Nikitha was born to Kannada parents on 19 May 1990 in Bengaluru, Karnataka. Her father works in the advertising and corporate communications field and her mother is a qualified interior designer, who opted to be a home maker. She studied and grew up in Bengaluru, Mysore, Chennai, Vizag and Hyderabad, where she spent most of her time.
She graduated in Bachelor of Management Studies from the Saint Francis College, Begumpet, Hyderabad.
Working as a model since the age of 10, she entered the Telugu film industry in 2011 after participating and winning beauty pageants. She has a younger sister. She interned as a Business Analyst at Goldman sachs Bangalore and later got placed in the Facebook company.
After her first film, she worked for Amazon.com.
She is a polyglot and can converse in English, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu and Tamil. Modelling
Nikitha"s modeling career began at the age of 10, when she worked with noted director Rajiv Menon on a television advertisement for Annapurna Iodised salt.
lieutenant was followed by ads for Fair and Lovely and other brands over the next few years. She next represented the Southern region alongside three other models at the Mission Queen of India 2011.
Nikitha has also walked the ramp in many fashion shows and designer week, and has modeled for brands in various categories including jewelry and clothing.
Acting
The movie ran successfully for over 50 days across Andhra Pradesh and she received good reviews for her performance. The Hindu wrote that she "makes a sparkling debut" and Rediff wrote that she "looks fresh and has the potential to grow into an actor". She was nominated in the Best Female Debutant category at the 1st South Indian International Movie Awards held in Dubai.
Later, she worked for a Telugu project titled Race under Bhavya creations banner which got released on 1 March 2013.
Her next film was a bilingual project titled Made in Vizag in Telugu and Nee Naan Mattum in Tamil. A remake of the Marathi film, Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai, it was directed by Kanmani.
Her first 2015 release was Ladies & Gentlemen directed by Manjunath, in which she was seen as a homemaker. A week later, she was seen in Pesarattu, which was the first crowd funded Telugu film.
In 2009 she won the Dabur Mission Fresh Face of Hyderabad, after which she participated at the 2010 Mission South India contest, earning the second runner-up title along with a host of sub-titles (Mission Congeniality and Mission Beautiful Skin). She finished under the Top 5 and won the Mission Beautiful Eyes title. In November 2011, Nikitha entered the film industry when she won the lead role in the Telugu film lieutenant"s My Love Story directed by Madhura Sreedhar Reddy.
