Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective

Nidhhi Agerwal

Indian actress From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nidhhi Agerwal
Remove ads

Nidhhi Agerwal is an Indian actress who primarily works in Telugu and Tamil films. After participating in Miss Diva Universe 2014, Agerwal made her acting debut with the Hindi film Munna Michael (2017), for which she received Zee Cine Award for Best Female Debut.[1][2] Agerwal made her Telugu debut with Savyasachi (2018) and Tamil debut with Eeswaran (2021). For the former, she received SIIMA Award for Best Female Debut - Telugu nominations. She has been part of successful films including iSmart Shankar (2019) and Kalaga Thalaivan (2022).[3]

Quick facts Born, Alma mater ...
Remove ads

Early life and education

Agerwal was born in Hyderabad and was brought up in Bengaluru. Born into a Hindi-speaking Marwari family, she can understand as well as speak Telugu, Tamil, and Kannada.[4] Her birth year is reported inconsistently as either 1992[5][1] or 1993.[6][7]

Agerwal did her schooling at Vidyashilp Academy in Bengaluru.[8] She then completed her graduation in Business Management from Christ University, Bengaluru.[9][10] She is well trained in ballet.[11]

Remove ads

Career

Summarize
Perspective

In 2016, director Sabbir Khan confirmed that Agerwal was signed as the lead in his film Munna Michael, alongside Tiger Shroff. She was chosen from among 300 candidates. Agerwal was also asked to sign a no-dating clause till completion of the film.[12] She made her acting debut with the film, which received mixed to negative reviews from critics.[13]

Thumb
Agerwal at an event in 2018

Agerwal made her Telugu film debut in 2018 alongside Naga Chaitanya, with the film Savyasachi. It did not perform well at the box-office.[14] She had two releases in 2019. Mr. Majnu with Akhil Akkineni was unsuccessful at the box-office[15] whereas iSmart Shankar alongside Ram Pothineni was a commercial success running for more than 100 days at the box office.[16] The same year, Agerwal appeared in two music videos, Unglich Ring Daal De sung by Jyotica Tangri and AAHO! Mittran Di Yes Hai with Badshah.

In 2021, she made her Tamil debut opposite Silambarasan in Eeswaran.[17] The film received mixed reviews and was an average success. Her next film, Bhoomi with Jayam Ravi released the same year. It received negative reviews.[18] She also appeared opposite Sonu Sood in Altaf Raja's recreation of Saath Kya Nibhaoge song. In 2022, she appeared Hero alongside debutant Ashok Galla. The film received mixed reviews from the critics and audiences as well.[19] She also appeared alongside Udhayanidhi Stalin in Magizh Thirumeni's action-thriller film Kalaga Thalaivan, which received positive reviews from critics.[20] She was next seen as Panchami in Hari Hara Veera Mallu, that is released in July 2025.[21][22][23]

Remove ads

In the media

Thumb
Agerwal in 2017

Agerwal has featured various times on Hyderabad Times Most Desirable Woman list. She was placed 11th in 2019,[24] and 8th in 2020.[25] She is an active celebrity endorser for several brands and products. In 2019, she rejected a fairness cream endorsement.[26] Agerwal has also been part of Kalyan Jewellers multilingual ad.[27]

Filmography

Key
Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

Films

More information Year, Title ...

Music videos

More information Year, Title ...
Remove ads

Awards and nominations

More information Year, Award ...

Other Honours

Remove ads

References

Loading related searches...

Wikiwand - on

Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.

Remove ads