Niharika made her feature film debut with Ashim Ahluwalia 's Indian drama '' Miss Lovely '' , set in the criminal depths of Mumbai 's C-grade sex-horror film industry . The film competed in '' Un Certain Regard '' at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival and won 2 awards at the 61st National Film Awards . Singh played Pinky/Sonika , a mysterious ingénue with a shadowy past , for which she earned rave reviews for her performance and a nomination for the most promising newcomer at the 21st Screen Awards . The actor says she rediscovered cinema after her tryst with Cannes for '' Miss Lovely ''
2012 Cannes Film Festival
2012 Cannes Film Festival
Niharika Singh