Ridhima Pandit (born 25 June 1990) is an Indian actress and model who works in Hindi television. She is known for her role of Rajni in Life OK's Bahu Hamari Rajni Kant. In 2019, she participated in Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 9 and became the 2nd runner-up. In 2021, she participated in Bigg Boss OTT.

Early Life

Pandit was born on 25 June 1990 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, to a Gujarati mother named Jayshree and a Maharashtrian father named Pandit. Her father's language is Marathi while her mother's language is Gujarati.

Career

She started her career as a model; her modeling projects included Sunsilk, Fair & Lovely, Dove, Harpic, Veet, Luminous, and Set Wet.In February 2016, Ridhima made her acting debut in the Hindi television industry with Life OK's sitcom ''Bahu Hamari Rajni Kant''. The show garnered her praise for the main role of Rajni, a super-humanoid robot, and she received the Gold Award for Best Debut Actress. The show ended in February 2017.In 2017, she performed in Sony Entertainment Television's ''The Drama Company''. Venturing into digital content, she appeared in Voot's web series ''Yo Ke Hua Bro''. Star Plus signed her to host the dance competition reality show ''Dance Champions'' that year.After a cameo role in Big Magic's ''Deewane Anjane'', she starred as the simple and sweet Devina Kapoor in ALT Balaji's romantic web series ''Hum - I'm Because of Us'', created by Ekta Kapoor in 2018.She then appeared in a second Colors TV production, the comical game show ''Khatra Khatra Khatra''.From August 2019 to February 2020, Ridhima portrayed Amrita Sharma in Zee TV's science fiction drama ''Haiwaan : The Monster'', produced by Kapoor. In 2021, she participated in ''Bigg Boss OTT'', and was evicted on Day 18 along with her connection Karan Nath.

1990–2018: Early life, modelling & television debut

1990–2018: Early life, modelling & television debut
Pandit was born on 25 June 1990 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India to her Gujarati mother Jayshree and Maharashtrian father Pandit. Her father language is Marathi while her mother language is Gujarati.
She started her career as a model and did modeling projects like Sunsilk, Fair & Lovely, Dove, Harpic, Veet, Luminous, Set Wet and many more.In February 2016, Ridhima made her acting debut into Hindi television industry with Life OK's sitcom Bahu Hamari Rajni Kant. The show garnered her immense appreciation for the main role of Rajni, a super humanoid robot and ended in February 2017.In 2017, Ridhima contested in Sony Entertainment Television's The Drama Company.Venturing into digital world, she appeared in Voot's web series Yo Ke Hua Bro.Star Plus signed her to host dance competition reality show Dance Champions that year.After doing a cameo role in Big Magic's Deewane Anjane, she starred as the simple and sweet Devina Kapoor in ALT Balaji romantic web series Hum - I'm Because of Us created by Ekta Kapoor in 2018.

Modelling & debut (2016-2018)

She started her career as a model and did modeling projects like Sunsilk, Fair & Lovely, Dove, Harpic, Veet, Luminous, Set Wet and many more.In February 2016, Ridhima made her acting debut into Hindi television industry with Life OK's sitcom ''Bahu Hamari Rajni Kant''. The show garnered her immense appreciation for the main role of Rajni, a super humanoid robot and earned her Gold Award for Best Debut Actress. The show ended in February 2017.In 2017, She contested in Sony Entertainment Television's ''The Drama Company''. Venturing into digital world, she appeared in Voot's web series ''Yo Ke Hua Bro''. Star Plus signed her to host dance competition reality show ''Dance Champions'' that year.After doing a cameo role in Big Magic's ''Deewane Anjane'', she starred as the simple and sweet Devina Kapoor in ALT Balaji romantic web series ''Hum - I'm Because of Us'' created by Ekta Kapoor in 2018.

Modelling & debut (2016-2018)

She started her career as a model; her modeling projects included Sunsilk, Fair & Lovely, Dove, Harpic, Veet, Luminous, and Set Wet.In February 2016, Ridhima made her acting debut in the Hindi television industry with Life OK's sitcom ''Bahu Hamari Rajni Kant''. The show garnered her praise for the main role of Rajni, a super-humanoid robot, and she received the Gold Award for Best Debut Actress. The show ended in February 2017.In 2017, she performed in Sony Entertainment Television's ''The Drama Company''. Venturing into digital content, she appeared in Voot's web series ''Yo Ke Hua Bro''. Star Plus signed her to host the dance competition reality show ''Dance Champions'' that year.After a cameo role in Big Magic's ''Deewane Anjane'', she starred as the simple and sweet Devina Kapoor in ALT Balaji's romantic web series ''Hum - I'm Because of Us'', created by Ekta Kapoor in 2018.

Khatron Ke Khiladi and beyond (2019–present)

She then appeared in a second Colors TV production, the comical game show ''Khatra Khatra Khatra''.From August 2019 to February 2020, Ridhima portrayed Amrita Sharma in Zee TV's science fiction drama ''Haiwaan : The Monster'', produced by Kapoor. In 2021, she participated in ''Bigg Boss OTT'', and was evicted on Day 18 along with her connection Karan Nath.

2019–present: Khatron Ke Khiladi and beyond

In 2019, Ridhima participated in Colors TV's Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 9 and became the second runner-up.
Collaborating with the channel consecutively for the second time, she appeared in the game comical show Khatra Khatra Khatra.From August 2019 to February 2020, Ridhima portrayed Amrita Sharma in Zee TV's science fiction drama Haiwaan : The Monster produced by Kapoor. In 2021 Ridhima participated in Bigg Boss OTT and evicted on day 18 with her connection Karan Nath.