Niharica Raizada (born 18 April 1990) is a Luxembourger actress. She was crowned as Miss India UK 2010 and was runner-up at Miss India Worldwide 2010. She is the granddaughter of former

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. She has worked in films like ''

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'', '' 6-5=2'', ''

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'' (2018) and ''

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'' (2021).

Early life

Niharica is the granddaughter of music composer

. She was born to Indian parents and was raised in

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. Her mother tongue is French and she also speaks Luxembourgish, German, English, Spanish, and Hindi. She has a sister Nirekhna Raizada and a brother Avneesh Raizada. She is a Medical Scientist by qualification and studied MRes in Translational Medicine at

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, and then did research in Cardiology at

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(Baltimore), under a Fulbright scholarship. She got training in acting from

New York Film Academy New York Film Academy – School of Film and Acting (NYFA) is a private for-profit film school and acting school based in New York City, Los Angeles, and Miami. The New York Film Academy was founded in 1992 by Jerry Sherlock, a former film, ...

. She is trained in Indian classical music and ballet. Niharica was crowned Miss India UK 2010 and was also the first runner-up of Miss India Worldwide 2010. Niharica released one song for the brand Chambor in French. She was ranked 45 in the list of Times 50 Most Desirable Women of 2013, and rose to 44 in 2015. Niharica made her film debut in a Bengali film

in 2013. She acted in a Gujarati film ''Var to NRI J'' in 2016. Niharica has done a film titled ''Full 2 Jugaadu'' in 2016 with Krushna Abhishek. She is the honorary cultural and arts ambassador between the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Republic of India.

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