Nidhi Subbaiah

{{Infobox person | name = Nidhi Subbaiah | native_name = ನಿಧಿ ಸುಬ್ಬಯ್ಯ | image = Nidhi-Subbaiah.jpg | caption = Nidhi Subbaiah at the inauguration of the movie <i>Ajab Gazabb Love</i> | birth_date = <span style="display:none"></span> 16 February 1985 <span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"></span><sup id="cite_ref-TV9_Special:_.7BEpi_4.7D_.27Sandalwood_Queen.27_Actress_Nidhi_Subbaiah_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TV9_Special:_.7BEpi_4.7D_.27Sandalwood_Queen.27_Actress_Nidhi_Subbaiah-1"></a></sup> | birth_place = <a href="/wiki/Kodagu" class="mw-redirect" title="Kodagu">Kodagu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> | alma_mater = <a href="/wiki/Sri_Jayachamarajendra_College_of_Engineering" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering">Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering</a> , Mysore. | yearsactive = 2009–present | occupation = Film actress, model | spouse = Lavesh khairajani</p> <p><b>Nidhi Subbaiah</b> is an Indian film actress and model, who has appeared in various television advertisements, South Indian and Hindi Films, she rose to fame by acting in few successful Kannada movies such as <i><a href="/wiki/Pancharangi" title="Pancharangi">Pancharangi</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Krishnan_Marriage_Story" title="Krishnan Marriage Story">Krishnan Marriage Story</a></i> . Both these films brought her nominations for <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Awards_South" title="Filmfare Awards South">South Filmfare Awards</a> and the latter film won her <a href="/wiki/South_Indian_International_Movie_Awards" title="South Indian International Movie Awards">SIIMA Special Appreciation Award-Kannada</a>. She made her Bollywood debut with <i><a href="/wiki/Oh_My_God_" class="mw-redirect" title="Oh My God ">Oh My God</a></i> , and <i><a href="/wiki/Ajab_Gazabb_Love" title="Ajab Gazabb Love">Ajab Gazabb Love</a></i> .</p> <p></p> <div id="toc" class="toc"> <div id="toctitle" class="toctitle"> <h2>Contents</h2> </div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Early_life"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Early life</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Career"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Career</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#Filmography"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Filmography</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <p></p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Early_life">Early life</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket"></span></span></h2> <p>Nidhi was born on 16 February 1982 in the <a href="/wiki/Kodagu_district" title="Kodagu district">Kodagu district</a> of <a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a> as the only child to Bollachanda Subhash Subbaiah and Jhansi Subbaiah.<sup id="cite_ref-bangaloremirror1_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bangaloremirror1-2"></a></sup> Soon afterwards, her family later moved to Gokulam in the historic city of <a href="/wiki/Mysore" title="Mysore">Mysore</a>, where she spent most of her childhood and pursued her education. Nidhi had made her mark in sports by winning gold medals at National- level sports meets in sailing while she was studying II PUC in Mysore. She also has the credit of winning three gold medals in a calendar year at the sports meet in sailing events at Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh and at Chilka Lake in Orissa. <sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"></a></sup> Besides being a sports person of repute, Nidhi was also a Naval NCC cadet who won the best cadet award in the year 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"></a></sup> An alumnus of St. Joseph's Central, Mysore, she went on to study <a href="/wiki/Civil_Engineering" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil Engineering">Civil Engineering</a> from <a href="/wiki/Sri_Jayachamarajendra_College_of_Engineering" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering">Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering</a> , Mysore. She quit in the 2nd year as her modelling career took off and this ultimately led her to pursue a career in acting. Currently she lives in Mumbai, after getting offers from Bollywood.<sup id="cite_ref-bangaloremirror1_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bangaloremirror1-2"></a></sup></p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Career">Career</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket"></span></span></h2> <p>She first ventured into modelling, appearing in various television commercials,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"></a></sup> with <a href="/wiki/Fair_and_Lovely" class="mw-redirect" title="Fair and Lovely">Fair and Lovely</a> being the most notable, through which she landed her first acting assignment.<sup id="cite_ref-bangaloremirror1_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bangaloremirror1-2"></a></sup> She made her acting debut with <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abhimaani&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Abhimaani ">Abhimaani</a></i> in 2009, which did not fare well at the box office.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"></a></sup> She has also acted in Suri's <i><a href="/wiki/Anna_Bond" title="Anna Bond">Anna Bond</a></i> that features her alongside <a href="/wiki/Puneet_Rajkumar" class="mw-redirect" title="Puneet Rajkumar">Puneet Rajkumar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Priyamani" title="Priyamani">Priyamani</a>.The film did fairly well at the box office.