Deepika Kamaiah

Born	Bangalore, India
Occupation	Film actress
Years active	2011–present

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. She has entered Bigg Boss Kannada House in a second season.

Career

Modeling & Film

NandiNeravanda Deepika Kamaiah, a kodavathi, 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.

Breakthrough

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

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2011	Aanmai Thavarael	Nandini	Tamil
2012	Chingari	Geetha	Kannada
2013	Auto Raja	Ragini	Kannada
2013	Phata Poster Nikla Hero		Hindi
2013	Neene Bari Neene		Kannada	Filming
2014	Devaravne Bidu Guru		Kannada	Announced
2014	Damaal Dumeel		Tamil