Top 50 Most Desirable Women In India

Sally Polly June 10, 2021 | 06:50

The 50 Most Desirable Indian Women - The Times List has been unveiled, and it features women under 40 across various fields. Keep reading to know more.

Check out Top 50 Most Desirable India Women List has been unveiled, and it features women under 40 across various fields. It puts the spotlight on those who have made a mark in the last one year and won hearts.

The ranking is based on votes cast in an online poll, along with an internal jury.

Who is The Most Desirable Indian Women?

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This year Rhea Chakraborty has topped the list. A superficial reading of the word ‘desirable’ would have you think it is all about physical appeal and glamour. But it’s not just about charm, physique or good looks. It is also about how much you think about a person, about the mind space an individual occupies.

In the last year, Rhea was one of the most-talked-about people – but not for a reason she would’ve ever imagined for. She found herself cast in a terrifying role off-screen – one that she never asked for, and one that was forcibly thrust upon her with the sudden death of Sushant Singh Rajput. And overnight, her life changed forever.

Before she could even grieve, she was stuck in a circus with no ringmaster, caught in a tussle between multiple players. However, she retained her dignity amidst a barrage of insinuation and abuse. With her strength, resilience and restraint – and refusal to sling back the mud or respond in kind – she rose above it.

List of Top 50 Most Desirable Women In 2020

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2. Adline Castelino

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Adline Mewis Quadros Castelino (born 24 July 1998) is an Indian model and beauty pageant titleholder. She was crowned as Miss Diva Universe 2020 and represented India at the Miss Universe 2020 pageant where she finished 4th among contestants from 73 countries.

3. Disha Patani

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Disha Patani is an Indian actress who works primarily in Hindi films. She began her acting career with the Telugu film Loafer (2015) opposite Varun Tej, and later made her Hindi debut in the sports biopic M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story (2016). She starred in the Chinese action comedy Kung Fu Yoga (2017), which ranks among the highest-grossing Chinese films of all time.

4. Kiara Advani

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Alia Advani (born 31 July 1992), known professionally as Kiara Advani, is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Hindi films. She has also acted in two Telugu films. After making her debut in Fugly (2014), she played the real-life character of Sakshi Rawat, a hotel manager and cricketer M. S. Dhoni's wife, in Neeraj Pandey's critically and commercially successful sports biopic M. S. Dhoni: The Untold Story (2016).

5. Deepika Padukone

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Deepika Padukone is an Indian actress and producer who works in Hindi films. One of the highest-paid actresses in India, her accolades include three Filmfare Awards. She features in listings of the nation's most popular personalities, and Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2018.

6. Katrina Kaif

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Katrina Kaif (born Katrina Turquotte; 16 July 1983) is a British actress who works primarily in Hindi-language films. She has established herself in Hindi cinema and is one of India's highest-paid actresses.

7. Jaqueline Fernandez

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acqueline Fernandez (born 11 August 1985) is a Sri Lankan actress, former model, and the winner of the Miss Universe Sri Lanka pageant of 2006 who predominantly works in Hindi films. In 2009, she debuted with Aladin and since then has established a career in the Hindi film industry. Born into a multiracial Eurasian family of Canadian, Sri Lankan, and Malaysian descent, Fernandez was raised in Bahrain. After graduating in mass communication from the University of Sydney and working as a television reporter in Sri Lanka, she joined the modeling industry. She was crowned Miss Universe Sri Lanka in 2006, and represented her country at Miss Universe 2006.

8. Anupria Goenka

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Anupria Goenka is an Indian actress and model who appears in Hindi and Telugu films. She first shot to fame in 2013 as the face of UPA government's Bharat NirmanMyntra. Goenka made her on-screen debut with the 2013 Telugu film Potugadu, having previously starred in the 2013 short film Worth the Kiss.

9. Ruhi Singh

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Ruhi Dilip Singh (born 12 October 1995) is an Indian actress and model who primarily appears in Hindi films and television. She became the Femina Miss India Universal Peace and Humanity in 2014. She began her acting career by starring at the drama film Calendar Girls (2015).

