Rishika Singh

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| name = Rishika Singh

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| caption = 2016 by The rishika singh

| birth_name = Rohini Singh

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| birth_place = Bangalore

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| nationality = Indian

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| occupation = Actress

| parents = Rajendra Singh Babu (father)

| family = Aditya (brother)

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Rishika Singh (born Rohini Singh) is an Indian actor who appears in Kannada-language films. She is the daughter of film director Rajendra Singh Babu and granddaughter of Mysore-based film producer Shankar Singh and former Kannada actress Pratima Devi. Her brother Aditya also appears in Kannada films.{{cite news|title=Aditya: A Rising Star of Kannada Film Industry |url=http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&broadcastid=35785 |publisher=Mangalorean |date=2006-11-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407090756/http://www.mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&broadcastid=35785 |archivedate=7 April 2014 |df=dmy }}

Early life

Rishika Singh was born as Rohini Singh to film director Rajendra Singh Babu in Bengaluru. She was born to a family of film personalities with her grandfather Shankar Singh being a film producer and grandmother Pratima Devi, a Kannada film actress. She is the niece of Sangram Singh and actors Vijayalakshmi Singh and Jai Jagadish.

She completed her graduation from Mount Carmel College, Bangalore, in the year 2008.

Career

Rishika Singh made her debut in films in the 2011 Kannada-language film Kanteerava.{{cite news |title= Kanteerava on Jan 21 |url= http://www.sify.com/movies/kanteerava-on-jan-21-imagegallery-kannada-lbukT6gbigh.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110125233208/http://www.sify.com/movies/Kanteerava-on-Jan-21-imagegallery-kannada-lbukT6gbigh.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= 25 January 2011 |website= Sify |accessdate= 19 February 2014}} She then appeared in the multi-starrer comedy film Kalla Malla Sulla in the same year. In 2012, Singh hosted a talk show titled Ragale with Rishika that aired on Zee Kannada.{{cite news |title= Rishika arrives on TV with talk show |url= http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/article596781.ece#.UwSuCmKSy64 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120829021222/http://newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/article596781.ece#.UwSuCmKSy64 |url-status= dead |archive-date= 29 August 2012 |newspaper= The New Indian Express |date= 27 August 2012 |accessdate= 19 February 2014}}{{cite news |title= I have never felt jealous of other heroines: Rishika Singh |url= http://ibnlive.in.com/news/i-have-never-felt-jealous-of-other-heroines-rishika-singh/286873-71-204.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130408040536/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/i-have-never-felt-jealous-of-other-heroines-rishika-singh/286873-71-204.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= 8 April 2013 |publisher= ibnlive.com |date= 30 August 2012 |accessdate= 19 February 2014}} In 2013, she got into a controversy after her morphed obscene video clip was uploaded on a social website by the actor-director S. K. Basheed of her film Benki Birugali, against whom she filed a case.{{cite news |title= Actor Rishika Singh files case against director |url= http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/actor-rishika-singh-files-case-against-director/article4663938.ece |newspaper= The Hindu |date= 29 April 2013 |accessdate= 19 February 2014}} She was one of the contestants in the reality TV show Bigg Boss in its first season.{{Citation needed|date=December 2022}} She appeared in an item song for Maanikya (2014).{{cite news |title= Risheeka Singh to direct short film |url= http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news-interviews/Risheeka-Singh-to-direct-short-film/articleshow/34414828.cms |newspaper= The Times of India |date= 30 April 2014 |accessdate= 30 April 2014}}

Personal life

Rishika Singh was engaged to Sandeep, a businessman from Bangalore in December 2012.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}} However, the wedding was called off, following which Singh was hospitalized due to a nervous breakdown.{{cite news |title= Rishika Singh Hospitalised Following Break Up With Her Beau |url= http://karnataka.indiaeveryday.in/news-rishika-singh-hospitalised-following-break-up-with-her-beau-1160-5260179.htm |publisher= karnataka.indiaeveryday.in |date= 28 March 2013 |accessdate= 19 February 2013 |archive-date= 27 February 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140227003838/http://karnataka.indiaeveryday.in/news-rishika-singh-hospitalised-following-break-up-with-her-beau-1160-5260179.htm |url-status= dead }}

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
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rowspan="2"\|2011	Kanteerava	Kasturi
Kalla Malla Sulla	Sanjana
2012	Katari Veera Surasundarangi	Herself	Special appearance
2013	Benki Birugali	Lakshmi
2014	Maanikya	Herself	Special appearance
2018	Tunturu	Sneha