RAGINI NANDWANI

RAGINI NANDWANI – Film Actress

Ragini (Rageeni) Nandwani (born 4 September 1989) in Dehradun. She did her schooling from Doon International School, Dehradun and received a Masters degree in English Honours from Delhi University, Delhi.

Nandwani started her career with small supporting roles in television shows like Ye Meri Life Hai & Thodi Khushi Thode Gham. But the actress didn't gain much popularity and went unnoticed.

In 2011, Nandwani came into limelight with Zee TV's daily soap Mrs. Kaushik Ki Paanch Bahuein. Nandwani played the lead role of ‘Lovely Kaushik’, an unconventional daughter-in-law and earned a good name for herself. Meanwhile, the actress was approached for a Hindi film. She auditioned for the film and got selected. Nandwani then chose to opt out of the TV show in October, 2012 and was replaced by another actress. 

Ragini then started shooting for the Hindi film which was later titled as Dehradun Diary. Her co-stars in the film were Adhyayan Suman, Ashwini Kalsekar, Rati Agnihotri, Neelima Azeem & Rohit Bakshi. The film was based on a real murder case. The film was released on 4 January 2013 but didn't prove to be a commercially successful film and was a box office flop. The film also received mixed to negative reviews from the critics. Despite the film's failure, Nandwani managed to get many film offers.

The actress got her first major break in the Tamil flick Thalaivaa opposite Vijay, who is a big star in the Tamil film industry. The film is an action thriller film directed by A. L. Vijay and Nandwani has a key role of a North Indian in the film, which basically features Amala Paul as the female lead. Nandwani stated in an interview that all of her film sequences were shot in Mumbai over 25–30 days. The film was released worldwide on 9 August 2013 except in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, where it was delayed due to some controversies but finally released on 20 August 2013. The film received good response from the audience as well the critics, but the film suffered severe loss commercially due to its late release in Tamil Nadu. 

Nandwani's performance in Thalaivaa was well received by the audience. She has been offered more South Indian films but she is first brushing up on her language project. 

She starred opposite Mohanlal in the Malayalam movie Peruchazhi, which did good business.

She will now be seen in a cameo role in a Marathi film Krupa Swaminchi, which is based on the life of Shri Swami Samarth. She is also looking forward to work simultaneously in Hindi films and television shows as well.

Her works include:

Films

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
2013	Dehraadun Diary	Priti Thakur	Hindi
	Thalaivaa	Gowri	Tamil	Dubbed in Telugu as Anna - Born to lead
	Krupa Swaminchi		Marathi	Cameo appearance.
2014	Peruchazhi	Jessy	Malayalam

Television

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes
2011-12	Mrs. Kaushik Ki Paanch Bahuein	Lovely Kaushik	Zee TV	Lead role