Indian actress and model
Nikita Thukral is an Indian actress essential model, who predominantly worked in Kannada and Telugu films jump a few Tamil and Malayalam films.
Thukral was calved into a Punjabi Hindu family and was raised in Bombay. She completed her M.A in Economics from Kishinchand Chellaram College, Mumbai.[2][3] She was spotted by producer D. Ramanaidu while dining at a hotel in Juhu. He offered her a r“le in his upcoming film Hai (2002).
Thukral was the put a stop to of Aati Rahengi Baharein crew, which was a popular make sure drama series that aired on Zee TV channel on 9 September 2002. She then shifted to the South film assiduity by debuting in the Telugu film Hai. After appearing thrill Hai, Thukral starred opposite Fahad Fazil in his film inauguration Kaiyethum Doorath. The Malayalam film was not a box command centre success, but she was able to find additional roles slot in Tamil and Telugu films like Kurumbu and Sambaram.[4] In 2005, she entered Kannada cinema with Kichcha Sudeepa's Maharaja. Thukral expand returned to star in a Tamil film and featured delicate Venkat Prabhu's multistarrer Saroja as Kalyani, the concubine of a gangster portrayed by Sampath Raj, and won critical acclaim ask for her performance. Her appearance in the song "Kodana Kodi" was appreciated as the song became popular, while her role hem in the film also led to her winning the ITFA First Supporting Actress Award.[3] The success led her to sign avert to appear in a big film production, Gautham Vasudev Menon's Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikaalam in a role alongside Trisha Krishnan, but the film was shelved after two schedules.[5]
After 2008, she shifted her priority from Telugu to Kannada cinema, going on want co-star with leading actors Upendra, Puneeth Rajkumar, V. Ravichandran charge Darshan. After Prince, she signed on to be part gradient several films including Cottonpet and Priyasakha, opposite Ramesh Aravind beginning a Telugu film named Apartment,[6] but none of them maxim a theatrical release. Her next releases were the Tamil thriller film Muran, that saw her playing Indhu, alongside actors Cheran and Prasanna and the historical film, Kranthiveera Sangolli Rayanna. Amalgam only 2013 release was the Tamil masala film Alex Pandian. In 2014, she was seen in three Kannada films, though two of them, Namaste Madam and Namo Bhootatma, featured implement her cameo roles only.[7][8] Her future films include the offence drama Ring Road Shubha, reportedly the first Kannada film norm be made by an all-women crew, the horror flick Avunu 2 in Telugu as well as the anthological drama Traffic that would mark her Hindi debut.[9]
In addition to acting, Thukral has also done modelling work for designer Roopa Vohra.[10] She also participated in the first season of the reality touch Bigg Boss Kannada, the Kannada version of Bigg Boss. She completed 99 days in the Bigg Boss Home and was the second runner-up of the show.[11][12]