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Naina Singh

Naina Singh graces the launch of Jhatka club
Naina Singh graces the launch of Jhatka club Image: Wikimedia Commons. Bollywood Hungama / CC BY 3.0

Overview

Naina Singh (born 4 March 1994) is an Indian model and television actress. She came to wider attention after winning the tenth season of the MTV reality show Splitsvilla, and subsequently appeared in the Zee TV serial Kumkum Bhagya in the role of Rhea Mehra. In 2020, she was a contestant on the Hindi-language reality television series Bigg Boss 14.

Key facts

Name Naina Singh
Date of birth 4 March 1994
Nationality Indian
Occupation Model, television actress
Known for Splitsvilla 10, Kumkum Bhagya, Bigg Boss 14
Notable role Rhea Mehra in Kumkum Bhagya

Career

Singh began her career in modelling before transitioning to television. Her breakthrough came with her win on MTV Splitsvilla 10, a dating-based reality competition produced by Viacom18 for the MTV India network.

Following her success on Splitsvilla, she joined the cast of Kumkum Bhagya, the long-running family drama produced by Balaji Telefilms for Zee TV, in which she played Rhea Mehra, one of the central younger-generation characters in the serial.

In 2020, she entered the house of Bigg Boss 14, the fourteenth season of the Indian adaptation of the international Big Brother franchise, broadcast on Colors TV.

Timeline

  • 1994 – Born on 4 March.
  • 2017 – Won Splitsvilla 10 on MTV India.
  • Subsequent – Cast as Rhea Mehra in Kumkum Bhagya on Zee TV.
  • 2020 – Participated as a contestant on Bigg Boss 14.

Significance

Singh is among the contestants who used a win on Splitsvilla as a route into mainstream Hindi television, a trajectory shared by several MTV reality-show participants who later moved to daily-soap roles and further reality formats such as Bigg Boss.

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