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{{Infobox person
| name = Nivedita
| image = NiveditaJainImage.jpg
| caption =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1979|06|09}}
| birth_place = [[Bangalore]], [[Karnataka]], [[India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1998|06|10|1979|05|17}}
| death_place = Bangalore, Karnataka, India
| nationality = [[India]]n
| other_names = Nivedita Rinky
| parents = Capt. Rajendra Jain (father)<br/>Gowri Priya (mother)
| occupation = [[Actress]], [[Model (person)|model]]
}}

'''Nivedita Jain''' (9 June 1979 – 10 June 1998) was a beauty contestant and an actress who appeared in [[Cinema of Karnataka|Kannada films]]. She was crowned Miss Bangalore in 1994.<ref name="title">{{cite web | url=http://www.missbangalore.in/History.asp | title=Miss Bangalore Hall Of Fame: Nivedita Jain – Miss Bangalore '94 | publisher=missbangalore.in | access-date=17 September 2011}}</ref> She made her debut as actress in the 1996 film ''Shivaranjini''.

==Career==
Jain started her acting career as early as when she was 16. She was approached by the [[Rajkumar (actor)|Rajkumar]]'s home production in 1997 with a two-film offer. The first released movie was ''Shivaranjini'' opposite [[Raghavendra Rajkumar]] and the second release was ''[[Shiva Sainya]]'' opposite [[Shivarajkumar]]. The latter film was successful and she began to get offers from many other production houses. She made a cameo appearance alongside [[Ramesh Aravind]] in the hit movie ''[[Amrutha Varshini]]''. She also played a vital role in the [[Arjun Sarja]], [[Tabu (actress)|Tabu]] starrer Tamil film, ''[[Thaayin Manikodi]]''. She had been set to star again opposite Arjun in [[Selva (director)|Selva]]'s ''Thenaali Raja'', but the film was later cancelled.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/19991003015404fw_/http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/Specials/97/Oct/a-z/atoz-5.htm</ref>

Majority of her films were released in single year and with her death in the following year, her brief career came to an end.

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Film
! Role
! class="unsortable"|Notes
|-
| 1996 || ''Shivaranjani'' || ||
|-
| 1996 || ''[[Shiva Sainya]]'' || ||
|-
| 1997 || ''Nee Mudida Mallige'' || ||
|-
| 1997 || ''Baalida Mane'' || ||
|-
| 1997 || ''Tokaleni Pitta'' || || [[Telugu language|Telugu]] film
|-
| 1997 || ''[[Amrutha Varshini]]'' ||Shruthi || Cameo appearance
|-
| 1997 || ''[[Prema Raga Haadu Gelathi]]'' || ||
|-
| 1998 || ''[[Thaayin Manikodi]]'' || Asha|| [[Tamil language|Tamil]] film
|-
| 1998 || ''Baalina Daari'' || ||
|-
| 1998 || ''Sutradhara''|| ||
|}

==Death==
On the night of 17 May 1998, Jain received serious head injuries after falling off the parapet wall of the terrace on the second floor, from a height of 35 feet, of her home located in Rajarajeshwari Nagar suburb of [[Bangalore]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Fall of a rising star|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/kannada-actress-nivedita-jain-battles-for-her-life-in-bangalores-mallya-hospital/1/264411.html|access-date=9 March 2016|work=India Today|date=8 June 1998}}</ref> She had been practicing [[catwalk]] in preparation for the [[Femina Miss India|Miss India]] beauty contest,<ref name="Indian Express"/> as she had intended a return to modeling<ref name="http://www.cscsarchive.org:8081/MediaArchive/art.nsf/(docid)/DC8B7814E508F9826525694000614454">{{cite news | url=http://www.cscsarchive.org:8081/MediaArchive/art.nsf/(docid)/DC8B7814E508F9826525694000614454 | title=Was Nivedita Driven To Suicide? | work=[[Times of India]] | date=25 June 1998 | agency=[[Centre for the Study of Culture and Society|CSCS]] | access-date=17 September 2011 | author=Times of India News Service | author-link=Times of India News Service }}</ref> after her last few films had not done well.<ref name="Outlook India"/> The following day, 19 May, it was reported she had briefly regained consciousness but remained incoherent and her condition was considered critical.<ref name="Deccan Herald">{{cite news | url=http://www.cscsarchive.org:8081/MediaArchive/art.nsf/(docid)/135AFF67D9914D24652569400061447D | title=Nivedita Jain recovering | work=[[Deccan Herald]] | date=20 May 1998 | agency=[[Centre for the Study of Culture and Society|CSCS]] | access-date=17 September 2011 | author=staff}}</ref> She lapsed into a coma,<ref name="Indian Express">{{cite news | url=http://www.indianexpress.com/Storyold/36942/ | title=Death ends Nivedita's yearning for extremes | work=[[Indian Express]] | date=12 June 1998 | access-date=17 September 2011 | author=Express News Service}}</ref> and for 24 days remained on [[life support]] in Mallya Hospital, Bangalore, as doctors skilled in [[general medicine]], [[neurology]], [[homeopathy]], [[reiki]] and [[mahikari]] treated her for severe head injuries and multiple fractures. While she was hospitalized, her father, hoping it would bring good fortune and help her recover from her coma, renamed her Nivedita Rinki.<ref name="Outlook India">{{cite news | url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?205743 | title=Catwalk To Death | work=[[Outlook India]] | date=22 June 1998 | access-date=17 September 2011 | author=B.R. Srikanth}}</ref>

At 11:00 am on 10 June 1998, she was declared dead by the doctors.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nivedita Jain dead|url=http://www.cscsarchive.org:8081/MediaArchive/art.nsf/%28docid%29/6DD5A95CF003D3896525694000605888|work=The Hindu|access-date=9 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514162600/http://www.cscsarchive.org:8081/MediaArchive/art.nsf/(docid)/6DD5A95CF003D3896525694000605888|archive-date=14 May 2011|date=11 June 1998}}</ref>

==Awards and nominations==
* 1994, Won title of Miss Bangalore<ref name="title"/>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|nm7929350}}

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[[Category:1979 births]]
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[[Category:Actresses in Kannada cinema]]
[[Category:Actresses in Tamil cinema]]
[[Category:Indian film actresses]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian actresses]]
[[Category:Actresses from Bangalore]]

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