10. Aavriti Choudhary

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Aavriti Choudhary (born April 4, 1998) is an Indian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Diva Supranational 2020. She will represent India at Miss Supranational 2021 on 20 August 2021 in Poland.

11. Shraddha Arya

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Shraddha Arya (born 17 August 1987) is an Indian actress. She is known for her performances in the Life OK serials Main Lakshmi Tere Aangan Ki, Tumhari Paakhi and Dream Girl. Since 2017, she has been portraying the role of Dr. Preeta Arora in Zee TV's Kundali Bhagya. In 2019, she simultaneously participated in Nach Baliye 9 as a contestant along with Alam Makkar.

12. Tata Sutaria

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Tara Sutaria (born 19 November 1995) is an Indian actress, singer and dancer who works in Hindi films and television. She started her television career as a child artist in 2010 with Disney India's Big Bada Boom and went on to star in the channel's sitcoms The Suite Life of Karan & Kabir (2012) and Oye Jassie (2013). In 2019, Sutaria ventured into films by playing a college student in the teen drama Student of the Year 2, for which she won Zee Cine Award for Best Female Debut and was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. Also in 2019, she played a mute girl in the action film Marjaavaan.

13. Tridha Choudhury

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Tridha Choudhury is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Bengali and Telugu films. She won the title, Calcutta Times Fresh Face 2011. Her first movie was Mishawr Rawhoshyo in 2013, directed by Srijit Mukherji. She made her television debut in the Star Plus series Dahleez which was premiered on 14 March 2016. In 2017, she worked on the web series Spotlight with Arif Zakaria.

In 2020, she appeared on the Amazon Prime web series Bandish Bandits and the MX Player original web series Aashram.

14. Rakul Preet Singh

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Rakul Preet Singh (born 10 October 1990) is an Indian actress and model who predominantly works in Telugu, Tamil, and Hindi films. She has received three Filmfare Awards South nominations and is a recipient of a SIIMA Award.

15. Yami Gautam

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Yami Gautam (born 28 November 1988) is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Hindi films, alongside a few Telugu and Tamil language films. She came to prominence after starring in a series of Fair & Lovely commercials. She later made her television debut in Chand Ke Paar Chalo (2008–2009) and also appeared in Yeh Pyar Na Hoga Kam (2009–2010). Following this, she appeared in several South Indian films.

16. Aditi Rao Hydari

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Aditi Rao Hydari (born 28 October 1978) is an Indian actress, dancer and singer who works in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam films.

Hydari made her on-screen debut for the Tamil film Sringaram in 2007. She rose to fame after her performance in Sudhir Mishra's 2011 romantic thriller film Yeh Saali Zindagi, a role that won her the Screen Award in the Best Supporting Actress category. She has subsequently starred in several successful Hindi films including the musical Rockstar (2011), the horror-thriller Murder 3 (2013), the action-comedy Boss (2013) and the thriller Wazir (2016).

17. Erica Fernandes

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Erica Jennifer Fernandes (born 7 May 1993) is an Indian actress and model. She is known for her portrayal of Dr. Sonakshi Bose in Kuch Rang Pyar Ke Aise Bhi and Prerna Sharma in Kasautii Zindagii Kay.

18. Janhvi Kapoor

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Janhvi Kapoor (born 6 March 1997) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi-language films. Born to Sridevi and Boney Kapoor, she made her acting debut in 2018 with the romantic drama film Dhadak, which was a commercial success. Kapoor has since starred in the Netflix films Ghost Stories and Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl (both 2020).

19. Kriti Sanon

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Kriti Sanon (born 27 July 1990) is an Indian actress who appears predominantly in Hindi films. She pursued an engineering degree from the Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, after which she briefly worked as a model. After making her debut in Telugu cinema with the psychological thriller 1: Nenokkadine (2014), Sanon won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut for her performance in Sabbir Khan's action-comedy Heropanti (2014), which marked her first project in Hindi cinema.

