Samyuktha Hegde
Samyuktha Hegde is an Indian actress who appears in South India films. She made her debut with the film Kirik Party opposite Rakshit Shetty, directed by Rishab Shetty. She played the role named Arya, for which she won Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Kannada.
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Nationality | Indian |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2016–present |
She participated in reality shows MTV Roadies, Bigg Boss Kannada (2017) and MTV Splitsvilla, where she ended up as the first runner up (2018).
Early and personal life
Samyuktha S Hegde was born to a Hindu Havyaka Brahmin father and Catholic mother in Bangalore. Her native village is Kelaginamane, a place in the Uttara Kannada district. She did her schooling from St. Paul's English School. She discontinued her degree course in BA psychology and journalism in Sri Bhagawan Mahaveer Jain College to continue pursuing dancing and acting.[2][1]
Career
In 2016, aged 18, Hegde was cast as a parallel female lead in Rakshit Shetty's comedy-drama Kirik Party. Impressed by her Facebook profile, the makers called her for an audition that she subsequently cleared.[2] The film received critical acclaim and emerged a major commercial success.[3][4] Hegde's performance playing the love interest of Shetty's character won praise for Hegde; a reviewer for The Times of India stated that "Samyuktha Hegde, as the bubbly Aarya, has a tough act to follow given the peppy first half and impresses by holding her own in crucial scenes",[5] while The New Indian Express's reviewer felt that Hegde "outshone in the film along with the main character".[6]
In 2016, Hegde appeared as a contestant in the reality television show MTV Roadies. She said that being a part of the show had been her childhood dream.[7] In 2017, she participated in Bigg Boss Kannada and entered on Day 58 as a guest entrant. However, she was ejected on Day 66 for physically assaulting co-contestant Samir Acharya.[8]
In October 2018, Hegde entered MTV Splitsvilla in its eleventh season as a wild card entrant.
Filmography
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Year | Title | Role | Language | Director | Notes | Ref. |
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2016 | Kirik Party | Arya | Kannada | Rishab Shetty | Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Kannada | [9] |
2017 | College Kumar | Keerthi | Santhu | [10] | ||
2018 | Kirrak Party | Satya | Telugu | Sharan Koppisetti | [11] | |
2019 | Watchman | Anitha | Tamil | A. L. Vijay | ||
Omme Nishyabdha Omme Yudha | Deaf girl | Kannada | Sreenag | [12] | ||
Comali | Nikitha Krishnamoorthy | Tamil | Pradeep Ranganathan | |||
Puppy | Ramya | Nattu Dev | ||||
2020 | Theal | TBA | Harikumar | Filming | ||
Thurthu Nirgamana | TBA | Kannada | Hemanth Kumar | Post Production | ||
Television
Year | Name | Role | Channel | Notes | Ref |
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2017 | MTV Roadies 15 | Contestant | MTV India | [7] | |
Bigg Boss Kannada 5 | Colors Kannada | Ejected, Day 66 | [13] | ||
2018 | MTV Splitsvilla 11 | MTV India | Wild Card Entrant Finalist |
References
- Yerasala, Ikyatha (29 June 2016). "Such a Kirik Party!". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
- "Samyuktha Hegde Biography, Samyuktha Hegde Profile". Filmibeat. 27 October 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- "Kirik party joined ₹50 crore club in 100-day, becoming second Kannada film after Mungaru Male". 28 March 2017.
- "'Kirk Party' set to become the third Kannada film in the Rs 50 crore club". bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com.
- "Kirik Party Movie Review". The Times of India.
- "Youngsters Live The Kirik Life Here". The New Indian Express.
- "Kirik Party actress in MTV Roadies". The Times of India.
- https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/kannada/samyuktha-hegde-i-have-been-judged-too-harshly-the-vicious-trolling-abuse-are-truly-disheartening/articleshow/62229842.cms
- The author has posted comments on this article (8 April 2016). "Two new women in Rakshit Shetty's life – The Times of India". M.timesofindia.com. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- "Samyuktha Hegde on a signing spree". The Times of India.
- "Nikhil's 'Kirrak Party' nears completion". The Times of India.
- "Omme Nishabda Omme Yuddha Movie (2019)". Bookmyshow. 31 May 2019.