Rishika Singh (born Rohini Singh) is an Indian actor who appears in

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films. She is the daughter of film director

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and granddaughter of Mysore-based film producer Shankar Singh and former Kannada actress Pratima Devi. Her brother

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also appears in Kannada films.

Early life

Rishika Singh was born as Rohini Singh to film director

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. She was born to a family of film personalities with her grandfather Shankar Singh being a film producer and grandmother Pratima Devi, a Kannada film actress. She is the niece of Sangram Singh and actors Vijayalakshmi Singh and

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. She completed her graduation from Mount Carmel College, Bangalore, in the year 2008.

Career

Rishika Singh made her debut in films in the 2011

film '' Kanteerava''. She then appeared in the multi-starrer comedy film ''

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'' in the same year. In 2012, Singh hosted a talk show titled ''Ragale with Rishika'' that aired on

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. In 2013, she got into a controversy after her morphed obscene video clip was uploaded on a social website by the actor-director S. K. Basheed of her film '' Benki Birugali'', against whom she filed a case. She was one of the contestants in the reality TV show ''

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'' in its first season. She appeared in an item song for ''

Maanikya ''Maanikya'' ( ''The Ruby'') is a 2014 Indian Kannada-language action drama film directed by Sudeepa. The Film stars Sudeep and Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, alongside Ranya, V. Ravichandran and P. Ravi Shankar. The music was composed by Arjun J ...

'' (2014).

Personal life

Rishika Singh was engaged to Sandeep, a businessman from

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in December 2012. However, the wedding was called off, following which Singh was hospitalized due to a nervous breakdown.

Filmography

Television

References

External links

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