Meet Medha Shankar, The Actress From ’12th Fail’ Who Has Become The Latest Crush Of The Nation

Medha Shankar is an Indian actress who is known for her roles in some well-known web series. She recently became the talk of the town for playing the role of IRS officer Shraddha Joshi in the movie 12th Fail directed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. The budding beautiful actress from the Indian city of Noida gained recognition for her outstanding performance as Shraddha Joshi and is being hailed as a green flag in a relationship. Medha Shankar has been involved in the entertainment sector since 2017.

People all around have become curious to know more about the pretty and talented actress from 12th Fail. Social media is referring to Medha Shankar as the latest national crush.

Unknown and interesting facts about Medha Shankar from the outstanding movie, 12th Fail:

1. Who is Medha Shankar?

Medha Shankar is an Indian actress, model, and singer born in the city of Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India. She is known for her significant roles in 12th Fail (2023), Max, Min and Meowzaki (2022), Dil Bekaraar (2021), and Beecham House.

2. Medha Shankar family

Medha Shankar father is Abhay Shankar and her mother’s name is Rachna Shankar. She also has a younger brother, Apoorv Shankar.

3. Medha Shankar education

Medha pursued her basic education at Vidya Bharti Public School, Noida. She did her graduation in B.Com (Honors) from the University of Delhi and received her master’s degree in fashion management from the National Institute of Fashion Technology.

4. Medha Shankar started her career as a model and did several TV commercials

She walked the ramp in Fbb Femina Miss India in 2016.

5. She ventured into the acting world through a short movie released in 2015, With You For You Always

Medha entered the entertainment sector in 2017 as she always aspired to be an actress.

6. According to reports, Medha moved to Mumbai in 2019 to pursue her dream of acting

Medha’s debut web series was with the British television series Beecham House (2019), where she played the role of Roshanara.

7. Medha Shankar debuted in the Bollywood film Shaadisthan in 2021

She also starred in the popular web series Dil Bekaraar.

8. Medha made her breakthrough appearance in the 2023 movie 12th Fail alongside Vikrant Massey

It is based on the book by Anurag Pathak about the real-life story of Manoj Kumar Sharma. It is about how he got over extreme poverty to become an Indian Police Service officer. The film stars Vikrant Massey as Manoj and Medha Shankar plays his love interest in the sleeper hit movie directed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra.

12th Fail received critical acclaim and so did Medha for her role as a UKPSC officer, Shraddha. The audience appreciated her work in the movie which can be watched online on the OTT platform, Disney+Hotstar.

9. Medha Shankar is very active on Instagram and recently she just had 29.3k followers on it

Her Instagram followers grew to 50k within a week and is still growing. She often shares her pictures and the movies she is working on.

10. Medha Shankar Movies and Web Series

With You For You Always (Short Movie 2015); Beecham House (2019); Shaadisthan (2021); Dil Bekaraar (2021); Max, Min, and Meozwaki (2022); and 12th Fail (2023).

11. Medha is a trained classical singer and her hobbies include reading books, working out, etc.

She is also an avid dog lover.

 

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