Meenakshi Dixit

Meenakshi Dixit is an Indian film actress who has worked in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam and Kannada films.

This article is about the Indian actress Meenakshi Dixit. For other uses, see Meenakshi (disambiguation).

Meenakshi Dixit
Lakme Fashion Week – 2019
Born12 October 1993
Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh, India
NationalityIndian
Alma materKanpur University
OccupationActress
Years active2008 – Present
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Parent(s)Ishwar Chandra Dixit
Geeta Dixit
Websitemeenakshidixit.com

Background

Meenakshi Dixit was born in Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh. She is the daughter of Ishwar Chandra Dixit, a senior lawyer in Civil Court in Raebareli, and Geeta Dixit.[1] She graduated with a degree in Bachelor of Science in Botany, Zoology, and Chemistry. She has trained in Kathak and western dance.[2]

Career

In 2008 Meenakshi Dixit appeared as a contestant in NDTV Imagine's dance reality show Nachle Ve with Saroj Khan hosted by Saroj Khan, which led to her entry into the Indian film industry.[2] She first appeared in a Telugu film, Lifestyle.[3][4][5] Later on, she got into modelling, endorsing local and international brands such as Joyalukkas Jewelry, Microsoft Windows, Fair and Handsome cream, Chennai Silks, Shankaram diamond jewellery, Brook Bond Taza tea, Paaneri Sarees, Lee Cooper, Red Square Energy Drink, Radio Mirchi , ESSAR, Anytime Fitness gym and Aquagaurd. She has also been a regular model for the fashion industry, as well as in prominent Indian magazines.[4][5]

In 2011, she made a special appearance in a dance number in Dookudu, the year's highest grossing Telugu film.[6][7] Following Dookudu, she was also chosen by the producers of the Bodyguard remake to do a dance number, hoping that it would repeat the success of her number in Dookudu.[8] She also performed an item number in the Tamil film Billa II, considered to be one of her biggest project to be done yet.[9][10] 2014 she was seen in lead roles in two films. She played the role of a princess in the Tamil period-comedy Tenaliraman[11] while the thriller-drama Adavi Kachina Vennela saw her playing an aspiring sharp shooter, with the actress also performing stunts in the film.[12]

She was introduced in Bollywood by National Award Winner director Kundan shah's P Se PM Tak in 2015. She played a feisty prostitute who finds herself in the Chief Minister's chair and then in the run to become the Prime Minister of the country. Filmmaker Kundan Shah said "She is photogenic and also a talented actress". She was next seen in Laal Rang in 2016 as Randeep Hooda's onscreen love interest where she plays the role of a medical student.

Her last Tamil film was Bayam Oru Payanam.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Language Notes
2009 Lifestyle Anjali Telugu Released[5][13][14]
2010 Alexander the Great Bismitha Malayalam Released[15][16]
2011 Dookudu Title track Telugu Released[9][10]
2012 Bodyguard Guest appearance Telugu Released[8]
2012 Billa II Guest appearance Tamil "Madurai Ponnu" song[9][10]
2012 Devaraya Sunandha Telugu Released[17][18]
2013 Baadshah Special appearance Telugu Baadshah title track
2014 Tenaliraman Princess Maadhulai Tamil Released
2014 Adavi Kaachina Vennela Vennela Telugu Released[19]
2015 P Se PM Tak Kasturi Hindi First Hindi film
2016 Chinna Chinna Aase Khushi Kannada Filming[20]
2016 Bayam Oru Payanam Annu Tamil Released[21]
2016 Laal Rang Rashi Hindi Released
2018 Lupt Tanu Tandon Hindi Released
2019 Maharshi Nidhi Telugu Released

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2008 Nachle Ve with Saroj Khan Herself Runner-up; credited in the show as Meenakshi Dixit[4][5]

Music videos
Year Title Co-star Notes
2012 Chuloon Aasman Hindi
2017 Kadhile Kaalam Kalala Anirudh Sameer[22] Telugu

Awards
YearTitleNotes
2017Uttar Pradesh Gaurav SammanReceived from Governor of UP Shri Ram Naik & Deputy CM Shri Dinesh Sharma
201710 Global Film Festival – Hindi Cinema Samman SamarohReceived from Jackie Shroff & Sandeep Marwah
2017Marvellous Personality Of IndiaReceived from Governor of UP Shri Ram Naik & Cabinet Minister Rita Bahuguna
2018Entertainment AwardPresented by Gurujee Kumaran Swami in Bahrain
2018Uttar Pradesh Gaurav SammanReceived from Home Minister of India Shri Rajnath Singh

References
  1. "Super Dancer Junior 2 Off Camera – Actress Meenakshi Dixit Exclusive Interview". Retrieved 22 January 2012.
  2. Mainstream moves. The Hindu (29 July 2014). Retrieved on 2015-04-28.
  3. "MEENAKSHI DIXIT – SOUTH INDIAN ACTRESS AND PERFORMER". Retrieved 16 January 2012.
  4. "Dreamgirls of Bollywood". Retrieved 16 January 2012.
  5. "The M factor". Retrieved 16 January 2012.
  6. Tollywood top hits of 2011. Sify.com. Retrieved on 28 April 2015.
  7. Dookudu touches the one billion mark – The Times of India. Timesofindia.indiatimes.com (20 November 2011). Retrieved on 2015-04-28.
  8. "Dookudu Sentiment Works Out For Bodyguard?". Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
  9. "Meenakshi Dixit shakes a leg with Ajith". Retrieved 16 January 2012.
  10. "Captain's outing with Virudhagiri". Retrieved 16 January 2012.
  11. Didn't want to miss working with Vadivelu: Meenakshi Dixit Archived 18 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Hindustantimes.com (17 April 2014). Retrieved on 2015-04-28.
  12. Meenakshi Dixit is back with a bang – The Times of India. Timesofindia.indiatimes.com (31 July 2014). Retrieved on 2015-04-28.
  13. "Life Style: Cast and Crew". Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
  14. "'Lifestyle' releasing on 15th Aug". Retrieved 16 January 2012.
  15. Meenakshi Dixit in Malluwood!. sify.com. 28 May 2009
  16. "Alexander The Great Malayalam Movie". Archived from the original on 19 November 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  17. "Srikanth Devaraya 3rd Schedule in HYD". Retrieved 16 January 2012.
  18. "Srikanth as Devaraya". Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  19. "AKV USA release by DC Cinemas". greatandhra.
  20. Features, Express. (29 September 2014) Meenakshi Dixit to Foray in Kannada With Chinna Chinna Aase. The New Indian Express. Retrieved on 2015-04-28.
  21. Subhakeerthana, S. (8 February 2016). "Bayam... will be at par with The Exorcist: Meenakshi Dixit". Deccan Chronicle.
  22. "A star in the making: Meet Anirudh Sameer, the lead actor in the latest viral music video, Kadile Kaalam Kalala". Deccan Chronicle. 19 February 2017.
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