Their formal engagement took place on February 1. After playing minor roles in few films, Nikhil rose to fame with Sekhar Kammula’s college drama ‘Happy Days’ (2007). He went on to star in several critically and commercially acclaimed films such as ‘Yuvatha’ (2008), ‘Alasyam Amrutham’ (2010), ‘Veedu Theda’ (2011) ‘Swamy Ra Ra’ (2013), ‘Karthikeya’ (2014), ‘Surya vs Surya’ (2015), ‘Ekkadiki Pothavu Chinnavada’ (2016), ‘Keshava’ (2017), ‘Kirrak Party’ (2018) and ‘Arjun Suravaram’ (2019).
Nikhil was born at Begumpet, Hyderabad. Nikhil did his schooling in Hyderabad Public School in Begumpet and St. Patricks’ High School, Secunderabad. He studied at Muffakham Jah College of Engineering and Technology. He started out as an assistant director for the film ‘Hyderabad Nawaabs’. He had minor roles in various movies before doing ‘Happy Days’.
