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	~~{{About\|the Indian actress Meenakshi Dixit\|other uses\|Meenakshi (disambiguation)}}~~
	{{Short description\|Indian actress}}		{{Short description\|Indian actress}}
	{{EngvarB\|date=October 2013}}		{{EngvarB\|date=October 2013}}
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	\| birth_date = ~~{{birth date and age\|1988\|10\|12\|df=y}}~~		\| birth_date =
	\| birth_place = [[Raebareli]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]		\| birth_place = [[Raebareli]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]
	\| nationality = [[Indian people\|Indian]]		\| nationality = [[Indian people\|Indian]]
	\| alma_mater = Kanpur University		\| alma_mater = Kanpur University
	\| occupation = Actress		\| occupation = Actress
	\| height = ~~{{height\|m=1.67\|precision=0}}~~		\| height =
	\| years_active = 2008 – Present		\| years_active = 2008 – Present
	\| parents = Ishwar Chandra Dixit<br/>Geeta Dixit		\| parents = Ishwar Chandra Dixit<br/>Geeta Dixit
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	'''Meenakshi Dixit''' is an ~~[[India]]n film~~ actress who has worked in [[Telugu language\|Telugu]], [[Tamil language\|Tamil]], [[Hindi]], [[Malayalam]] and [[Kannada]] films.		'''Meenakshi Dixit''' is an Indian actress who has worked in [[Telugu language\|Telugu]], [[Tamil language\|Tamil]], [[Hindi]], [[Malayalam]] and [[Kannada]] films.

	==Background==		==Background==
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	\| 2011		\| 2011
	\| ''[[Dookudu]]''		\| ''[[Dookudu]]''
	\| ~~Title track~~		\| Herself
	\| Telugu		\| Telugu
	\|		\|"Nee Dookudu" song
	\|-		\|-
	\| 2012		\| 2012
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	\| ''[[Billa II]]''		\| ''[[Billa II]]''
	\| ~~Guest appearance~~		\| Herself
	\| [[Tamil language\|Tamil]]		\| [[Tamil language\|Tamil]]
	\| "Madurai Ponnu" song<ref name=IndiaGlitz>{{cite web \|url= http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/74124.html \|title= Meenakshi Dixit shakes a leg with Ajith \|accessdate= 16 January 2012 \|archive-date= 21 December 2011 \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111221032618/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/74124.html \|url-status= live }}</ref><ref name=Red1>{{cite web \|url= http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/south-review-virudhagiri/20101213.htm \|title= Captain's outing with Virudhagiri \|accessdate= 16 January 2012 \|archive-date= 2 August 2011 \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110802234038/http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/south-review-virudhagiri/20101213.htm \|url-status= live }}</ref>		\| "Madurai Ponnu" song<ref name=IndiaGlitz>{{cite web \|url= http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/74124.html \|title= Meenakshi Dixit shakes a leg with Ajith \|accessdate= 16 January 2012 \|archive-date= 21 December 2011 \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111221032618/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/74124.html \|url-status= live }}</ref><ref name=Red1>{{cite web \|url= http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/south-review-virudhagiri/20101213.htm \|title= Captain's outing with Virudhagiri \|accessdate= 16 January 2012 \|archive-date= 2 August 2011 \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110802234038/http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/south-review-virudhagiri/20101213.htm \|url-status= live }}</ref>
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	\| Telugu		\| Telugu
	\|		\|
			\|-
			\|2021
			\|''Babu Marley''
			\|Shanthi
			\|Kannada
			\|
			\|-
			\| 2021
			\| ''Tamil Rockers''
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			\| Tamil
			\|
			\|-
			\|2022
			\|''[[Bangarraju]]''
			\|Apsara
			\|Telugu
			\|Cameo appearance
			\|-
			\|2022
			\|''Local Train
			\|Kushi
			\|Kannada
			\|
			\|-
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	\| ''[[Nachle Ve with Saroj Khan]]''		\| ''[[Nachle Ve with Saroj Khan]]''
	\| Herself		\| Herself
	\| Runner-up; ~~credited~~ in the show as Meenakshi Dixit<ref name=Dream/><ref name=Times/>		\| Runner-up; Credited in the show as Meenakshi Dixit<ref name=Dream/><ref name=Times/>
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	* {{IMDb name\|3924800}}		* {{IMDb name\|3924800}}
	*{{FaceBook \|IamMeenakshiDixit}}
	*{{Twitter}}
	*{{instagram \|meenakshidixit}}
	*'''[https://biographymafia.com/meenakshi-dixit/ Meenakshi Dixit]''' at '''[https://biographymafia.com/meenakshi-dixit/ Biographymafia.com]'''

