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{{short description|Indian casting director filmmaker}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{infobox person
| name = Nidhi Bisht

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| occupation = casting director, actress, filmmaker, lawyer and writer
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'''Nidhi Bisht''' (born 21 October 1985) is an [[India]]n casting director filmmaker, lawyer and actress and writer. She is one of the earliest members of [[The Viral Fever]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/theatre/050417/nidhi-bisht-waits-to-strike.html
|title=Nidhi Bisht waits to strike|date=5 April 2017
|access-date=14 October 2019|website=Deccan Chronicle}}</ref><ref name=b>{{cite web|url=https://wow.outlookbusiness.com/nidhi-bisht/|title=TVF's Nidhi Bisht is breaking stereotypes and making it viral|access-date=14 October 2019|website=Outlook Business}}</ref>

==Biography==
Bisht was a student of [[Jamia Millia Islamia]].<ref name=a>{{cite web|url=https://m.hindustantimes.com/art-and-culture/meet-nidhi-bisht-the-casting-director-who-spotted-india-s-leading-web-series-stars/story-qonGfi2aFJHt0dK6KlTHsK.html
|title=Meet Nidhi Bisht, the casting director who spotted leading web series stars|date=24 December 2016
|access-date=14 October 2019|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref> She pursued LLB degree from there. Later she began working as an associate at Singh and Singh Associates which is an intellectual property rights law firm.<ref name=b/> She practiced law at [[Delhi High Court]] more than a year.<ref name=c>{{cite web|url=https://www.asianage.com/people/all-bisht-tvf-star-545
|title=All the Bisht to a TVF star
|date=7 November 2015
|access-date=14 October 2019|website=The Asian Age}}</ref> Later she gave up her job and decided to build her career in the entertainment arena. She joined [[The Viral Fever]] in 2013.<ref name=b/> She is lone non IIT graduate in The Viral Fever.<ref name=b/>

Bisht acted in ''Chai Sutta Chronicles'' in 2013.<ref name=a/> She acted in ''[[Permanent Roommates]]'' in 2014.<ref name="e">{{cite web|url=https://www.iwmbuzz.com/digital/celebrities-digital/meet-nidhi-bisht-creative-genius-tvf/2019/05/05
|title=Meet Nidhi Bisht- The Creative Genius at TVF
|date=5 May 2019
|access-date=14 October 2019|website=IWMBUZZ}}</ref> She acted in ''[[Umrika]]'' in 2015.<ref name="e" /> She acted in ''[[Phillauri (film)|Phillauri]]'' in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/phillauri/cast/|title=Phillauri Cast & Crew
|access-date=14 October 2019|website=Bollywood Hungama}}</ref> She acted in ''Bisht, Please!'' in 2017.<ref name="e"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Bisht, Please! TVF's first show with a woman protagonist is all about men
|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/bisht-please-tvfs-first-show-with-a-woman-protagonist-is-all-about-men-3367158.html
|date=4 April 2017
|access-date=14 October 2019|website=Firstpost}}</ref> She acted in ''Bachelors''.<ref name=e/> She acted in ''Kanika'' in 2018 which was a short film.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.glamsham.com/en/kanika-is-girliyapas-first-short-film-under-girliyapa-cine
|title=Girliyapa releases their first short film under Girliyapa Ciné
|date=24 November 2018
|access-date=14 October 2019|website=Glamsham}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iwmbuzz.com/digital/releases-digital/girliyapa-releases-powerful-short-film-kanika-create-awareness-child-sexual-abuse/2018/11/24
|title=Girliyapa releases a powerful short film "KANIKA" to create awareness on Child Sexual Abuse
|date=24 November 2018
|access-date=14 October 2019|website=IWMBUZZ}}</ref> She also acted in web series like ''[[TVF Tripling]]'', ''[[ImMature]]'' and ''The Making of…''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/lifestyle/what-s-hot/story/tvf-tripling-sumeet-vyas-maanvi-gagroo-amol-parashar-web-series-crosses-12-million-lifest-345130-2016-10-05
|title=5 things that make TVF Tripling the blockbuster web series that it is
|date=5 October 2016
|access-date=14 October 2019|website=India Today}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/web-series/news/immature-season-2-renewal-details-revealed/articleshow/68718478.cms
|title='ImMature' Season 2 renewal details revealed
|date=4 April 2019
|access-date=14 October 2019|website=The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iwmbuzz.com/digital/celebrities-digital/web-actor-nidhi-bisht-deserves-attention-heres/2019/07/07
|title=Web actor Nidhi Bisht deserves more attention. Here's why
|date=7 July 2019
|access-date=17 October 2019|website=IWMBUZZ}}</ref> Her film ''[[Dream Girl (2019 film)|Dream Girl]]'' was released on 13 September 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/dream-girl-ayushmann-khurrana-introduces-pooja-ki-pujaran-no-3/articleshow/70911810.cms
|title='Dream Girl': Ayushmann Khurrana introduces 'Pooja Ki Pujaran No.3'
|date=30 August 2019
|access-date=14 October 2019|website=The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/dream-girl-an-attempt-at-a-comedy-of-errors-that-makes-you-laugh-and-forget-why-you-did-immediately-after/cid/1704730
|title=Dream Girl: An attempt at a comedy of errors that makes you laugh... and forget why you did, immediately after
|date=14 September 2019
|access-date=14 October 2019|website=The Telegraph}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/standpoint/story/sexist-and-homophobic-ayushmann-khurrana-s-dream-girl-nidhi-bisht-nushrat-bharucha-1600527-2019-09-18
|title=Sexist and homophobic: Why Ayushmann Khurrana's Dream Girl pulls us back a decade in cinema
|date=18 September 2019
|access-date=14 October 2019|website=India Today}}</ref>Nidhi also played the role of Megha Astana in the TVF original web series 'Cubicles' which was released in December 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=DelhiDecember 16|first1=Jyoti Kanyal New|last2=December 16|first2=2019UPDATED|last3=Ist|first3=2019 17:46|title=Nidhi Bisht: Web gives more freedom. Women are writing, directing women here|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/binge-watch/story/nidhi-bisht-web-gives-more-freedom-women-are-writing-directing-women-here-1628739-2019-12-16|access-date=2021-05-07|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref>

