Ragini Dwivedi

Ragini Dwivedi

Dwivedi at second SIIMA function (2013)
Born Ragini Dwivedi
24 May 1990
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Nationality Indian
Occupation Actress, model
Years active 2009–present

Modeling information

Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1]
Measurements 32-26-36[1]

Ragini Dwivedi (born 24 May 1990)[2] is an Indian film actress and model who appears in South Indian cinema, but primarily in Kannada cinema. As a model, she was the runner-up of the 2008 Femina Miss India contest and won the Richfeel Femina Miss Beautiful Hair award at the 2009 Pantaloons Femina Miss India contest.[1]

She made her entry to filmdom with Veera Madakari (2009) which won her the Suvarna Film Award for Best Debut Actress. She rose to fame starring in successful Kannada language films, Kempe Gowda (2011), Shiva (2012), Bangari (2013) and Ragini IPS (2014), thus establishing herself as one of the leading actresses in Kannada cinema.

Early life

Dwivedi was born to a Punjabi family[3] on 24 May 1990 in Bangalore, Karnataka and was brought up there.[4] However, she has her roots in Rewari, Haryana. Her father Rakesh Kumar Dwivedi, born in Rewari, was an Army general in the Indian Army and her mother Rohini, a housewife. Her paternal grandfather Pyare Lal Dwivedi was a railway guard in Rewari.[5]

[6] She was recognised by fashion designer, Prasad Bidapa in 2008 and introduced her to modelling. As a model, she modelled for Lakme Fashion Week, Sri Lanka fashion week and for designers like Rohit Bal, Tarun Tahiliani, Manish Malhotra, Ritu Kumar and Sabyasachi Mukherjee.[5] She participated in the Femina Miss India contest held in Hyderabad in December 2008, where she was declared the first runner-up,[7] thus receiving a direct entry to the 2009 Pantaloons Femina Miss India in Mumbai, where she was given the Richfeel Miss Beautiful Hair title.[5]

Career

Debut and breakthrough (2009–13)

Dwivedi made her acting debut with the Kannada film Veera Madakari in 2009. The action-comedy was a remake of the Telugu film Vikramarkudu and she was cast opposite Sudeep. The film became a major commercial success of the year. In the same year, she appeared in the film Gokula in a brief role. In 2010, she featured in five films out of which her Malayalam debut, Kandhahar, was one.

Dwivedi's career break came in 2011, with the action film, Kempegowda, with Sudeep as her co-star.[8][9] She earned a nomination in the South Filmfare awards as a best female leading actress. The same year saw her in comic-capers such as Kalla Malla Sulla and Kaanchaana. The song Thuppa Beku Thuppa in Kalla Malla Sulla shot on her became a rage and one of the biggest hits of the year.[10]

The year 2012 saw her featuring in films alongside leading male actors of Kannada cinema, with Upendra in Aarakshaka and with Shivarajkumar in Shiva. She received the award for the best actress in the critics' category for her performance in Shivaas well as in Arakshaka her role was highly appreciated.[11][12] Her other film Villain also released in the same year. She then appeared in a Malayalam language film titled Face2Face with Mammootty as her co-actor. She made special appearances in the films Victory[13] and Prabhu Deva's R... Rajkumar.[14]

Recent work (2014–present)

Dwivedi's first release of 2014 was a bilingual film known as Nimirndhu Nil in Tamil language and Janda Pai Kapiraju in Telugu, her first film in Telugu.[15] Her second release of the year was Ragini IPS, the long delayed film and the first Kannada film to be named after an actress.[16] Cast as a police officer Ragini, the film marked her break from glamorous characters that she had a reputation for portraying. The film however opened to mixed reviews from film critics.[17][18] Her next release was Namaste Madam, a remake of the 2002 Telugu film Missamma. Her performance as Radhika, chairperson of a multinational corporation playing as a seductress, received positive reviews from critics.[19] Her first release of 2015, Shivam saw her appear in another glamorous role as a femme fatale, and as a parallel lead alongside Upendra.[20]

As of April 2015, Dwivedi has her films Parapancha in its post-production stages which is set to release in mid-2015. She is currently filming with Faisal Saif's multi-lingual film Amma and Ranachandi.[21] This apart, she has Ravindra H. P. Das' Ragini Superstar,[22] Shrungara,[23] Sai Prakash's Lady Singham[21] and Srinivasa Raju's Nati Koli in their development stages.[24]

Personal life and off-screen work

Since 2011, Dwivedi has been endorsing for Nandini Milk which is a product of Karnataka Milk Federation.[25][26] After actress Kushboo, Dwivedi is the only Indian actress to have a fan club named after her, on which said, "Already there are many fans pages in my name on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. I will also be interacting with my followers over there. But these registered and official fans association will help me to have direct conversation with my fans."[18]

