DIGANGANA SURYAVANSHI INDIAN ACTRESS
BORN 1997 OCTOBER 15
Digangana Suryavanshi (born 15 October 1997) is an Indian actress, singer and author who predominatly appears in Hindi and Telugu films.[2][3][4] Suryavanshi started her career in Hindi television and went on to appear in films. She played Veera Kaur Sampooran Singh in the Star Plus TV series Ek Veer Ki Ardaas...Veera.[5][6][7] She participated in the reality show Bigg Boss 9 in 2015.[8] She made her Hindi film debut with FryDay (2018), and later featured in the Telugu film Hippi (2019) and the Tamil film Dhanusu Raasi Neyargale (2019).
Early life[edit]
Suryavanshi is the only child of Neeraj Suryavanshi and Sarita Suryavanshi.[9] She completed her 12th board at Mithibai College, where she appeared for the exams during the shooting of Ek Veer Ki Ardaas...Veera,[10][11] Digangana is pursuing her final year BA at Mumbai University.[12]
Career[edit]
Suryavanshi started her career at the age of 7 as a child artist, debuting with the TV series Kya Haadsa Kya Haqeeqat in 2002. When she was 14, Suryavanshi wrote, composed and sang a song, "I'm missing you", which she dedicated to her maternal grandmother.[13] Suryavanshi also played supporting roles in shows like Shakuntala (2009), Krisshna Arjun and Ruk Jaana Nahin (2011–12). Suryavanshi landed her big break with Star Plus soap opera Ek Veer Ki Ardaas...Veera (2012–15) in the lead role, where she played the title role. In 2015, at the age of 17, she was the youngest celebrity contestant to have participated in the reality show Bigg Boss.[14] She was evicted from the show on 7 December 2015.[15][16][17] Suryavanshi participated in the Indian sports reality television show Box Cricket League Season I, played for Mumbai Warriors and Season II, played for Mumbai Tigers.[18][19]
Suryavanshi debuted in Bollywood with two films, FryDay and Jalebi. Both films were released on 12 October 2018.[20] Suryavanshi acted in the lead role with Govinda in the film Rangeela Raja, which was released on 18 January 2019.[21]
Suryavanshi played the lead actress in the Telugu film Hippi, which was directed by Krishnan K.T. Nagarajan.[22] A writer for Firstpost.com, Hemanth Kumar, wrote that Suryavanshi, "is good in her role and she might be the only one who took her role far too seriously in the film. Right from her introduction scene to the climax, she’s consistently good in terms of her body language and her attitude that the role required."[23]
Digangana Suryavanshi will be next seen in her upcoming sports action movie 'Seetimaarr'. Directed by Sampath Nandi. The movie star cast also includes Gopichand, Tamannaah, Bhumika Chawla.[2
Television[edit]
| Year | Name | Role | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Kya Haadsa Kya Haqeeqat | N/A | Child artist | |
| 2005 | Krishna Arjun | N/A | ||
| 2009 | Shakuntala | Rajkumari Gauri | ||
| 2011 | Ruk Jaana Nahin | Palakshi Tarachand Mathur | ||
| 2012 | Qubool Hai | Nuzzhat Ahmed Khan | ||
| 2013–15 | Ek Veer Ki Ardaas...Veera | Veera Baldev Singh | ||
| 2014–15 | Box Cricket League | Contestant | Player in Mumbai Warriors | [25] |
| 2015 | Bigg Boss 9 | Entered Day 1, Evicted Day 57 | [26] | |
| 2016 | Box Cricket League 2 | Player in Mumbai Tigers | [27] |
Filmography[edit]
 | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Role | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | FryDay | Bindu | Hindi | Bollywood debut |
| Jalebi | Anu | |||
| 2019 | Rangeela Raja | Shivranjani | ||
| 2019 | Hippi | Amuktamalyada aka Amu | Telugu | Telugu debut |
| 2019 | Dhanusu Raasi Neyargale | KR Vijaya | Tamil | Tamil debut |
| 2020 | Valayam | Disha | Telugu | [28] |
| 2021 | Seetimaarr | News reader in Local Channel | Telugu | Filming[29] |
| The Battle of Bhima Koregaon[30] | Hindi | |||
| Dark Path | Unknown | Hindi | Filming[31] | |
| TBA | Sandeep Kishan Film | TBA | Telugu | Filming |
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