Bisht also involved in writing in ''Permanent Roommates'' (2016), ''PA-Gals'' (2017) and ''Bisht, Please!'' (2017).<ref name=l>{{cite web|url=https://blog.rhapsode.in/index.php/2019/04/17/nidhi-bisht-the-backbone-of-tvf/
|title=Nidhi Bisht – Actor, Director, And Writer; The Backbone Of TVF
|date=17 April 2019
|access-date=14 October 2019|website=Rhapsode}}</ref> She also worked as director in ''PA-Gals''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.mid-day.com/articles/had-pitched-pa-gals-to-tvf-six-years-ago-says-nidhi-bisht/19677170
|title=Had pitched PA-Gals to TVF six years ago, says Nidhi Bisht
|date=7 August 2018
|access-date=14 October 2019|website=Mid Day}}</ref> She worked as casting director of ''[[TVF Pitchers]]'' and assistant director of ''[[Permanent Roommates]]''.<ref name=l/>

==Filmography==
===Writer, casting director, assistant director and director===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Film
!Writer
!Casting Director
!Director
!Assistant PRP
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2015
|''[[TVF Pitchers]]''
|
|{{yes}}
|
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2016
|''[[Permanent Roommates]]''
|{{yes}}
|
|
|{{yes}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2017
|''Bisht, Please!''
|{{yes}}
|
|
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2017
|''PA-Gals''
|{{yes}}
|
|{{yes}}
|
|}

===Actress===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Film
!Role
!Notes
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 2013
| ''[[Thuppakki]]''
| Kidnapped girl
| [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 2013
| ''Chai Sutta Chronicles''
| Ipsa
| Web series
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 2014
| ''[[Permanent Roommates]]''
| Ritu
| Web series
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 2015
| ''[[Umrika]]''
| Pinky
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 2016–19
| ''[[TVF Tripling]]''
| Nirmala / Bhabhisha
| Web series
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 2017
| ''[[Phillauri (film)|Phillauri]]''
|Amrit
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 2017
| ''Bisht, Please!''
| Neetu Bisht / Neetu
| Web series
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 2017–18
| ''Bachelors''
| Chewingami
| Web series
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 2018
| ''The Making Of...''
| Jamia Roy SenGupta, Argentina and Ekthi Kapoor
| Web series
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 2018
| ''Kanika''
| Mahima
| Short film
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 2019
| ''[[ImMature]]''
| Aishwarya Miss
| Web series
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 2019
| ''[[Dream Girl (2019 film)|Dream Girl]]''
| Roma
| Hindi Movie
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 2019
| ''Cubicles''
|Megha Asthana
|Web series
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 2019
|Hostel Daze
|Teaching Assistant
|Web series
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 2020
| ''MR & MRS''
| Madhu
| Web series
|}

==References==

{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|6905591}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bisht, Nidhi}}
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian casting directors]]
[[Category:Actresses in Hindi cinema]]
[[Category:Jamia Millia Islamia alumni]]
[[Category:Indian film actresses]]
[[Category:Indian lawyers]]
[[Category:1985 births]]

Nidhi Bisht - Revision history

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