<span class=normal>The year 2012 has already seen a host of newcomers making their debut in Bollywood and there is more to come. Come Dusshera (Oct 24) and yet another South siren is all set to make her big Bollywood debut with Ajab Gazabb Love. We are talking about the gorgeous Nidhi Subbaiah who is already making a lot of hearts go Boom Boom even before the release of her first film. Bollywood Hungamas Nikhil Ramsubramaniam met up with Nidhi and traced down her journey from Coorgs coffee plantations to the glitz and glamour of Bollywood. Read on…<BR><BR><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>Growing up years<BR><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>I am originally from Coorg, Karnataka. I grew up in a coffee plantation and my dad was a coffee planter. I did my schooling and college in Mysore while living with my grand-parents. Not many people know that I used to be a sailor and have even won a gold medal in sailing at the National level. That helped me get a merit seat in engineering through the sports quota. I was in my second year of engineering when I started getting offers for modeling in ads etc. So I didnt really get a chance to complete my engineering and thats how my journey into the glam world began. <BR><BR><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>My films down South<BR><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>Ive finished 3 years in the South film industry primarily doing Kannada films. One of my first Kannada films was Abhimaani and prior to that I had no filmy background whatsoever. So whatever I learnt about acting- be it how to face the camera, how to say your lines etc. was on that film. My biggest hits down South have been Panchrangi, Krishnan Marriage Story and Anna Bond.</span>