Deepika Kamaiah
Deepika Kamaiah (Kannada: ದೀಪಿಕಾ ಕಾಮಯ್ಯ) is an Indian model turned film actress. She has appeared in South Indian films in addition to Bollywood films. Kamaiah was one of the finalists in the Femina Miss India South beauty pageant in 2009. After modeling for about five years, Kamaiah made her debut in the 2011 released Tamil film, Aanmai Thavarael.Kamaiah was born in Bangalore. She began her modelling career while she was studying her class 11. She went on to become one of the finalists in the Femina Miss India South beauty pageant in the year 2009. She also won the Lycra MTV Style Awards in the year 2010. While she was still juggling between her modeling assignments and studies, a film offer came through a Tamil director, Kulaindai Veerappan for his directorial, Aanmai Thavarael. However her role went unnoticed without any recognition from the critics.Kamaiah landed her first major role through the Kannada film Chingari (2012), an adaptation of Taken, directed by Harsha. She acted alongside Darshan and Bhavana in the lead role. The film centered around human trafficking went on to be one among the top-grosser for the year. Her portrayal of Geetha, trapped under the human trafficking earned her favorable reviews with Rediff commenting "Deepika comes as a whiff of fresh air and does an adequate job for a newcomer". NDTV Movies reviewer praised for her "hardwork to make her presence felt". Following this success, she was offered many films in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada languages. However, she accepted a role of a protagonist for the film Neene Bari Neene directed by Deepak Thimmaiah.
She also subsequently signed for the upcoming film Auto Raja which also stars Ganesh and Bhama in the lead roles. She is also making her Bollywood debut in the Rajkumar Santoshi directorial Phata Poster Nikla Hero which stars Shahid Kapoor and Ileana D'Cruz. Kamaiah plays a cameo as a village girl and would be seen in the initial portions of the film .
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