Digangana Suryavanshi (born 15 October 1997) is an Indian actor, singer and author who is known from

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and Telugu films. Suryavanshi debuted her career in

television and went on to appear in films. Her breakthrough role was 'Veera' in the StarPlus TV series '' Ek Veer Ki Ardaas...Veera''. She also was in the reality show '' Bigg Boss 9'' in 2015. Her Hindi film debut was in '' FryDay'' (2018), Telugu film debut in ''Hippi'' (2019) and

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film debut in ''

Dhanusu Raasi Neyargale ''Dhanusu Raasi Neyargale'' () is a 2019 Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Sanjay Bharathi and produced by Gokulam Gopalan. The film stars Harish Kalyan, Digangana Suryavanshi (in her Tamil debut), and Reba Monica Jo ...

'' (2019).

Early life

Suryavanshi is the only child of Neeraj Suryavanshi and Sarita Suryavanshi. She completed her 12th board at

Mithibai College The Mithibai College of Arts, Chauhan Institute of Science & Amruthben Jivanlal College of Commerce and Economics is a college affiliated to the University of Mumbai. The college was established in 1961 in Vile Parle, Mumbai by Shri Vile Parle ...

, where she appeared for the exams during the shooting of '' Ek Veer Ki Ardaas...Veera.'' Digangana is pursuing an MBA at Narsee Monjee College in

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Career

Suryavanshi started her career at the age of seven as a child artist, debuting with the TV series ''

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'' in 2002. When she was 14, Suryavanshi wrote, composed and sang a song, "I'm missing you", which she dedicated to her maternal grandmother. Suryavanshi also played supporting roles in shows like '' Shakuntala'' (2009), ''Krisshna Arjun'' and '' Ruk Jaana Nahin'' (2011–12). Suryavanshi landed her big break with StarPlus soap opera '' Ek Veer Ki Ardaas...Veera'' (2012–15), where she played the title role. In 2015, at the age of 17, she was the youngest celebrity contestant to have participated in the reality show ''

Bigg Boss ''Bigg Boss'' is an Indian reality television game show franchise based on the Dutch reality show '' Big Brother''. It is produced by Endemol Shine India through Viacom18 and Disney Star. Subsequently, the various versions of the show are made ...

''. She was evicted from the show on 7 December 2015. Suryavanshi participated in the Indian sports reality television show Box Cricket League season I, played for ''Mumbai Warriors'' and season II, played for ''Mumbai Tigers''. Suryavanshi debuted in

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with two films, '' FryDay'' and ''

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''. Both films were released on 12 October 2018. Suryavanshi acted in the lead role with

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in the film ''

Rangeela Raja ''Rangeela Raja'' () is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language black comedy directed by Sikander Bharti and written and produced by Pahlaj Nihalani. Starring Govinda, Mishika Chourasia and Anupama Agnihotri, the film was released on 18 January 2019. The ...

'', which was released on 18 January 2019. Suryavanshi played the lead actress in the Telugu film '' Hippi'', which was directed by Krishnan K.T. Nagarajan. A writer for ''Firstpost.com'', Hemanth Kumar, wrote that Suryavanshi, "is good in her role and she might be the only one who took her role far too seriously in the film. Right from her introduction scene to the climax, she's consistently good in terms of her body language and her attitude that the role required."

Filmography

Films

Television

Music videos

Bibliography

References

External links

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