Ridhima Pandit

Ridhima Pandit (born 25 June 1990) is an Indian actress, model, and television host who works in Hindi television. She is known for her role of Rajni in Life OK's Bahu Hamari Rajni Kant. In 2019, she participated in Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 9 and became the 2nd runner-up. In 2021, she participated in Bigg Boss OTT.^[1]

Ridhima Pandit
Pandit in 2017
Born	(1990-06-25) 25 June 1990 (age 34) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupations	Actress model television host
Years active	2016–present
Known for	Bahu Hamari Rajni Kant Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 9

Early life

Pandit was born on 25 June 1990^[2] in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, to a Gujarati mother named Jayshree and a Maharashtrian father named Pandit. Her father's language is Marathi while her mother's language is Gujarati.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Modelling & debut (2016–2018)

She started her career as a model; her modeling projects included Sunsilk, Fair & Lovely, Dove, Harpic, Veet, Luminous, and Set Wet.^[3]

In February 2016, Ridhima made her acting debut in the Hindi television industry with Life OK's sitcom Bahu Hamari Rajni Kant.^[4] The show garnered her praise for the main role of Rajni, a super-humanoid robot, and she received the Gold Award for Best Debut Actress. The show ended in February 2017.^[5]

In 2017, she performed in Sony Entertainment Television's The Drama Company.^[6] Venturing into digital content, she appeared in Voot's web series Yo Ke Hua Bro.^{[citation needed]} Star Plus signed her to host the dance competition reality show Dance Champions that year.^[7]

After a cameo role in Big Magic's Deewane Anjane, she starred as the simple and sweet Devina Kapoor in ALT Balaji's romantic web series Hum - I'm Because of Us, created by Ekta Kapoor in 2018.^{[citation needed]}

Khatron Ke Khiladi and beyond (2019–present)

Pandit at Nykaa Femina Beauty Awards

In 2019, Pandit participated in Colors TV's stunt-based reality show Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 9, emerging as the second runner-up.^{[citation needed]}

She then appeared in a second Colors TV production, the comical game show Khatra Khatra Khatra.^[8]

From August 2019 to February 2020, Ridhima portrayed Amrita Sharma in Zee TV's science fiction drama Haiwaan : The Monster, produced by Kapoor.^{[citation needed]} In 2021, she participated in Bigg Boss OTT, and was evicted on Day 18 along with her connection Karan Nath.^[9]

She played the role of Priya Sawant in the 2024 Netflix movie Sikandar ka Muqaddar

Filmography

Movies

Year	Show	Role	Notes	Ref.
2024	Sikandar Ka Muqaddar	Priya	Netflix film

Television

Year	Show	Role	Notes	Ref.
2016–2017	Bahu Hamari Rajni Kant	Rajni Kant/Rajjo		[5]
2017	The Drama Company	Contestant		[5]
	Dance Champions	Host		[7]
	Yo Ke Hua Bro	Ragini	Web series	[6]
2018	Hum - I'm Because of Us	Devina Kapoor		[citation needed]
	Deewane Anjane	Herself	Guest
2019	Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 9	Contestant	2nd runner-up	[8]
	Kitchen Champion 5	Herself	Guest
	Khatra Khatra Khatra
2019–2020	Haiwaan : The Monster	Amrita Agnihotri
2020	Kundali Bhagya		Guest
2021	Bigg Boss OTT	Contestant	11th place (Evicted on day 15)

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Refs
2016	Gold Awards	Best Debut Actress	Bahu Hamari Rajni Kant	Won	[10][11]
2021	Iconic Gold Awards	Iconic Participant For The Year For Reality Show	Bigg Boss OTT	Won