Nidhi Subbaiah
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Nidhi Subbaiah is an Indian actress and model born on 16 February 1985 in Kodagu (Coorg) district, Karnataka, as the only child of Bollachanda Subhash Subbaiah and Jhansi Subbaiah. Shortly after her birth, the family relocated to Gokulam, Mysore, where she grew up. She attended St. Joseph's Central School, Mysore. A multi-talented student, she excelled at sailing - winning three gold medals in a calendar year at national-level sports meets in Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) and Chilka Lake (Odisha) - and was a Naval NCC cadet, winning the Best Cadet award in 2004. She enrolled in a Civil Engineering course but dropped out in her second year, drawn instead to modelling. Her most prominent early modelling work was the TVC for Fair & Lovely, which led to her first acting opportunity. She made her Kannada film debut in Abhimani (2009), and subsequently appeared in Pancharangi (2010, directed by Yogaraj Bhat), Veera Bahu (2011), Krishnan Marriage Story (2011), Anna Bond (2012, alongside Puneeth Rajkumar and Priyamani), and Ayushman Bhava (2019). Her Bollywood debut was a small role in Oh My God (2012, with Akshay Kumar), followed by her Bollywood lead debut in Ajab Gazabb Love (2012, opposite Jackky Bhagnani), Direct Ishq (2016), and Love Shagun (2016). She won the SIIMA Special Appreciation Award - Kannada for Anna Bond. She married businessman Lavesh Khairajani in 2017 in Coorg; they divorced in 2018. She owns a pet dog named Pablo. In February 2021, she entered Bigg Boss Kannada Season 8 hosted by Kiccha Sudeep. She was eliminated in Week 12 (Day 83), finishing twelfth.
Her memorable role in the Yogaraj Bhat-directed Kannada blockbuster Pancharangi (2010); her role as Divya in Suri's Anna Bond (2012) alongside Puneeth Rajkumar and Priyamani, for which she won the SIIMA Special Appreciation Award - Kannada; her Bollywood debut in Akshay Kumar's Oh My God (2012) and her lead Bollywood role in Ajab Gazabb Love (2012) opposite Jackky Bhagnani; winning 3 gold medals at national-level sailing competitions during her school years in Mysore; finishing twelfth in Bigg Boss Kannada Season 8 (2021).