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{{About|the Indian actress Meenakshi Dixit|other uses|Meenakshi (disambiguation)}}
{{Short description|Indian actress}}
{{EngvarB|date=October 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2015}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Meenakshi Dixit
| image = Lakme Fashion Week - 2019.jpg
| caption = Lakme Fashion Week – 2019
| image_size =
| alt =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|10|12|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Raebareli]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]
| alma_mater = Kanpur University
| occupation = Actress
| height = {{height|m=1.67|precision=0}}
| years_active = 2008 – Present
| parents = Ishwar Chandra Dixit<br/>Geeta Dixit
| website = {{URL|meenakshidixit.com}}
}}

'''Meenakshi Dixit''' is an [[India]]n film actress who has worked in [[Telugu language|Telugu]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Hindi]], [[Malayalam]] and [[Kannada]] films.

==Background==
Meenakshi Dixit was born in [[Raebareli]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]. She is the daughter of Ishwar Chandra Dixit, a senior lawyer in Civil Court in Raebareli, and Geeta Dixit.<ref name=Youtube>{{cite web |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fly1U46dIAA |title= Super Dancer Junior 2 Off Camera – Actress Meenakshi Dixit Exclusive Interview |accessdate= 22 January 2012 |archive-date= 1 March 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140301180554/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fly1U46dIAA |url-status= live }}</ref> She graduated with a degree in Bachelor of Science in [[Botany]], [[Zoology]], and [[Chemistry]].{{citation needed|date=March 2014}} She has trained in [[Kathak]] and western dance.<ref name="thehindu1">[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/mainstream-moves/article6258997.ece Mainstream moves]. The Hindu (29 July 2014). Retrieved on 2015-04-28.</ref>

==Career==
In 2008 Meenakshi Dixit appeared as a contestant in [[Imagine TV|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.<ref name="thehindu1"/> She first appeared in a Telugu film, ''Lifestyle''.<ref name=SouthCast>{{cite web |url= http://southcast.in/meenakshi-dixit-photos-videos-billa2-dookudu/ |title= MEENAKSHI DIXIT – SOUTH INDIAN ACTRESS AND PERFORMER |accessdate= 16 January 2012 |archive-date= 4 May 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120504042803/http://southcast.in/meenakshi-dixit-photos-videos-billa2-dookudu/ |url-status= dead }}</ref><ref name=Dream>{{cite web |url= http://www.dreamgirlsofbollywood.com/artists-dancers.php?page=artists&pag=artists-dancers |title= Dreamgirls of Bollywood |accessdate= 16 January 2012 |archive-date= 23 January 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120123053425/http://www.dreamgirlsofbollywood.com/artists-dancers.php?page=artists&pag=artists-dancers |url-status= dead }}</ref><ref name=Times>{{cite web|url= http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/The-M-factor/articleshow/3926978.cms |title= The M factor | accessdate=16 January 2012}}</ref> 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]], ESSAR, [[Anytime Fitness]] gym and Aquagaurd. She has also been a regular model for the fashion industry, as well as in prominent Indian magazines.<ref name=Dream/><ref name=Times/>

