Tejaswi Madivada

Some Lesser Known Facts About Tejaswi Madivada

• Does Tejaswi Madivada smoke: No

• Does Tejaswi Madivada drink alcohol: Not Known

• Tejaswi was fascinated towards dance since her childhood, and after completing her graduation, she started working as a freelance dance instructor for ‘Twist n Turns.’ 

• She was also part of the college’s basketball team and used to represent them in the inter-college tournaments.

• She also went on to take classes in Hyderabad Public School, and Nasr School for Girls for MNCs like HSBC, Wipro, and Franklin Templeton.

• She has also worked as a ‘journalist’ for the renowned newspaper, The Times of India.

• She was first noticed when she was featured in a ‘7Up’ commercial, along with Allu Arjun. Though, she never wanted to become an actress, she developed an interest in acting while doing the commercial.

• She was the second runner-up in the ‘Miss Dabur Gulabari’ beauty contest of 2011.

• After doing choreography for a few years, she turned actress and made her acting debut with ‘Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu,’ where she played the role of “Geetha” the younger sister of Samantha Akkineni.

• Her role as “Shriya” in Puri Jagannadh’s ‘Heart Attack’ (2014) had impressed Ram Gopal Varma so much that he gave her the female lead role in his horror fiction film ‘Ice Cream’ (2014) that proved to be a huge hit and turned the fortunes for her.

• The year 2015, proved to be a ‘golden year’ for her as all of her six films did well at the box-office.

• In 2017, she became the first Tollywood actress to feature in a web series, after starring in Shashank Yeleti’s 25-episode rom-com ‘Mana Mugguri Love Story.’

• Her best friend from the film industry is Hebah Patel. 

• In June 2018, she entered the ‘Bigg Boss Telugu 2‘  house as a celebrity contestant.