Pakhi Hegde

Pakhi Hegde (born 7 June 1970) at Vasai, near Mumbai suburb Borivali) is an Indian television and film actress, who predominantly works in Bhojpuri cinema. She has received several accolades, including Bhojpuri Cinema Award and Bhojpuri City Award. She also worked in Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi and English movies. She worked with Sachin Khedekar, Mahesh Manjrekar and Saysji Shindein in critically acclaimed Marathi films "Sat Na Gat" and "Gulabi". She also worked with Big B, Jaya Bachchan and Gulshan Grover in Hindi social drama "Ganga Devi" (which released in English with title "The Great Leader" and Gujrati dubbed version titled as "Naam Che Maru Ganga") and "Woman From The East," which garnered her special jury award. In Punjabi, she was leading lady "Kudessan". Pakhi also participated in Piff &Iffsa Festival, 2014. She also acted in a Tulu film "Bangarda Kural." She bagged two awards for this movie, viz : Red FM Tulu Film Award 2014 and Tulu Film Festival Award 2015