In 2011, she made a special appearance in a dance number in ''[[Dookudu]]'', the year's highest grossing Telugu film.<ref>[http://www.sify.com/movies/tollywood-top-hits-of-2011-imagegallery-tollywood-lm3o95dgchasi.html Tollywood top hits of 2011] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226234432/http://www.sify.com/movies/tollywood-top-hits-of-2011-imagegallery-tollywood-lm3o95dgchasi.html |date=26 December 2018 }}. Sify.com. Retrieved on 28 April 2015.</ref><ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/news-interviews/Dookudu-touches-the-one-billion-mark/articleshow/10793015.cms?referral=PM Dookudu touches the one billion mark – The Times of India] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180917163042/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/news-interviews/Dookudu-touches-the-one-billion-mark/articleshow/10793015.cms?referral=PM |date=17 September 2018 }}. Timesofindia.indiatimes.com (20 November 2011). Retrieved on 2015-04-28.</ref> Following ''Dookudu'', she was also chosen by the producers of the ''[[Bodyguard (2012 film)|Bodyguard]]'' remake to do a dance number, hoping that it would repeat the success of her number in ''Dookudu''.<ref name=Tol>{{cite web |url= http://tollywoodicon.com/dookudu-sentiment-works-out-for-bodyguard/19629 |title= Dookudu Sentiment Works Out For Bodyguard? |accessdate= 22 January 2012 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20130204112635/http://tollywoodicon.com/dookudu-sentiment-works-out-for-bodyguard/19629 |archive-date= 4 February 2013 |url-status= dead |df= dmy-all }}</ref> She also performed an item number in the Tamil film ''[[Billa II]]'', considered to be one of her biggest project to be done yet.<ref name=IndiaGlitz/><ref name=Red1/> 2014 she was seen in lead roles in two films. She played the role of a princess in the Tamil period-comedy ''[[Tenaliraman (film)|Tenaliraman]]''<ref>[http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/regional/didn-t-want-to-miss-working-with-vadivelu-meenakshi-dixit/article1-1208878.aspx Didn't want to miss working with Vadivelu: Meenakshi Dixit] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018082533/http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/regional/didn-t-want-to-miss-working-with-vadivelu-meenakshi-dixit/article1-1208878.aspx |date=18 October 2014 }}. Hindustantimes.com (17 April 2014). Retrieved on 2015-04-28.</ref> while the thriller-drama ''Adavi Kachina Vennela'' saw her playing an aspiring sharp shooter, with the actress also performing stunts in the film.<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Meenakshi-Dixit-is-back-with-a-bang/articleshow/39369909.cms Meenakshi Dixit is back with a bang – The Times of India] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190104180110/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Meenakshi-Dixit-is-back-with-a-bang/articleshow/39369909.cms |date=4 January 2019 }}. Timesofindia.indiatimes.com (31 July 2014). Retrieved on 2015-04-28.</ref>

She was introduced in Bollywood by National Award Winner director Kundan shah's ''[[P Se PM Tak]]'' in 2015.{{Citation needed|date= April 2018}} She played a feisty prostitute who finds herself in the Chief Minister's chair and then in the run to become the Prime Minister of the country.{{Citation needed|date= April 2018}} 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.{{Citation needed|date= April 2018}}

Her last Tamil film was ''[[Bayam Oru Payanam]]''.{{Citation needed|date= April 2018}} She next played the role of Nidhi in the 2019 Telugu film ''[[Maharshi (2019 film)|Maharshi]]''.