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"></a></sup> She will be making a special appearance in Poornima Mohan's <i>School Days</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"></a></sup> Nidhi's first Bollywood outing is titled <i><a href="/wiki/Oh_My_God_" class="mw-redirect" title="Oh My God ">Oh My God</a></i> which stars <i><a href="/wiki/Akshay_Kumar" title="Akshay Kumar">Akshay Kumar</a></i>. She has a cameo appearance in the movie. Nidhi's First Bollywood Movie as a Leading actress was <i><a href="/wiki/Ajab_Gazabb_Love" title="Ajab Gazabb Love">Ajab Gazabb Love</a></i> where she co-stars with <a href="/wiki/Jackky_Bhagnani" title="Jackky Bhagnani">Jackky Bhagnani</a>.</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Filmography">Filmography</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket"></span></span></h2> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Film</th> <th>Role</th> <th>Language</th> <th class="unsortable">Notes</th> </tr> <tr> <td>2009</td> <td><i>Abhimaani</i></td> <td>Aparna</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kannada_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Kannada language">Kannada</a></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>2009</td> <td><i>Chamkaysi Chindi Udaysi</i></td> <td>Kamala</td> <td>Kannada</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>2010</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Krishna_Nee_Late_Aagi_Baaro" title="Krishna Nee Late Aagi Baaro">Krishna Nee Late Aagi Baaro</a></i></td> <td>Lakshmi</td> <td>Kannada</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>2010</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Betting_Bangaraju" title="Betting Bangaraju">Betting Bangaraju</a></i></td> <td>Divya</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Telugu_language" title="Telugu language">Telugu</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>2010</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Pancharangi" title="Pancharangi">Pancharangi</a></i></td> <td>Ambika</td> <td>Kannada</td> <td>Nominated, <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Actress_%E2%80%93_Kannada" title="Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada">Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>2011</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Veera_Bahu_" title="Veera Bahu ">Veera Bahu</a></i></td> <td>Devi</td> <td>Kannada</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>2011</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Krishnan_Marriage_Story" title="Krishnan Marriage Story">Krishnan Marriage Story</a></i></td> <td>Khushi</td> <td>Kannada</td> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Indian_International_Movie_Awards" title="South Indian International Movie Awards">SIIMA Special Appreciation Award-Kannada</a><br /> Nominated, <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Actress_%E2%80%93_Kannada" title="Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada">Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>2012</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Anna_Bond" title="Anna Bond">Anna Bond</a></i></td> <td>Divya</td> <td>Kannada</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=SIIMA_Award_for_Best_Actress_in_a_Supporting_Role&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SIIMA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role ">SIIMA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>2012</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Oh_My_God_" class="mw-redirect" title="Oh My God ">Oh My God</a></i></td> <td>Shweta Tiwari</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hindi_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindi language">Hindi</a></td> <td>as the Reporter of ABP News</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2012</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Ajab_Gazabb_Love" title="Ajab Gazabb Love">Ajab Gazabb Love</a></i></td> <td>Madhuri Singh Chouhan</td> <td>Hindi</td> <td>Lead Actress</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2016</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Direct_Ishq" title="Direct Ishq">Direct Ishq</a></i></td> <td>Dolly Pandey</td> <td>Hindi</td> <td>Lead Actress</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2016</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Nanna_Ninna_Prema_Kathe" title="Nanna Ninna Prema Kathe">Nanna Ninna Prema Kathe</a></i></td> <td>Rekha/Preeti</td> <td>Kannada</td> <td>Lead Actress</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2016</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Love_Shagun" title="Love Shagun">Love Shagun</a></i></td> <td>Tia</td> <td>Hindi</td> <td>Lead Actress <sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"></a></sup></td> </tr> <tr> <td>2017</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Raabta_" title="Raabta ">Raabta </a></i></td> <td>TBA</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a></td> <td>Premiere</td> </tr> </table> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket"></span></span></h2> <div class="reflist columns references-column-count references-column-count-2" style="-moz-column-count: 2; -webkit-column-count: 2; column-count: 2; list-style-type: decimal;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-TV9_Special:_.7BEpi_4.7D_.27Sandalwood_Queen.27_Actress_Nidhi_Subbaiah-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-TV9_Special:_.7BEpi_4.7D_.27Sandalwood_Queen.27_Actress_Nidhi_Subbaiah_1-0">^{<i><b>a</b></i>}</a> <a href="#cite_ref-TV9_Special:_.7BEpi_4.7D_.27Sandalwood_Queen.27_Actress_Nidhi_Subbaiah_1-1">^{<i><b>b</b></i>}</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_7P-fMk33c">"TV9 Special: {Epi 4} 'Sandalwood Queen' Actress Nidhi Subbaiah"</a>.</cite>