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In this Indian name, the name Rao is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Preetika.

Preetika Rao
Born
Preetika Rao

(1988-05-29) 29 May 1988 (age 36)
NationalityIndian
OccupationActress‚ Model
Years active2011–2018
Known forBeintehaa as Aaliya Zain Abdullah
Notable workBeintehaa
RelativesAmrita Rao (sister)

Preetika Rao (born 29 May 1988) is an Indian actress, model and former film journalist and singer.[1] She is known for her portrayal of Aaliya Haider in Colors TV's romantic drama Beintehaa.[2] She was praised from Bangladeshi people for a TVC of Danish Condensed Milk.

Personal life

Rao graduated majoring in History from Sophia College, while also acquiring a diploma in advertising and journalism. Her sister, Amrita Rao, is a famous Bollywood actress.[2][3]

Career

As a teen-model, Preetika started her modelling career with an advertisement for Cadbury Dairy Milk, along with Amitabh Bachchan, directed by Shoojit Sarkar, she moved on to have a successful modelling career with forty plus tvc and print campaigns to her credit.[4] She went to do film journalism and wrote for Bangalore Mirror, Deccan Chronicle and the Asian Age.

In order to pursue her academic degree, Rao chose to let go off several big offers from Bollywood that came her way including some hit movies Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na (2008) Veer (2010 Son Of Sardar (2012) and Aashiqui 2 (2013).[5]

Rao made her acting debut with the Tamil romantic film Chikku Bukku (2011) with Media One Global Ent Pvt Ltd, the makers of Tamil movie Jeans and Rajnikanth's Kochadaiiyaan.[3] However Rao quit South movies for a diploma course in broadcast journalism from the New York Film Academy.[6]

In 2014, Rao made the transition from regional cinema to national television with the popular television serial Beintehaa aired on Colors TV, playing the role of Aaliya Ghulam Haider. Rao won the Best Actress Award at the Kalakar Awards, held at Kolkata in January 2015,[7] along with the Gold Best Debut.[8] Rao is the brand ambassador for Perfect Miss India Awards by Perfect Woman magazine.

In 2017, Rao offered the Indian television reality controversial show Bigg Boss, although she offered the show 2, 3 times in a row but she turned down the opportunity because she don't want to make her life public and 24/7 on camera. And in that year she did another television serial Love Ka Hai Intezaar as Mohini on Star Plus. in 2018 she was last seen in appeared an episodic role series Laal Ishq on &TV

In 2019, Rao come in a limelight when some rummers are spreading that she made a Bollywood debut with the hit movie series Murder, opposite Actor Karan Singh Grover. But the news denied by TV media portal that it was rumors and still Murder 4 is under process working.

Filmography

Year Film Role Language Note
2011 Chikku Bukku Meena Tamil
2012 Priyudu Madhu Latha Telugu


Television

Year Title Role Channel Notes
2013–2014 Beintehaa Aaliya Haider/Aaliya Zain Abdullah Colors TV Opposite Harshad Arora
2017 Love Ka Hai Intezaar Mohini Star Plus Opposite Mohit Sehgal
2018 Laal Ishq Mahima "Mahi" Malhotra &TV Episode 3; opposite Priyank Sharma

Special appearances

No. Name Role Channel Year
1. Bigg Boss Season 7 Guest Colors TV 2013
2. Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa Season 7 Colors TV 2014
3. Box Cricket League Colors TV 2014

Music Video

No. Name Year Singer
1. Na Tum Humein Jano 2015 (Herself)
2. Surilee 2017 Shaan
3. Yaad Kiya Dil Ne 2017 Herself and Siddharth Basrur
4. Tere Vede 2017 Manpreet Dhami
5. Tenu Bhul Na Pavagi 2018 Neelam Batra and Shahid Mallya

Awards and Nominations

Year Award Category Work Result
2014 Gold Awards Best Jodi
(With Harshad Arora) 		Beintehaa Won
Best Debut Actress Won
Indian Television Academy Awards GR8! Onscreen Couple Of The Year
(With Harshad Arora) 		Won[9]
Performance of the Year Won
Indian Telly Awards Best Fresh New Face (Female) Won
2016 Perfect Achievers Award Singing Debut Won
2019 The Global Women Achievers Award Overseas Popularity Won
2019 Wow Iconic Personality Award by Wow Magazine Overseas Popularity Won

See also

Main article: List of Hindi television actresses

References

  1. ^ Moviebuzz (2010). "Preetika on her debut and her dreams". Sify. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
  2. ^ a b Raghavan, Nikhil (1 December 2010). "A journey begins..." The Hindu. Chennai, India. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
  3. ^ a b Rajamani, Radhika (29 November 2010). "'I'm a strong believer in karma'". Rediff. Retrieved 29 November 2010.
  4. ^ Rajamani, Radhika (2010). "Meet Arya's new heroine in Chikku Bukku". Rediff. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
  5. ^ Preetika Rao: I don't repent refusing Aashiqui 2. The Times of India (11 July 2014). Retrieved on 14 May 2016.
  6. ^ Kavirayani, Suresh (6 May 2012). "Preetika goes back to School!". The Times Of India. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  7. ^ 'Kolkata was a well planned spiritual trip' – Preetika Rao. TheTellyTimes.com (19 January 2015). Retrieved on 14 May 2016. Archived 17 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Narayan, Girija. (21 May 2014) Zee Gold Awards 2014 Complete List Of Winners – Filmibeat. Entertainment.oneindia.in. Retrieved on 14 May 2016.
  9. ^ "The 14th Indian Television Academy Awards 2014". Indian Television Academy. Archived from the original on 7 November 2014.
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