Nikita Aria

Nikita Aria Palekar also known as Supriya, is a TV presenter, model, actress, Veejay, western jazz, ballet and contemporary dancer and an Indian classical dancer. She has hosted several shows, acted in commercials, prime time TV soaps, corporate and feature films in various languages and performed on many stages all over the world.

Career

Aria graduated in Economics and post graduated in International Business and Finance but chose modelling as a career and modelled in popular fashion shows alongside famous models like John Abraham, Dino Morea and Fleur Xavier. During her modelling days, she was spotted by ad filmmakers who cast her in various commercials including Wrigleys Chewing Gum, ACC Cements, Kalyan Silks, Gold and Diamond Jewellery for Saravana Stores, Vivek & Co Superstore, Videocon washing machine, Franch oil NH and Amrutanjan Pain Relief Balm to name a few. She also received offers from popular television channels to present shows and interview celebrities. She hosted several live stage shows in Dubai, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, Hong Kong and Sri Lanka including Screen Awards, Cinema Express Awards, ITFA Film Awards in Singapore, Miss India South, Miss Chennai, International Music festival in Sharjah along with Popular film actor and comedian Vivek and exclusive interviews with fashion icons, film and sports celebrities. Her fame as a TV presenter led to TV and filmmakers offering her roles to play in their projects. She was first spotted by Ace Director K. Balachander to play one of the lead roles in his tele serial project Jannal in 1998. Since then she has worked with several top directors in TV soaps and played important roles in films in various languages.

Aria was much appreciated for her main role in the Kannada film Majnu.^[1] She was also awarded the chinna thirai TV soap awards in 2006 for the Best Performance in the popular south Asian TV soaps, Manaivi and Penn.

Early life

Aria was born in Bombay and hails from a family of medical specialists. At the age of 5, she began her professional training in Russian Ballet from the Russian Cultural Centre and the Classical South Asian dance form of Bharatnatyam from Bharatalaya Dance Academy. At 7, she made her first appearance on television in a documentary based on Classical Dance for the National TV Network. At 12, she was a recipient of the scholarship for dance from the Centre of Cultural Resources and Training, Ministry of Human Resources. Since then, she has given many group and solo performances on television and in various Music and Dance Festivals worldwide. With a keen interest in international dance forms, she went on to study and train in dances such as Ballet, Jazz, Ballroom and Contemporary dance in London and New York.

Television shows (TV presenter)

Television Soaps

Filmography

See also

• List of Indian film actresses

References