Meenakshi Dixit

Meenakshi Dixit
Meenakshi Dixit at the 60th Filmfare Awards South
Native name	मीनाक्षी दीक्षित
Born	Meenakshi Dixit Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh, India
Residence	Mumbai, India
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	Indira Gandhi Mahila Degree College Raebareli, Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2008 – Present
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Parent(s)	Ishwar Chandra Dixit Geeta Dixit
Website	http://www.meenakshidixit.com

Meenakshi Dixit is an Indian film actress who has worked in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films.

Meenakshi Dixit was born 12 October in Raebareli, India. She is the daughter of Ishwar Chandra Dixit, a senior lawyer in Civil Court Raebareli, and Geeta Dixit. She graduated with a degree in Bachelor of Science in Botany, Zoology, and Chemistry. She has trained in Kathak and western dance. She was active in sports, especially in athletics.

In 2008 Meenakshi Dixit appeared as a contestant in NDTV Imagine's dance reality show Nachle Ve with Saroj Khan hosted by Saroj Khan, which led to her entry into the Indian film industry. She first appeared in a Telugu film, Lifestyle. Later on, she got into modelling, endorsing local and international brands such as Joyalukkas Jewelry, Microsoft Windows, Fair and Handsome cream, Chennai Silks, Shankaram diamond jewellery, Brook Bond Taza tea, Paaneri Sarees, Lee Cooper, Red Square Energy Drink, Radio Mirchi and ESSAR, and Anytime Fitness gym. She has also been a regular model for the fashion industry, as well as in prominent Indian magazines.

In 2011, she made a special appearance in a dance number in Dookudu, the year's highest grossing Telugu film. Following Dookudu, she was also chosen by the producers of the Bodyguard remake to do a dance number, hoping that it would repeat the success of her number in Dookudu. She also performed an item number in the Tamil film Billa II, considered to be one of her biggest project to be done yet. 2014 she was seen in lead roles in two films. She played the role of a princess in the Tamil period-comedy Tenaliraman while the thriller-drama Adavi Kachina Vennela saw her playing an aspiring sharp shooter, with the actress also performing stunts in the film.

She was introduced in Bollywood by National Award Winner director Mr. Kundan shah 's P Se PM Tak in 2015. She played a feisty protagonist who is a prostitute & quickly finds herself in the chief Minister's chair and then in the run to become the Prime Minister of the country. Filmmaker Kundan Shah said "She is photogenic and also a talented actress". She was next seen in Laal Rang in 2016 as Randeep Hooda's onscreen love interest where she plays the role of a medical student. Her Tamil Film Bayam Oru Payanam got positive showers from audience and critics. She was able to utilize the opportunity to impress the audience with her looks and performance