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Rakul Preet Singh
Rakul Preet at Jack Daniels Rock Awards 2014
Born (1990-10-10) 10 October 1990 (age 33)[2][3]
New Delhi, India
EducationArmy Public School, Dhaula Kuan
Occupation(s)Actress, model
Years active2009–present
SpouseMogili bharath
Modeling information
Height5 ft 8.5 in (1.74 m)[1]

Rakul Preet Singh (born 10 October 1990) is an Indian film actress and model, who predominantly works in the South Indian film industries.

Rakul started a modelling career while in college, during which she also made her acting debut in the Kannada film Gilli (2009). In 2011, she participated in the Femina Miss India pageant in which she was placed fifth and won five pageant titles, including 'Miss India People’s Choice'.[4] She subsequently opted to become a full-time actress, making her Telugu debut in Keratam the same year and her Tamil debut in Thadaiyara Thaakka, the following year. 2014 she also made her Bollywood debut in Yaariyan in which her performance was better received.

She was part of the commercially successful Telugu films Venkatadri Express (2013), Current Theega (2014) and Loukyam (2014), leading her to being referred to as Telugu cinema's "new age super star" and land bigger projects in the industry.[5]

Early life

Rakul did her schooling from Army Public School, Dhaula Kuan and later studied Mathematics at Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi.[6] She has been an active golf player and played nationals.[7]

Career

Rakul, who said that she had always dreamt of being an actress, began her career in modelling at age 18 while she was still in college.[8] 2009 she made her acting debut in the Kannada film, Gilli, a remake of Selvaraghavan's 7G Rainbow Colony.[7] She stated that she signed up the film "with the aim to earn a little extra pocket money" and that she was unaware "how big south Indian films were".[7] She won critical acclaim for her role in the film before returning to complete her degree and compete in the 2011 Femina Miss India pageant.[9] Apart from the Miss India Poll, Rakul won four subtitles at the pageant including Pantaloons Femina Miss Fresh Face, Femina Miss Talented, Femina Miss Beautiful Smile and Femina Miss Beautiful Eyes.[6]

She returned to films in 2011, featuring opposite debutant Siddharth Rajkumar in Keratam, though critics noted that she "got very little screen time".[10] The film was also made in Tamil simultaneously with the same cast but a different director as Yuvan, though the film is yet to release.[11] In 2012, she appeared in a supporting role in the Tamil film Thadaiyara Thaakka.[12] 2013 she was seen in two films, Puthagam in Tamil and Venkatadri Express in Telugu, the latter becoming a commercial success [13][14] and earning her a Best Actress nomination at the 61st Filmfare Awards South.[15]

In 2014, Rakul debuted in a starring role in Bollywood with Divya Kumar's directorial debut Yaariyan,[16] after which her third Tamil film Yennamo Yedho released. By mid-2014, she was working on four Telugu films simultaneously,[17] which were directed by Sriwaas,[18] G. Nageswara Reddy,[19] Srinivas Reddy[20] and Gopichand Malineni, respectively. Sriwaas' Loukyam and G. Nageswara Reddy's Current Theega were her next releases. She received positive reviews for her performances in both films,[21][22] with 123telugu.com going on to claim that she was "slowly becoming a star actress".[23]

Rakul will be the female lead in half-a-dozen upcoming projects, five of which are high-profile Telugu films: Pandaga Chesko, which will be her next release, Surender Reddy's Kick 2 opposite Ravi Teja,[24] an untitled Srinu Vaitla project starring Ram Charan,[25] Sukumar's yet-to-be-titled project featuring N. T. Rama Rao Jr.[26] and Brahmotsavam to be directed by Srikanth Addala that features Mahesh Babu in the lead.[27] She also has a Hindi film, Ramesh Sippy's Shimla Mirchi, coming up.[28]