20. Tripti Dimri

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Tripti Dimri is an Indian actress who works in the Hindi films. She hails from Rudraprayag district in Uttarakhand. She made her acting debut in 2017 with the film Poster Boys. She earned critical acclaim for her performance in Bulbbul (2020), for which she won the Filmfare OTT Award for Best Actress in a web original film.

21. Rashmika Mandanna

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Rashmika Mandanna (born 5 April 1996) is an Indian actress and model who works predominantly in Telugu and Kannada language films.She has received a Filmfare Award and a South Indian International Movie Awards.

22. Priya Banerjee

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Priya Banerjee is an Indian film actress who works mainly in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil films. Banerjee's first film was Kiss in Telugu in 2013, opposite Adivi Sesh.[4] She then appeared in her second Telugu film, Joru, with Sundeep Kishan and Rashi Khanna as the other leads

23. Taapsee Pannu

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Taapsee Pannu (born 1 August 1987) is an Indian actress who works primarily in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil-language films. She is the recipient of two Filmfare Awards and has featured in Forbes India's Celebrity 100 list since 2018.

After doing modeling for a few years, Pannu made her acting debut with the 2010 Telugu film Jhummandi Naadam and later acted in the 2011 Tamil film, Aadukalam. She made her Hindi film debut with David Dhawan's comedy Chashme Baddoor. After appearing in several South Indian films, Pannu got noticed for her performance in the courtroom drama Pink, which was a critical and commercial success.

24. Sara Ali Khan

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Sara Ali Khan (born 12 August 1995) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi-language films. Born into the Pataudi family, she is the daughter of actors Amrita Singh and Saif Ali Khan and the paternal granddaughter of Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi and Sharmila Tagore.

25. Anuja Joshi

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Anuja Joshi is an actress based in New York City, Los Angeles, and Mumbai, India.

Born into a performing arts family, her father was a renowned child actor in the Hindi Film Industry who went by the stage name Master Alankar, and her aunt is the Indian National Award winning Pallavi Joshi. Alongside acting, Anuja is also a trained singer and dancer.

26. Shreya Chaudhary

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Shreya Singh Chaudhry is an Indian film actress and model. She is known for Amazon Prime’s web series Bandish Bandits. She started her acting career in 2017 with the film Dear Maya. Shreya is originally from Kolkata. She currently lives in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

27. Kriti Kharbanda

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Kriti Kharbanda (born 29 October 1990) is an Indian actress and model known for her work predominantly in Kannada, Hindi, and Telugu language films. She has received accolades including a SIIMA Award and two nominations for the Filmfare Award South. After beginning her career as a model, Kharbanda made her acting debut in 2009 with the Telugu film Boni.

28. Neha Jaiswal

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Neha Jaiswal is an Indian model and beauty pageant titleholder who won the title Elite Miss Rajasthan 2016 and also the runner-up of Liva Miss Diva 2020. Born on 26 February 1997, Neha hails from Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India. As in 2021, Neha Jaiswal‘s age is 24 years. Check below for more deets about Neha Jaiswal. This page will put a light upon the Neha Jaiswal bio, wiki, age, birthday, family details, affairs, boyfriend, controversies, rumours, lesser-known facts and more.

29. Malavika Mohanan

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Malavika Mohanan (born 4 August 1991) is an Indian actress and model who works predominantly in Malayalam, Tamil, and Hindi films.

The daughter of cinematographer K. U. Mohanan, Malavika made her acting debut with the romantic drama Pattam Pole (2013) opposite Dulquer Salmaan. Following a series of lead roles in Malayalam and Kannada films, she won critical acclaim after appearing in Majid Majidi's drama film, Beyond the Clouds (2017), portraying a dweller of Mumbai's dhobi ghat area.

