Nishvika Naidu

Nishvika Naidu is an Indian actress who primarily works in Kannada films. Naidu made her acting debut with the 2018 film Amma I Love You, which became her breakthrough. She has received commercial success with Gentleman (2020), Sakath (2021), Dilpasand (2023) and Karataka Damanaka (2024).

Nishvika Naidu
Naidu in 2019
Born	Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Alma mater	Mount Carmel College, Bangalore
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2018–present

Early life

Nishvika was born in Bangalore, Karnataka, India to a Telugu-speaking family. She is a graduate in Psychology from Mount Carmel College, Bangalore.^[1][2]

Career

Naidu made her debut with the 2018 film Amma I Love You opposite Chiranjeevi Sarja, which was her breakthrough. Vaasu Naan Pakka Commercial opposite Anish Tejeshwar was her second film.^[3][4][5][6] Her next film was Padde Huli opposite Shreyas K Manju.^{[7][8][9][10]} It was followed by Jadesh Kumar's Gentlemen where she was paired opposite Prajwal Devaraj. The film earned her recognition.^[11][12] She also appeared in Chandan Shetty's music video Party Freak.^[13]

In 2021, Naidu reunited with Anish Tejeshwar in his directral debut Ramarjuna.^[14] Naidu has three film releases in 2022 – Yograj Bhat's Gaalipata 2,^[15][16] Jadeshaa K Hampi's Guru Shishyaru and Shivatejass's Dilpasand opposite Krishna.^[17] In 2024, Naidu appeared in Karataka Damanaka alongside Shiva Rajkumar and Prabhu Deva.^[18]

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In the Bangalore Times Most Desirable Women list, Naidu was placed 22th in 2018, 29th in 2019 and 6th in 2020.^[19][20][21]

Filmography

Films

Key

†	Denotes films that have not been released yet

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2018	Amma I Love You	Bindu		[22]
	Vaasu Naan Pakka Commercial	Mahalakshmi		[23]
2019	Padde Huli	Sangeetha		[24]
2020	Gentleman	Tapaswini		[25]
2021	Ramarjuna	Khushi Peter		[26]
	Sakath	Nakshatra		[27]
2022	Gaalipata 2	Nishvika	Cameo appearance
	Guru Shishyaru	Sujatha "Sooji"		[28]
	Dilpasand	Aishwarya		[29]
2023	Garadi	Herself	Special appearance in song "Hodirale Halagi"
2024	Karataka Damanaka	Kempi		[30]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Network	Ref.
2024	Mahanati	Judge	Zee Kannada	[31]

Music video

Year	Title	Singer	Ref.
2020	Party Freak	Chandan Shetty	[32]

Awards and nominations

Year	Film	Award	Category	Result	Ref.
2019	Amma I Love You	66th Filmfare Awards South	Best Actress Kannada	Nominated	[33]
		8th South Indian International Movie Awards	Best Female Debut – Kannada	Nominated	[34]
2021	Gentlemen	9th South Indian International Movie Awards	Best Actress Kannada	Nominated	[35]
2022	Sakath	10th South Indian International Movie Awards		Nominated	[36]