Filmography

Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Title Role Language Notes
2009 Gilli Anitha Kannada
2011 Keratam Sangeetha Telugu
2012 Thadaiyara Thaakka Gayathri Ramakrishnan Tamil
2013 Puthagam Divya Tamil
2013 Venkatadri Express Prarthana Telugu
2014 Yaariyan Saloni Hindi
2014 Yennamo Yedho Nithya Tamil
2014 Rough Nandhu Telugu
2014 Loukyam Chandrakala Telugu
2014 Current Theega Kavitha Telugu
2015 Pandaga Chesko Divya Telugu
2015 Shimla Mirchi Hindi Post-production[28]
2015 Kick 2 † Telugu Post-Production[24]
2015 Untitled Srinu Vaitla project † Telugu Filming[25]
2015 Brahmotsavam† Telugu Pre-production[27][29]

References

  1. ^ "Rakul Preet Singh - Femina Miss India 2011 Contestants". Indiatimes.com.
  2. ^ "Miss India entrant Rakul's Tamil debut with 'Yuvan'". Ibnlive. 2011-08-04. Retrieved 2014-03-04.
  3. ^ "Twitter / Rakulpreet: Lovin d fact dt m shooting". Twitter.com. Retrieved 2014-05-04.
  4. ^ Nimisha Tiwari & Deepali Dhingra. "Miss India 2011: The big night". Times of India. Retrieved Apr 16, 2011.
  5. ^ "Rakul new superstar"
  6. ^ a b "India voted for me: Rakul Preet Singh". The Times of India. 2011-04-18. Retrieved 2014-03-04.
  7. ^ a b c Logesh Balachandran (2013-11-05). "Rakul Preet Singh's success story". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 2014-03-04.
  8. ^ Sangeetha Devi Dundoo (September 23, 2014). "Swamped with work". The Hindu.
  9. ^ "Gilli - Well done Gururaj!". Indiaglitz.com. 2009-10-19. Retrieved 2014-03-04.
  10. ^ "Keratam Movie Review". Supergoodmovies.com. 2011-08-29. Retrieved 2014-03-04.
  11. ^ "Yuvan producer sidelining Aishwarya". The Times of India. 2011-08-03. Retrieved 2014-03-04.
  12. ^ "Rakul's tryst with K'wood". The Times of India. 2011-06-24. Retrieved 2014-03-04.
  13. ^ http://www.123telugu.com/mnews/venkatadri-express-continues-good-run.html
  14. ^ http://ibnlive.in.com/news/venkatadri-express-hit-chota-k-naidu-calls-it-team-effort/437320-71.html
  15. ^ http://www.ibtimes.co.in/61st-filmfare-awards-south-nominations-attarintiki-daredi-leads-complete-list-nominees-603521
  16. ^ "South Indian cinema is the place to be: Rakul Preet". The Times of India. 2013-06-18. Retrieved 2014-03-04.
  17. ^ Sashidhar AS (May 4, 2014). "Rakul Preet replaces Hansika in Ram's film". The Times of India. Retrieved 2014-05-04.
  18. ^ "Gopichand-Sriwaas' new film launched". The Times of India. 2014-04-11. Retrieved 2014-05-04.
  19. ^ "Rakul Preet joins the sets of Manchu Manoj's next". The Times of India. May 2, 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-04.
  20. ^ "Rakul bags Nithiin's next". The Times of India. 2014-03-05. Retrieved 2014-05-04.
  21. ^ http://www.deccanchronicle.com/140926/entertainment-movie-review/article/movie-review-%E2%80%98loukyam%E2%80%99-it%E2%80%99s-routine-comedy-one
  22. ^ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movie-reviews/Loukyam/movie-review/43547327.cms
  23. ^ http://www.123telugu.com/reviews/current-theega-telugu-movie-review.html
  24. ^ a b "Rakul bags biggie!". IndiaGlitz. Retrieved 2014-09-11.
  25. ^ a b "Rakul with Ram Charan". The Times of India. Retrieved 2015-02-18.
  26. ^ "NTR to romance Rakul Preet". The Times of India. Retrieved 2015-01-05.
  27. ^ a b "After Ravi Teja its Mahesh Babu". Bollywood Life. Retrieved 2015-02-24.
  28. ^ a b "Shimla Mirchi: Sunday workshops for Rakul Preet and Rajkummar Rao"
  29. ^ "Rakul Preet Singh in Mahesh Babu Starrer Brahmotsavam"

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