30. Pooja Hegde

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Pooja Hegde (born 13 October 1990) is an Indian actress and model who appears predominantly in Telugu and Hindi films. She was crowned as the second runner-up at the Miss Universe India 2010 competition. She made her debut in Tamil film Mysskin's Mugamoodi (2012). She made her Telugu film debut alongside Naga Chaitanya in Oka Laila Kosam. In 2016, she made her Hindi film debut alongside Hrithik Roshan in Ashutosh Gowarikar’s Mohenjo Daro.

31. Ananya Panday

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Ananya Panday (born 30 October 1998) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films. The daughter of actor Chunky Pandey, she ventured into acting in 2019 with leading roles in the films Student of the Year 2 and the comedy Pati Patni Aur Woh. She won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut and Zee Cine Award for Best Female Debut.

32. Neha Sharma

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Neha Sharma ( born 21 November 1987) is an Indian actress and model.A native of Bihar, Sharma attended the Mount Carmel School in Bhagalpur and pursued a course in fashion design from the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) in New Delhi.

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33. Manushi Chhillar

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Manushi Chhillar (born 14 May 1997) is an Indian actress, model and the winner of Miss World 2017. She represented the state of Haryana at the Femina Miss India 2017 pageant in which she won. Chhillar is the sixth representative from India to win the Miss World pageant. She will make her film debut in the upcoming historical drama Prithviraj.

34. Samantha Akkineni

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Samantha Akkineni (née Ruth Prabhu; born on 28 April 1987) is an Indian actress who has established a career in the Telugu and Tamil film industries. She is a recipient of several awards including four Filmfare Awards, two Nandi Awards, four South Indian International Movie Awards, and three CineMAA Awards.

35. Nushrratt Bharuccha

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Nushrratt Bharuccha (born 17 May 1985) is an Indian actress known for her work in Hindi films.

The 2011 buddy drama Pyaar Ka Punchnama marked her first commercial success. She had her biggest successes by portraying the female lead in the comedies Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2 (2015), Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety (2018), Dream Girl (2019) and Chhalaang (2020).

36. Shruti Haasan

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Shruti Haasan (born 28 January 1986) is an Indian actress and singer who works predominantly in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi-language films. Born in the Haasan family, she is the daughter of actors Kamal Haasan and Sarika Thakur.

37. Nora Fatehi

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Nora Fatehi (born 6 February 1992) is a Canadian dancer, model, actress, singer, and producer who is known for her work in the Indian film industry. She has appeared in Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam and Tamil language films. She made her film debut in the Bollywood film Roar: Tigers of the Sundarbans. She gained popularity in Telugu cinema by doing item numbers in films like Temper, Baahubali: The Beginning and Kick 2 and has also starred in two Malayalam films, Double Barrel and Kayamkulam Kochunni.

38. Ileana D'Cruz

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Ileana D'Cruz (born 1 November 1987) is an Indian actress and model who predominantly appears in Telugu and Hindi language films. D'Cruz was born in Mumbai and spent most of her childhood in Goa. D'Cruz made her screen debut in 2006 with Telugu-language film Devadasu, which was a commercial success whilst earning her the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debutant.

39. Bhumi Pednekar

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Bhumi Pednekar (born 18 July 1989) is an Indian actress who appears in Hindi films. After working as an assistant casting director at Yash Raj Films for six years, she made her film debut as an overweight bride in the company's romantic comedy Dum Laga Ke Haisha (2015), which earned her the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut.

40. Shriya Pilgaonkar

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Shriya Pilgaonkar is an Indian film actress, director, producer, and stage performer. She is the daughter of actors Sachin and Supriya Pilgaonkar.

41. Kalyani Priyadarshan

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Kalyani Priyadarshan (born 5 April 1993) is an Indian actress who appears in Malayalam, Telugu and Tamil films.

After taking B.F.A. in architecture designing from Parsons School of Design, New York City, she worked as an assistant in the production design of Krrish 3 (2013) and Iru Mugan (2016). She made her acting debut in the 2017 Telugu film Hello for which she won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South at 65th Filmfare Awards South and SIIMA Award for Best Telugu Female Debut at 7th South Indian International Movie Awards.

