saath Kya Nibhaoge'' song. In 2022, she appeared ''

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'' alongside debutant Ashok Galla. The film received mixed reviews from the critics and audiences as well. She also appeared alongside

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Magizh Thirumeni Magizh Thirumeni (born 9 October 1978), is an Indian film director, screenwriter, dubbing artist and actor who works primarily in Tamil cinema. After working as an assistant to directors Selvaraghavan and Gautham Vasudev Menon, he directed six ...

's action-thriller film

, which received positive reviews from critics. She will next be seen as Panchami in

Krish Jagarlamudi Radhakrishna "Krish" Jagarlamudi (born 10 November 1978) is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works predominantly in Telugu cinema in addition to Hindi cinema, Hindi and Tamil cinema, Tamil films. He has earned numerous accolades throu ...

's ''

Hari Hara Veera Mallu ''Hari Hara Veera Mallu: Part 1'' is an Indian upcoming Telugu-language swashbuckler action film directed by Krish Jagarlamudi and A. M. Jyothi Krishna from a screenplay by Jagarlamudi and Sai Madhav Burra. Depicting the life of legendary outl ...

,'' that is scheduled to release in December 2024.

In the media

Agerwal has featured various times on Hyderabad Times Most Desirable Woman list. She was placed 11th in 2019, and 8th in 2020. She is an active celebrity endorser for several brands and products. In 2019, she rejected a fairness cream endorsement. Agerwal has also been part of

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multilingual ad.

Filmography

Films

Music videos

Awards and nominations

Other Honours * Yamaha Fascino Miss Diva 2014 - Finalist

References

External links

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