For context: Kashvi won for portraying the younger version of Nadia, the character played by Priyanka Chopra Jonas in the global Citadel franchise. It wasn’t a cameo. It was legacy casting — a role most actors chase for a decade. Kashvi didn’t have to wait.
“Ever since I saw PeeCee take on the world, I knew I wanted to be like her,” she said.
The beginning wasn’t Mumbai. It was Abu Dhabi.
Kashvi’s Bollywood entry didn’t come through family connections or movie studios. It started when actress and dancer Nora Fatehi spotted her in Abu Dhabi and handpicked her to perform on stage at IIFA. That moment became her professional ignition — one performance away from casting director Mukesh Chhabra, and then to Raj & DK, the showrunning duo behind Citadel: Honey Bunny.
Dubai hasn’t turned her into a diva.
She still goes to school. Classmates often ask if she’s “that girl from the ad.” Some search her name during lunch breaks. Her Instagram — monitored by her mother — recently crossed 176,000 followers, a number that doesn’t just reflect curiosity. It reflects an audience waiting to see what she does next.
Kashvi insists she was born to dance — a child who learns choreography the way other kids learn multiplication. But she won’t be a dancer who occasionally acts.
“My dream is always to become an actor. I don’t want to be just any other actor; I want to be a good actor – an all-rounder.”
Gymnastics, singing, acting — she treats them as skills to master, not hobbies that fade with age.
Manjusha Radhakrishnan has been slaying entertainment news and celebrity interviews in Dubai for 18 years—and she’s just getting started. As Entertainment Editor, she covers Bollywood movie reviews, Hollywood scoops, Pakistani dramas, and world cinema.
Red carpets? She’s walked them all—Europe, North America, Macau—covering IIFA (Bollywood Oscars) and Zee Cine Awards like a pro. She’s been on CNN with Becky Anderson dropping Bollywood truth bombs like Salman Khan Black Buck hunting conviction and hosted panels with directors like Bollywood’s Kabir Khan and Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh. She has also covered film festivals around the globe.
Oh, and did we mention she landed the cover of Xpedition Magazine as one of the UAE’s 50 most influential icons?
She was also the resident Bollywood guru on Dubai TV’s Insider Arabia and Saudi TV, where she dishes out the latest scoop and celebrity news. Her interview roster reads like a dream guest list—Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Shah Rukh Khan, Robbie Williams, Sean Penn, Deepika Padukone, Alia Bhatt, Joaquin Phoenix, and Morgan Freeman.
From breaking celeb news to making stars spill secrets, Manjusha doesn’t just cover entertainment—she owns it while looking like a star herself.