Deepa Sannidhi

Born	Rahasya 16 June 1990 Chikkamagaluru, Karnataka, India
Other names	Deepu
Occupation	Film actress
Years active	2011–present

Deepa Sannidhi (born as Rahasya on June 16, 1990) is an Indian actress who mainly appears in Kannada films. She made her acting debut in the 2011 film Saarathi

Early life

Rahasya was born in Chikkamagalur district of Karnataka to Kannadiga Parents.Her father Shashidhar,is a coffee estate owner and mother Nanda is a housewife.She completed her schooling in Bangalore and is an alumna of .St. Aloysius College (Mangalore).

She was studying in the first year in architectural engineering when she received a film offer for Saarathi. She dropped out of college to pursue a career in films. She has also some modelling and has completed a one-year course in jewellery designing.

Career

Deepa Sannidhi took part in the audition tests conducted by the Saarathi film team and was selected to play its lead role after undergoing two rounds of tests. The film was declared the biggest blockbuster of the year.^{[citation needed]} While shooting for Saarathi, she signed her second film Paramathma directed by Yograj Bhat,which released a week after Saarathi. Paramathma also went on to become a successful venture.Deepa was chosen as the Promising Newcomer Female for Saarathi and Paramathma in The Bangalore Times Film Awards 2011. Her only 2012 release was Preetham Gubbi's Jaanu. Rediff in its review called it "Deepa Sannidhi's film all the way".

In 2014, she was first seen in Endendu Ninagagi as Soumya, "a very bold, in-your-face, today's girl".She stated that the role was "quite challenging because this is not me" but that she loved playing it. She will be making her Tamil film debut in Lucia, a remake of the same-titled Kannada film, in which she will play the character that Shruti Hariharan did in the original.Even before her Tamil debut she signed up her next Tamil film, Vishnuvardhan's Yatchan.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
2011	Saarathi	Rukmini	Kannada	Won, Suvarna Award for Best Female Debut Won, The Bangalore Times Film Award for Most Promising Actress Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada
2011	Paramathma	Deepa	Kannada
2012	Jaanu	Rukmini /Jaanu	Kannada
2013	Sakkare	Neha	Kannada
2014	Endendu Ninagagi	Sowmya	Kannada
2014	Love Churumuri		Kannada	Filming
2014	Lucia		Tamil	Filming
2014	Yatchan		Tamil	Filming