Performing at the 2nd South Indian International Movie Awards in Sharjah, Dwivedi suffered a wardrobe malfunction with pictures being circulated on the internet following the incident.[27] In October 2014, news reports emerged that she had been dating actor Rana Daggubati, and was responsible for him breaking up with his then girlfriend and actress, Trisha.[28] She however, immediately denied the reports.[29]

Filmography

Key
Films that have not yet been released Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Film Role Language Notes
2009 Veera Madakari Neeraja Goswami Kannada Suvarna Film Award for Best Debut Actress
2009 Gokula Kannada Special Appearance
2010 Shankar IPS Ashwini Kannada
2010 Gandedhe Nandini Kannada
2010 Holi Rathi Kannada
2010 Naayaka Madhu Kannada
2010 Kandahar Aishwarya Malayalam
2011 Kempegowda Kavya Kannada Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada
2011 Kalla Malla Sulla Khushboo Kannada
2011 Kaanchaana Baby Kannada
2012 Aarakshaka Maya Kannada
2012 Villain Anu Kannada
2012 Shiva Julie Kannada SIIMA Award for Best Actress (Critics)
2012 Ariyaan Steffy Tamil
2012 Face2Face Jayasree Malayalam
2013 Bangari Paddhu Kannada
2013 Victory Herself Kannada Special appearance in an item song
2013 R... Rajkumar Hindi Special appearance
2014 Nimirndhu Nil Tamil
2014 Ragini IPS Ragini Kannada
2014 Namaste Madam Radhika Kannada
2015 Shivam Mandira Kannada
2015 Janda Pai Kapiraju Telugu
2015 ParapanchaFilm has yet to be released Kannada Filming
2015 AmmaFilm has yet to be released Jaya Tamil
Hindi
Kannada
Telugu
Malayalam 		Filming
2015 ShrungaraFilm has yet to be released Kannada Filming
2015 RanachandiFilm has yet to be released Kannada Filming
2015 Ragini SuperstarFilm has yet to be released Kannada Announced
2015 Lady SinghamFilm has yet to be released Kannada Announced
2015 Nati KoliFilm has yet to be released Kannada Pre-production

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "2009 Femina Miss India contestants – Ragini Dwivedi". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  2. ↑ "Nice to be 19". The Times of India. 25 May 2009. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
  3. ↑ Bhardwaj, Meera (7 March 2013). "The She: Strong, stronger, strongest". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  4. ↑ "I am Kannada cinema's most fashionable actress today – Ragini Dwivedi". southscope.in. 13 November 2010. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Ragini brings laurels to Rewari". ''The Tribune. 23 June 2009. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  6. ↑ "From films to Miss India pageant". Rediff.com. 1 May 2009. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
  7. ↑ "PFMI South '09". The Times of India. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
  8. ↑ "South's biggest blockbusters of 2011". Ibnlive. 22 December 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  9. ↑ "Shiva will be the biggest commercial film this year". Rediff.com. 23 August 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  10. ↑ Prathibha Joy, TNN 2 October 2011, 03.59PM IST (2 October 2011). "Ragini Dwivedi's the new item girl". The Times of India. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  11. ↑ "Ragini's wardrobe malfunction at SIIMA". The Times of India. 17 September 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  12. ↑ Sudhish Kamath (15 September 2013). "Stars in Sharjah". The Hindu. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  13. ↑ "Ragini performs yet another item song!". Sify.com. 10 May 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  14. ↑ "Ragini Dwivedi to do a special number in Prabhu Dheva's next". The Times of India. 15 October 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  15. ↑ "Ragini Dwivedi set for Tamil-Telugu debut". The Times of India. 4 March 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  16. ↑ "Sandalwood films titled after popular actors". The Times of India. 27 September 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  17. ↑ "Ragini IPS review". The Times of India. 30 March 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 "Ragini Dwivedi To Have Official Fans Association". oneindia.com. 4 April 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  19. ↑ "Namaste Madam review". The Times of India. 27 October 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  20. ↑ "Movie review: Shivam". Bangalore Mirror. 2 January 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 "First lady Singham". Bangalore Mirror. 10 September 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  22. ↑ "Ragini Dwivedi is now Ragini Superstar". The Times of India. 21 March 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  23. ↑ "Ravichandaran to play a fashion designer?". The Times of India. 29 April 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  24. ↑ Prasad, Shyam S. (10 April 2015). "Ragini competes with Darshan!". The Times of India. timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  25. ↑ "Ragini for 'Nandini'". indiaglitz.com. 19 April 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  26. ↑ "The Grand Launch of Brand New Milk Products". kmfnandini. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  27. ↑ "Ragini Dwivedi Speaks on Her Leaked Wardrobe Malfunction Pictures". ibtimes.co.in. 13 October 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  28. ↑ "Is Ragini dating Rana Daggubati?". Bangalore Mirror. 28 October 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  29. ↑ "I am not dating Rana Daggubati : Ragini Dwivedi". The Times of India. 31 October 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.

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