Daksha Nagarkar

Daksha Nagarkar was born in a Hindi family in Mumbai, Maharashtra to a Rajput mother and a Maratha father.{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}} She was brought up in various places including Panchgani, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Delhi as she used to stay with her mother who worked for a cosmetics company.{{Cite web|date=4 December 2018|title=కమర్షియల్సే ఇష్టం|trans-title=I like commercial films more|url=http://www.andhrabhoomi.net/content/chitra-7592|website=Andhra Bhoomi|language=te}} Nagarkar initially aspired to become a cardiologist as she comes from a family of doctors. However, she instead pursued a career in modelling and acting.{{Cite web|last=Adivi|first=Sashidhar|date=7 January 2022|title=Naga Chaitanya is my first dance co-star: Daksha Nagarkar|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/tollywood/070122/naga-chaitanya-is-my-first-dance-co-star-daksha-nagarkar.html|website=Deccan Chronicle}}

Daksha nagarkar made her debut with AK Rao PK Rao (2014). She later acted in Hora Hori in 2015 directed by Teja. Reviewing her performance in Hora Hori, Sangeetha Devi Dundoo of The Hindu wrote: "Daksha has a reasonably good screen presence and shows promise."{{Cite news|last=Dundoo|first=Sangeetha Devi|date=11 September 2015|title=Hora Hori: Old wine in an old bottle|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-reviews/Hora-Hori-Old-wine-in-an-old-bottle/article10370137.ece|issn=0971-751X}} Owing the film's shoot, Nagarkar could not attend her first year final exams and failed. Subsequently, she decided to take a break from films and complete her graduation in Bachelor of Business Administration.{{Cite news|date=31 January 2021|title=గ్లామర్‌ పాత్రలు చేసేందుకు సిద్ధం: దక్ష|trans-title=I'm ready for glamorous roles: Daksha|url=https://www.eenadu.net/cinema/latestnews/daksha-nagarkar-interview-about-zombie-reddy/0206/121022309|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725084710/https://www.eenadu.net/cinema/latestnews/daksha-nagarkar-interview-about-zombie-reddy/0206/121022309|archive-date=25 July 2021|work=Eenadu|language=te}}

Three years later, Nagarkar returned to cinema with the coming of age film Husharu (2018).{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}}

In 2021, she played a youngster addicted to gaming in Zombie Reddy.{{Cite web|last=Adivi|first=Sashidhar|date=5 February 2021|title=Watch it like a zombie|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/050221/watch-it-like-a-zombie.html|website=Deccan Chronicle}} A critic from The Hindu called her performance "effective"{{Cite news|last=Dundoo|first=Sangeetha Devi|title='Zombie Reddy' movie review: When the zombies attack Seema|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/reviews/zombie-reddy-review-when-zombies-attack-seema/article33759119.ece|access-date=7 February 2022|issn=0971-751X}} while Firstpost{{'s}} Hemanth Kumar wrote that Nagarkar got her share of glory in the action-filled moments.{{Cite web|date=5 February 2021|title=Zombie Reddy movie review: Prashant Varma's zombie comedy adds a fun twist to an action|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/zombie-reddy-movie-review-prashant-varmas-zombie-comedy-adds-a-fun-twist-to-an-action-packed-family-drama-9274261.html|website=Firstpost}} In 2022, Nagarkar appeared in the dance number "Entha Sakkagundiro" in Bangarraju, alongside Naga Chaitanya. Later that year, she has signed to appear in the Ravi Teja-starrer Ravanasura.

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