42. Alaya F

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Aalia Furniturewalla (born 28 November 1997), known by her stage name Alaya F, is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films.She is the daughter of actress Pooja Bedi, as well as maternal granddaughter of veteran actor Kabir Bedi and late dancer Protima Bedi. She made her film debut in 2020 through a leading role in the comedy Jawaani Jaaneman, which won her the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut.

43. Shreya Dhanwanthary

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Shreya Dhanwanthary is an Indian actress, model, director, and author associated with Hindi and Telugu language films and web series. She got her big break in 2019 as she played Zoya in the Amazon Prime Video web series The Family Man and later gained recognition for her portrayal of journalist Sucheta Dalal in Sony LIV's web series Scam 1992 (2020).

44. Mouni Roy

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Mouni Roy (born 28 September 1985) is an Indian actress, singer, Kathak dancer, and former model who primarily works in Hindi films and television. She debuted into television in 2007 with the role of Krishna Tulsi in Ekta Kapoor's longest running soap opera Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi on Star Plus and subsequently became part of several other shows, but got her breakthrough with the famous mythological show Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev on Life OK in 2011 that saw her play Sati. She also essayed Meera in Life OK's Junoon – Aisi Nafrat Toh Kaisa Ishq and contested in Zara Nachke Dikha (2008), Pati Patni Aur Woh (2009), Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 7 (2014), Box Cricket League 2 (2016) and Lip Sing Battle (2017).

45. Shehnaaz Gill

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Shehnaaz Gill (born 27 January 1993) is an Indian actress, model and singer who works in television and films. She began her modelling career with the 2015 music video, Shiv Di Kitaab. In 2017, she debuted as an actress in Punjabi film Sat Shri Akaal England. In 2019, she participated in the reality show Bigg Boss 13 where she finished in third place.

46. Vartika Singh

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Vartika Brij Nath Singh is an Indian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was appointed as Miss Universe India 2019 and represented India at 68th edition of the Miss Universe pageant. She was previously crowned as Miss Grand India in 2015. The GQ magazine had ranked her among the hottest women of India in 2017.

47. Aaditi Pohankar

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Aaditi Pohankar (born 31 December 1994) is an Indian actress who has worked in the Hindi, Marathi and Tamil film industries. After making her acting debut with Love Sex Aur Dhokha (2010), she made a breakthrough with her role along Riteish Deshmukh in Lai Bhaari (2014). She achieved fame all over the country after her roles in the 2020 web series She and Aashram.

48. Fatima Sana Shaikh

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Fatima Sana Shaikh (born 11 January 1992) is an Indian film actress. She is known for her works in Hindi-language cinema, and television. Shaikh appeared as a child artist in films such as Chachi 420 and One 2 Ka 4.Years later, she played Zoya in the Indian drama film Tahaan which received "The German Star of India award" at "Bollywood and Beyond" festival at Stuttgart Germany in 2009. In 2016, she portrayed Indian freestyle wrestler, Geeta Phogat in the sports drama film Dangal which was screened at the Beijing International Film Festival, and second BRICS festival. She played Zafira Baig, a warrior-archer Thug in the epic action-adventure film, Thugs of Hindostan. Shaikh will be featuring in a Hindi remake of Tamil movie Aruvi. The Hindi version is being produced by Applause Entertainment.

49. Mimi Chakraborty

Mimi Chakraborty (born 11 February 1989) is an Indian actress, singer and politician. She is known for her work in Bengali cinema and television. She was listed as the most desirable woman in the Calcutta Times list of Most Desirable Women 2016 and 2020.

In 2019, she joined politics and contested from Jadavpur Loksabha Constituency in 2019 Indian general election as a Trinamool Congress candidate. She is a Member of Parliament in the 17th Lok Sabha from Jadavpur constituency.

50. Vyoma Nandi

Vyoma Nandi is an Indian film Actress, who has worked predominantly in Telugu movie industry. Vyoma's previous film to hit the theatres was Marala Telupana Priya in the year 2016.