==Filmography==

===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Language
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2009
| ''Lifestyle''
| Anjali
| [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
|
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Alexander the Great (2010 film)|Alexander the Great]]''
| Bismitha
| [[Malayalam]]
|
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Dookudu]]''
| Title track
| Telugu
|
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Bodyguard (2012 film)|Bodyguard]]''
| Guest appearance
| Telugu
|
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Billa II]]''
| Guest appearance
| [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| "Madurai Ponnu" song<ref name=IndiaGlitz>{{cite web |url= http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/74124.html |title= Meenakshi Dixit shakes a leg with Ajith |accessdate= 16 January 2012 |archive-date= 21 December 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111221032618/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/74124.html |url-status= live }}</ref><ref name=Red1>{{cite web |url= http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/south-review-virudhagiri/20101213.htm |title= Captain's outing with Virudhagiri |accessdate= 16 January 2012 |archive-date= 2 August 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110802234038/http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/south-review-virudhagiri/20101213.htm |url-status= live }}</ref>
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Devaraya (film)|Devaraya]]''
| Sunandha
| Telugu
|<ref name=TimeIndia>{{cite web |url= http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-10-13/news-interviews/30271437_1_srikanth-film-flick |title= Srikanth as Devaraya |accessdate= 17 January 2012 |archive-date= 29 October 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131029213243/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-10-13/news-interviews/30271437_1_srikanth-film-flick |work= [[The Times of India]] |url-status= dead }}</ref>
|-
| 2013
| ''[[Baadshah (2013 film)|Baadshah]]''
| Special appearance
| Telugu
| Baadshah title track
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Tenaliraman (film)|Tenaliraman]]''
| Princess Maadhulai
| Tamil
|
|-
| 2014
| ''Adavi Kaachina Vennela''
| Vennela
| Telugu
|
|-
| 2015
| ''[[En Vazhi Thani Vazhi (2015 film)|En Vazhi Thani Vazhi]]'' || Priya || Tamil ||
|-
| 2015
| ''[[P Se PM Tak]]''
| Kasturi
| [[Hindi]]
|
|-
| 2016
|''[[Bayam Oru Payanam]]''
| Annu
| Tamil
|<ref name="deccanchronicle.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/kollywood/080216/bayam-will-be-on-par-with-the-exorcist-meenakshi-dixit.html|title=Bayam... will be at par with The Exorcist: Meenakshi Dixit|first=S.|last=Subhakeerthana|date=8 February 2016|website=Deccan Chronicle|access-date=17 November 2019|archive-date=17 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191117162245/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/kollywood/080216/bayam-will-be-on-par-with-the-exorcist-meenakshi-dixit.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 2016
| ''[[Laal Rang]]''
| Rashi
| Hindi
|
|-
| 2018
| ''[[Lupt]]''
| Tanu Tandon
| Hindi
|
|-
| 2019
| ''[[Maharshi (2019 film)|Maharshi]]''
| Nidhi
| Telugu
|
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2008
| ''[[Nachle Ve with Saroj Khan]]''
| Herself
| Runner-up; credited in the show as Meenakshi Dixit<ref name=Dream/><ref name=Times/>
|}

===Music videos===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Co-star
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2012 || ''Chuloon Aasman'' || ||Hindi
|-
|2017 || ''Kadhile Kaalam Kalala'' ||Anirudh Sameer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/tollywood/190217/a-star-in-the-making-1.html|title=A star in the making: Meet Anirudh Sameer, the lead actor in the latest viral music video, Kadile Kaalam Kalala|date=19 February 2017|website=Deccan Chronicle|access-date=27 February 2019|archive-date=27 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190227182550/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/tollywood/190217/a-star-in-the-making-1.html|url-status=live}}</ref> || Telugu
|}

==Awards==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Notes
|-
| 2017 || Uttar Pradesh Gaurav Samman ||Received from Governor of UP Shri Ram Naik & Deputy CM Shri Dinesh Sharma
|-
| 2017 || 10 Global Film Festival – Hindi Cinema Samman Samaroh || Received from Jackie Shroff & Sandeep Marwah
|-
| 2017 || Marvellous Personality Of India || Received from Governor of UP Shri Ram Naik & Cabinet Minister Rita Bahuguna
|-
| 2018 || Entertainment Award || Presented by Gurujee Kumaran Swami in Bahrain
|-
| 2018 || Uttar Pradesh Gaurav Samman || Received from Home Minister of India Shri Rajnath Singh
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Meenakshi Dixit}}
* {{IMDb name|3924800}}
*{{FaceBook |IamMeenakshiDixit}}
*{{Twitter}}
*{{instagram |meenakshidixit}}
*'''[https://biographymafia.com/meenakshi-dixit/ Meenakshi Dixit]''' at '''[https://biographymafia.com/meenakshi-dixit/ Biographymafia.com]'''

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