Krishi Thapanda

Krishi Thapanda is an Indian actress and model who works in Kannada cinema. She rose to fame with 2016 film Akira. She made her debut with Akira, for which she was nominated for 2016 SIIMA Awards for best debutant actress.

She was also crowned Miss Karnataka 2014. Thapanda was also a participant of Bigg Boss Season 5, on Colors Super, she was eliminated in the 12th week, but kept entering the Bigg Boss House a couple of times as a wild card entrant.

Career
Prior to getting into modelling and films, Thapanda worked as an assistant manager at InterCall, an audio conference and meeting services provider based in the US.

While working in InterCall, Thapanda was offered a Kannada film "Kahi", An Anthology based on 4 characters, this released in November 2016.

While Thapanda began shooting for Kahi first, it was Akira that released first. Akira, a Kannada Rom-Com was released in May 2016. Thapanda played the role of Lavanya, a film director who returned from the US and falls in love with Akira. Akira was directed by Naveen Reddy and Kahi was directed by Arvind Sastry. Kahi was critically acclaimed and went on to win the 2016 Karnataka State Award for Best Screenplay. She worked on a Tamil film Nae, which remains unreleased.

Following these 2 releases in 2016, Thapanda acted in Eradu Kanasa with Vijay Raghavendra and Karunya Ram in the lead. This released in March 2017 and was directed by Madan.

In July 2018, released Kannadakkagi Ondannu Otthi, where she plays a character "Pramaya" and it was directed by Kushal Gowda. She plays opposite Shatamarshan Avinash.