Background
Niharika spent her childhood in various hill stations and small towns in the north of India since her father worked for United Presbyterian Tourism and after the state was divided, Uttarakhand Tourism development board, Government
Niharika spent her childhood in various hill stations and small towns in the north of India since her father worked for United Presbyterian Tourism and after the state was divided, Uttarakhand Tourism development board, Government
She made her acting debut with the film Mission Lovely, which competed in Un certain Regard at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. of India. She recalls her first performance as "Bharat Mata" at the age of 4. Did children theatre workshops with Sahitya Kala Parishad before she went to study in a boarding school in Nainital.
Singh started modeling in Dehradun at the age of 17, doing local shows which she continued when she moved to New Delhi to pursue a degree in B.Com(H) at Shri Ram College of Commerce.
Realizing commerce wasn"t her subject of interest, she dropped out of college and moved to Mumbai in 2003. She went on to represent India at the Mission Earth pageant held in Philippines in the same year.
Her career in films started when she signed a 10 film contract with Raj Kanwar in 2006. The films were never made.
Then, John Matthew Matthan and T-Series got her out of the contract and made A New Love Ishtory with her.
She further worked in films like "Mudh mudh ke na dekh mudh mudh ke" and "Private number". None of these films made it to the cinemas. Niharika made her feature film debut with Ashim Ahluwalia"s retro drama Mission Lovely.
The film competed in Un Certain Regard at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.
Singh played the role of Pinky, a mysterious ingénue with a shadowy past for which she earned rave reviews for her performance and the award for Best Female Debut at IBNLive Movie Awards 2015. Singh has done acting workshops with Barry John and a Film Appreciation course from the Film and Television Institute of India.
The actor says she rediscovered cinema after her tryst with Cannes for Mission Lovely. In 2016, Niharika was selected for Berlinale Talents, an initiative by the Berlin International Film Festival.
Niharika was appointed the goodwill ambassador for Rotary Blood Bank in 2005 at the behest of the Governor of Uttarakhand Sudarshan Agarwal.