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Digangana Suryavanshi
Digangana Suryavanshi
Suryavanshi in 2019
Born
1997-10-15 (age 29)[1]
Nationality
Indian
Education
BA at Mumbai University
Occupation
Actress, author, singer
Years active
2005–present


Digangana Suryavanshi (born 15 October 1997) is an Indian actress, singer and author who predominatly appears in Hindi and Telugu films.[2][3][4] Suryavanshi started her career in Hindi television and went on to appear in films. She played Veera Kaur Sampooran Singh in the Star Plus TV series Ek Veer Ki Ardaas...Veera.[5][6][7] She participated in the reality show Bigg Boss 9 in 2015.[8] She made her Hindi film debut with FryDay (2018), and later featured in the Telugu film Hippi (2019) and the Tamil film Dhanusu Raasi Neyargale (2019).

Early life

Suryavanshi is the only child of Neeraj Suryavanshi and Sarita Suryavanshi.[9] She completed her 12th board at Mithibai College, where she appeared for the exams during the shooting of Ek Veer Ki Ardaas...Veera,[10][11] Digangana is pursuing her final year BA at Mumbai University.[12]

Career

Suryavanshi started her career at the age of 7 as a child artist, debuting with the TV series Kya Haadsa Kya Haqeeqat in 2002. When she was 14, Suryavanshi wrote, composed and sang a song, "I'm missing you", which she dedicated to her maternal grandmother.[13] Suryavanshi also played supporting roles in shows like Shakuntala (2009), Krisshna Arjun and Ruk Jaana Nahin (2011–12). Suryavanshi landed her big break with Star Plus soap opera Ek Veer Ki Ardaas...Veera (2012–15) in the lead role, where she played the title role. In 2015, at the age of 17, she was the youngest celebrity contestant to have participated in the reality show Bigg Boss.[14] She was evicted from the show on 7 December 2015.[15][16][17] Suryavanshi participated in the Indian sports reality television show Box Cricket League Season I, played for Mumbai Warriors and Season II, played for Mumbai Tigers.[18][19]

Suryavanshi debuted in Bollywood with two films, FryDay and Jalebi. Both films were released on 12 October 2018.[20] Suryavanshi acted in the lead role with Govinda in the film Rangeela Raja, which was released on 18 January 2019.[21]

Suryavanshi played the lead actress in the Telugu film Hippi, which was directed by Krishnan K.T. Nagarajan.[22] A writer for Firstpost.com, Hemanth Kumar, wrote that Suryavanshi, "is good in her role and she might be the only one who took her role far too seriously in the film. Right from her introduction scene to the climax, she’s consistently good in terms of her body language and her attitude that the role required."[23]

Digangana Suryavanshi will be next seen in her upcoming sports action movie 'Seetimaarr'. Directed by Sampath Nandi. The movie star cast also includes Gopichand, Tamannaah, Bhumika Chawla.[24]

Television

Year Name Role Notes Ref
2002 Kya Haadsa Kya Haqeeqat Template:N/a Child artist
2005 Krishna Arjun Template:N/a
2009 Shakuntala Rajkumari Gauri
2011 Ruk Jaana Nahin Palakshi Tarachand Mathur
2012 Qubool Hai Nuzzhat Ahmed Khan
2013–15 Ek Veer Ki Ardaas...Veera Veera Baldev Singh
2014–15 Box Cricket League Contestant Player in Mumbai Warriors [25]
2015 Bigg Boss 9 Entered Day 1, Evicted Day 57 [26]
2016 Box Cricket League 2 Player in Mumbai Tigers [27]

Filmography

Key
Template:Dagger Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Title Role Language Notes
2018 FryDay Bindu Hindi Bollywood debut
Jalebi Anu
2019 Rangeela Raja Shivranjani
2019 Hippi Amuktamalyada aka Amu Telugu Telugu debut
2019 Dhanusu Raasi Neyargale KR Vijaya Tamil Tamil debut
2020 Valayam Disha Telugu [28]
2021 The Battle of Bhima Koregaon[29] Hindi
Seetimaarr TV Reporter Telugu Filming[30]
Dark Path Unknown Hindi Filming[31]
Template:TBA Sandeep Kishan Film Template:TBA Telugu Filming

