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Niveditha, formerly known and credited as Smitha, is an Indian actress, who predominantly appears in Kannada films. She attracted notable attention with her performance in the film '' Avva'' (2008) that fetched her the
Karnataka State Film Award for Best Supporting Actress Karnataka State Film Award for Best Supporting Actress is a state film award of the Indian state of Karnataka given during the annual Karnataka State Film Awards. The award honours Kannada language films. Superlative Winners Award winners The ...
.'I Have made a ground' – Smitha
/ref>A kiss & a slap are the same: Nivedita - The Times of India
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Early life

Niveditha's all for love - The Times of India
/ref> Her father Jagadish worked as a deputy commissioner of commercial taxes, her mother Lakshmi is a housewife.
/ref> She did her schooling in
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;Sandalwood actor was an unapologetic tomboy – The New Indian Express
/ref> later she studied at the Marimallappa High School and completed her PUC at the Marimallappa Pre-University College in
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, both part of Marimallappa's Educational Institutions. As a student, Smitha, who described herself as a
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, was also an NCC cadet. After graduating as an engineering student from the CMRIT College,
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, she went on to work at the software company
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for a year. She quit the job to pursue an acting career; when she was offered a role, she first joined actor
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's acting school, Actor Prepares and took a crash course.


Career

Smitha was first signed on for a role in the film ''Akasha Gange'' by
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, however as the film got delayed, several films she had signed later, including '' Kallarali Hoovagi'', ''Sixer'', ''Mathad Mathadu Mallige'' and '' Avva'' released before. Among her early releases, the Kavita Lankesh-directed ''Avva'' remains her most notable. The film particularly made headlines for a kissing scene featuring her and her co-star
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. Her performance in the film earned her the
Karnataka State Film Award for Best Supporting Actress Karnataka State Film Award for Best Supporting Actress is a state film award of the Indian state of Karnataka given during the annual Karnataka State Film Awards. The award honours Kannada language films. Superlative Winners Award winners The ...
. Although completed in July 2006, ''Akasha Gange'' released only in July 2008 and eventually became her sixth release. As she got no offers in Kannada cinema subsequently, she moved on to work in the Tamil film industry. '' Porkkalam'' directed by newcomer Bandi Sarojkumar was her first Tamil film, which was panned by critics upon release. Smitha then changed her screen name to Niveditha, according to
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as advised by her well-wishers, when she did not receive the offers she was looking for.'Success matters a lot in Kannada films'
/ref> The first release after her name change was her second Tamil film '' Kathai'' (2010). During the period, she had reportedly secured a lead role in
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-winning director
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's '' Avan Ivan''; however the character was eventually portrayed by
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. ''9 To 12'' (2011) starring
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who she previously had co-starred with in ''Porkkalam'', became her first release in Kannada after ''Akasha Gange'' in 2008; it opened to negative reception. Her first release in 2012 saw her enacting the title role, a Lambani girl, in '' Parie'', based on the award-winning Kannada novel ''Bharadwaj''. Her next release was '' Kiladi Kitty'' alongside
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and
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, with Niveditha lamenting after the release that her role had been cut short.Niveditha gets short-changed - The Times of India
/ref> Her upcoming films include ''Nimbe Huli'', '' Gowri Putra'' and the long-delayed ''Dheena''.


Filmography


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* {{authority control Living people Kannada actresses Indian film actresses Actresses in Kannada cinema Actresses in Tamil cinema Year of birth missing (living people) Actresses from Karnataka 21st-century Indian actresses People from Chikmagalur district