Meenakshi Dixit is an Indian actress who has worked in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam and Kannada films.
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. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Botany, Zoology, and Chemistry. She has trained in Kathak and western dance.Mainstream moves . The Hindu (29 July 2014). Retrieved 28 April 2015.
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. She first appeared in a Telugu film, Lifestyle. 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.
In 2011, she made a special appearance in a dance number in Dookudu, the year's highest grossing Telugu film.Tollywood top hits of 2011 . Sify.com. Retrieved 28 April 2015.Dookudu touches the one billion mark – The Times of India . Timesofindia.indiatimes.com (20 November 2011). Retrieved 28 April 2015. 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. She also performed an item number in the Tamil film Billa II, considered to be one of her biggest project to be done yet. In 2014 she was seen in lead roles in two films. She played the role of a princess in the Tamil period-comedy TenaliramanDidn't want to miss working with Vadivelu: Meenakshi Dixit . Hindustantimes.com (17 April 2014). Retrieved 28 April 2015. while the thriller-drama Adavi Kachina Vennela saw her playing an aspiring sharp shooter, with the actress also performing stunts in the film.Meenakshi Dixit is back with a bang – The Times of India . Timesofindia.indiatimes.com (31 July 2014). Retrieved 28 April 2015.
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 (2016). She next played the role of Nidhi in the 2019 Telugu film Maharshi.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Language Notes 2009 Lifestyle Anjali Telugu 2010 Alexander the Great Bismitha Malayalam 2011 Dookudu Herself Telugu"Nee Dookudu" song 2012 Bodyguard Guest appearance "Body Guard" song Billa II Herself Tamil "Madurai Ponnu" song Devaraya Sunandha Telugu 2013 Baadshah Special appearance Baadshah title track2014 Tenaliraman Princess Maadhulai Tamil Adavi Kaachina Vennela Vennela Telugu 2015 En Vazhi Thani Vazhi Priya Tamil P Se PM Tak Kasturi Hindi 2016Bayam Oru Payanam Annu Tamil Laal Rang Rashi Hindi 2018 Lupt Tanu Tandon 2019 Maharshi Nidhi Telugu 2021 Babu MarleyShanthiKannada Tamil Rockers Tamil 2022BangarrajuApsara Telugu Cameo appearance Local TrainKushiKannada
Television Year Title Role Notes 2008 Nachle Ve with Saroj Khan Herself Runner-up; Credited in the show as Meenakshi Dixit
Music videos
Year Title Co-star Notes 2012 Chuloon Aasman Hindi2017 Kadhile Kaalam Kalala Anirudh Sameer Telugu
Awards
Year Title Notes 2017 Uttar Pradesh Gaurav Samman Received from Governor of UP Shri Ram Naik & Deputy CM Shri Dinesh Sharma 2017 10 Global Film Festival – Hindi Cinema Samman Samaroh Received from Jackie Shroff & Sandeep Marwah 2017 Marvellous Personality Of India Received from Governor of UP Shri Ram Naik & Cabinet Minister Rita Bahuguna 2018 Entertainment Award Presented by Gurujee Kumaran Swami in Bahrain 2018 Uttar Pradesh Gaurav Samman Received from Home Minister of India Shri Rajnath Singh
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