Books

  • WAVES – The Endless Emotions − Published By – Vakils, Feffer and Simons (2012) Template:ISBN
  • Nixie the Mermaid and The Power of Love − Published By – Shroff Publishers & Distributors Pvt. Ltd – First edition (2013) & Notion Press – Second Edition(2016) Template:ISBN

Music

Year Music video Language Ref.
2011 Rad karne ko Hindi
2011 Aiso achambho Hindi
2011 Shaarda maihar main Hindi
2011 Maiya Singha Chad Durga Hindi

See also

References

  1. ↑ Bigg Boss 9 contestant Digangana S. turns 18 today!, Davis, Maggie. India.com(2015-10-15). Retrieved 2021-03-08.
  2. ↑ I dedicate my book to my maternal grandma: Digangana Suryavanshi. The Times of India(18 October 2012). Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  3. ↑ Talent of the week: Digangana Suryavanshi(27 August 2013). Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  4. ↑ Digangana Suryavanshi.
  5. ↑ Meet the new Veera on telly. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  6. ↑ 'Ek Veer Ki Ardaas...Veera' to be shot in Delhi. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  7. ↑ Popular TV show Veera begins airing on Zee Telugu after being dubbed in Telugu. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  8. ↑ Bigg Boss 9 contstant Digangana Suryavanshi. IndiaTV News. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  9. ↑ Archived copy. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  10. ↑ HSC results out: Young TV stars perform excellently(25 May 2015). Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  11. ↑ HSC results out: Young TV stars perform excellently(29 May 2015). Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  12. ↑ Digangana Suryavanshi: I just want to get done with my graduation now, but no update on rescheduling of exams.
  13. ↑ Love story, fantasy will influence me to write novel: Digangana. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  14. ↑ Ek Veer Ki Aardaas... Veera actress Digangana Suryavanshi on a record, Find out!. DNA India. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  15. ↑ Bigg Boss 9 Contestant No 1: Digangana Suryavanshi, 'Veera' out on hunt without her 'Veer'?. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  16. ↑ Bigg Boss 9: Digangana Suryavanshi gets evicted. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  17. ↑ Bigg Boss 9: Digangana Out, Says Priya Malik is 'Playing a Smart Game'. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  18. ↑ 200 Actors, 10 Teams, and 1 Winner... Let The Game Begin. Times Of India(1 December 2015). Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  19. ↑ BCL Recipe: Bigg Boss brand controversies, soap masala and a pinch of cricket. India Today Group(1 March 2016). Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  20. ↑ Digangana Suryavanshi all set for a double Bollywood debut. IN.com(1 September 2018). Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  21. ↑ Rangeela Raja title song: A quirky track featuring Govinda and his popular hook steps, with Benny Dayal's vocals. First Post(26 October 2018). Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  22. ↑ RX100 fame Kartikeya’s Hippi goes on floors. The Indian Express(9 November 2018). Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  23. ↑ Hippi movie review. First Post(9 June 2019). Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  24. ↑ Gopichand and Tamannaah starrer Seetimaarr to release on April 2, Parashar, Shivam. India Today(January 28, 2021). Retrieved 2021-02-04.
  25. ↑ Box Cricket League Teams: BCL 2014 Team Details With TV Actors & Names of Celebrities. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  26. ↑ Digangana Suryavanshi: The first 17-year-old Bigg Boss contestant. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  27. ↑ 200 Actors, 10 Teams, and 1 Winner... Let The Game Begin. Retrieved 4 March 2016.Template:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore
  28. ↑ Digangana and Laksh Chadalavadas next is Valayam. Times Of India. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  29. ↑ Digangana Suryavanshi to star opposite Arjun Rampal in a period film. Eastern Eye(7 July 2020).
  30. ↑ Digangana Suryavanshi to play a TV journalist. Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  31. ↑ https://www.tellychakkar.com/movie/movie-news/actress-digangana-suryavanshi-looks-no-less-starry-dream-these-pictures-take-look

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