Nikitha Narayan is an Indian actress and model. Working as a model since the age of 10, she entered the Telugu film industry in 2011 after participating and winning beauty pageants.

Early life and family

She graduated in Bachelor of Management Studies from the St. Francis College, Begumpet,

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. She interned as a Business Analyst at

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Bangalore and later got placed in the

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Career

Modelling

Nikitha's modeling career began at the age of 10, when she worked with noted director Rajiv Menon on a television advertisement for Annapurna Iodised salt. It was followed by ads for Glow & Lovely, Fair & Lovely and other brands over the next few years. In 2009 she won the Dabur Miss Fresh Face of Hyderabad, after which she participated at the 2010 Miss South India contest, earning the second runner-up title along with a host of sub-titles (Miss Congeniality and Miss Beautiful Skin). She next represented the Southern region alongside three other models at the Miss Queen of India 2011. She finished under the Top 5 and won the Miss Beautiful Eyes title. Nikitha has also walked the ramp in many fashion shows and designer week, and has modeled for brands in various categories including jewelry and clothing.

Acting

In November 2011, Nikitha entered the film industry when she won the lead role in the Telugu film ''It's My Love Story'' directed by Madhura Sreedhar Reddy. The film ran successfully for over 50 days across Andhra Pradesh and she received good reviews for her performance. The Hindu wrote that she "makes a sparkling debut" and ''Rediff'' wrote that she "looks fresh and has the potential to grow into an actor". She was nominated in the Best Female Debutant category at the 1st South Indian International Movie Awards held in Dubai. Later, she worked for a Telugu project titled ''Race (2013 film), Race'' under Bhavya creations banner which got released on 1 March 2013. Her next film was the unreleased bilingual project titled ''Made in Vizag'' in Telugu and ''Nee Naan Mattum'' in Tamil. A remake of the Marathi film, ''Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai'', it was directed by Kanmani (director), Kanmani. Her first 2015 release was ''Ladies & Gentlemen (2015 film), Ladies & Gentlemen'' directed by Manjunath, in which she was seen as a homemaker. A week later, she was seen in ''Pesarattu'', which was the first crowd funded Telugu film. She did a movie with the renowned yesteryear national award winning director Vamsy's ''Vennello Hai Hai'' opposite Ajmal of ''Ko'' fame.

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nikitha Narayan Living people Kannada people Actresses from Bengaluru Indian film actresses Actresses in Telugu cinema 21st-century Indian actresses Year of birth missing (living people) Actresses in Kannada cinema Female models from Bengaluru