Nidhi Subbaiah
Nidhi Subbaiah (born 16 February 1987) is an Indian actress and model, who has appeared in various television advertisements and films, she is known for her performance in successful Kannada movies such as "Pancharangi" (2010) and "Krishnan Marriage Story" (2011). Both these films brought her nominations for South Filmfare Awards and the latter film won her SIIMA Special Appreciation Award-Kannada. She made her Bollywood debut with "Oh My God" (in a guest appearance role), and "Ajab Gazabb Love" (in a lead role). Early life. Nidhi was born on 16 February 1987 in the Kodagu district of Karnataka  as the only child to Bollachanda Subhash Subbaiah and Jhansi Subbaiah. Soon afterwards, her family later moved to Mysore, where she spent most of her childhood and completed 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. Besides being a sports person of repute, Nidhi was also a Naval  NCC cadet who won the best cadet award in the year 2004. An alumnus of St. Joseph's Central, Mysore, Mahajanas PU college, Mysore, she went on to study Civil Engineering from Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering (SJCE), Mysore. She quit in the 2nd year as her modelling career took off and this ultimately led her to pursue a career in acting. Career. She first ventured into modelling, appearing in various television commercials, with Fair & Lovely being the most notable, through which she landed her first acting assignment. She made her acting debut with "Abhimaani" in 2009, which did not  fare well at the box office. She has also acted in Suri's "Anna Bond" that features her alongside Puneeth Rajkumar and Priyamani. The film did fairly well at the box office. She will be making a special appearance in Poornima Mohan's "School Days". Nidhi's first Bollywood outing was "Oh My God", which starred Akshay Kumar. She had a cameo in the movie. Nidhi's first Bollywood movie as a leading actress was "Ajab Gazabb Love", where she co-stars with Jackky Bhagnani. Currently, she is one of the contestants in the present Bigg Boss Kannada (season 8)  and got evicted on 4th July 2021 as the first contestant to be evicted in the second innings. Filmography. Television 2021 - "Bigg Boss Kannada Season 8" 2021 - Bigg Boss Second Innings