Nidhhi Agerwal is an Indian actress who has appeared in

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and

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films. Agerwal made her acting debut in 2017 with the Hindi film ''

Munna Michael ''Munna Michael'' is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language action drama film directed by Sabbir Khan and produced by Viki Rajani and Eros International. The film features Tiger Shroff in a lead role alongside Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Niddhi Agerwal, Th ...

.'' She made her

debut with '' Savyasachi'' (2018) and

debut with '' Eeswaran'' (2021) in addition to the successful film ''

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'' (2019). She was a Yamaha Fascino Miss Diva 2014 finalist.

Early life

Agerwal was born in

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and brought up in

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. Born into a

-speaking Marwari family, she can understand as well as speak

and

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. Her birth year is reported inconsistently either as 1992 or 1993. Her schooling was at Debipur Milan Vidyapith. She holds a graduation in Business Management from

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, Bangalore. She is well trained in

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and

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Career

In 2016, director

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confirmed that Agerwal was signed as the lead in his film ''

'', alongside

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. She was chosen from among 300 candidates. Agerwal was also asked to sign a ''no-dating clause'' till completion of the film. She made her acting debut with the film, which received mixed to negative reviews from critics. Agerwal made her Telugu film debut in 2018 alongside

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, with the film '' Savyasachi''. It did not perform well at the box-office. She had two releases in 2019. ''

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'' with

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was unsuccessful at the box-office whereas ''

'' alongside Ram Pothineni was a commercial success running for more than 100 days at the box office. The same year, Agerwal appeared in two music videos, ''Unglich Ring Daal De'' sung by

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and ''AAHO! Mittran Di Yes Hai'' with Badshah. Nidhhi Agerwal graces the red carpet of Zee Cine Awards 2018 (07)

In 2021, she made her Tamil debut opposite

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in '' Eeswaran''. The film received mixed reviews and was an average success. Her next film, '' Bhoomi'' with

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released the same year. It received negative reviews. She also appeared opposite

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's recreation of ''Saath Kya Nibhaoge'' song. In 2022, she appeared ''

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'' alongside debutant Ashok Galla. The film received mixed reviews from the critics and audiences as well. She also appeared alongside

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's action-thriller film Kalaga Thalaivan, which received positive reviews from critics. She will next be seen as Panchami in Krish Jagarlamudi's '' Hari Hara Veera Mallu,'' that is scheduled to release in 2023.

In the media

Agerwal has featured various times on Hyderabad Times Most Desirable Woman list. She ranked 11th in 2019, and 8th in 2020. She is an active celebrity endorser for several brands. In 2019, she rejected a fairness cream endorsement. Agerwal has also been part of

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multilingual ad.

Filmography

Films

Music videos

Awards and nominations

Other awards * Honored with life membership of International Film And Television Club of

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* Yamaha Fascino Miss Diva 2014 - finalist

References

External links

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