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Siddhi Idnani is an Indian actress who appears in Tamil and Telugu cinema. She made her acting debut in Telugu movie Jamba Lakidi Pamba (2018). She was critically acclaimed as “Paavai” for her role in the Tamil film Vendhu Thanindhathu Kaadu (2022).[1] [2] She made her Hindi debut with The Kerala Story (2023).[3]

Siddhi Idnani
Born
Mumbai , Maharastra, India
OccupationActress
Years active2017–present

Personal life

Siddhi Idnani was born and brought up in Mumbai, India. Her Sindhi father, Ashok Idnani, is a businessman and voice modulation trainer and her Gujarati mother, Falguni Dave, is a television actor.[4]

She has a bachelor’s degree in mass media.[4]

Career

Siddhi Idnani started her career as a theatre artist known for the Gujarati commercial play Aaje Ravivaar Chec. Post that Siddhi become a finalist at Miss Diva, Ahmedabad.[4]

Idnani started her film career with a Gujarati film Grand Hali. She went on to win Miss India super talent and represented India at Miss Supertalent in Paris in 2018.[4]

She debuted in Tollywood with Jamba Lakidi Pamba in June 2018. Her second release, Prema Katha Chitram 2 with Nandita Shweta and Sumanth Ashwin, released in 2019.

She is well known for her role in the Tamil film Vendhu Thanindhathu Kaadu directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon and starring Silambarasan.[5][6]

Her upcoming films include Nooru Kodi Vaanavil with critically acclaimed director, Sasi.[7] She is known amongst her fans as Dimple Queen.

In 2023, Idnani starred in The Kerala Story, in which she played the role of Geethanjali Menon / Anisha Ba, who goes through struggles of societal identities and beliefs and converted to Islam, while realising the situation and eventually returning to her family but gets trapped in complexities.[8][9]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleLanguageNotes
2017Grand HaliNiraliGujaratiDebut film
2018Jamba Lakidi PambaPallaviTeluguTelugu debut
Prema Katha Chitram 2Bindu
2020Anukunnadi Okati Ayinadi OkatiSiddhi
2022Vendhu Thanindhathu Kaadu PaavaiTamilTamil debut
2023The Kerala StoryGeethanjali Menon / Anisha BaHindiHindi debut
Kathar Basha Endra MuthuramalingamTamilselviTamil
2024Kapkapiii †TBAHindiCompleted[10]
Retta Thala †TBATamilFilming[11]

References

  1. ^ “‘Jamba Lakidi Pamba movie details”. The Times of India.
  2. ^ “Until you have a hit film, you are never handed a film: Siddhi Idnani”. The Times of India. 2 December 2022.
  3. ^ “Meet Siddhi Idnani, The Kerala Story star who represented India in Paris, made her debut in Gujarati film”. DNA India. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d Rajkamal. Interview : Siddhi Idnani #JambaLakidiPamba. Filmybuzz.
  5. ^ “Siddhi Idnani is Silambarasan’s pair in Gautham Menon’s Vendhu Thanindhathu Kaadu”. The Times of India.
  6. ^ “Siddhi Idnani on if she gets a chance to work with Vijay”. The Times of India. 20 April 2023.
  7. ^ “Harish Kalyan’s next with Sasi titled Nooru Kodi Vaanavil”. Cinema Express. 12 January 2022.
  8. ^ “We all knew that The Kerala Story will affect certain people: Siddhi Idnani”. Hindustan Times. 22 May 2023.
  9. ^ “Embodying Geetanjali: Siddhi Idnani’s Artful Navigation through ‘The Kerala Story'”. ZEE5. 14 February 2024.
  10. ^ Bureau, ABP News (21 March 2024). “‘Kapkapiii’: Shreyas Talpade And Tusshar Kapoor Team Up For Sangeeth Sivan’s Horror Comedy”. news.abplive.com. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  11. ^ Bureau, The Hindu (29 April 2024). “Arun Vijay’s ‘Retta Thala’ goes on floors”. The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 29 April 2024.