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Rakul Preet Singh
Rakul Preet Singh at Lakme Fashion Week in 2014.
Born
Rakul Preet Singh

New Delhi, India
NationalityIndian
Alma materJesus and Mary College
Occupation(s)Film actress, model
Years active2009–present
Modeling information
Height5 ft 8.5 in (1.74 m)[1]

Rakul Preet Singh is an Indian film actress and model who predominantly works in Telugu film industry. She also appeared in few Hindi, Tamil and Kannada films.

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'.[2] 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 like Kick 2 (2015), Bruce Lee (2015) and Nannaku Prematho (2016).[3]

Early life

Born in a Punjabi family from New Delhi, Rakul did her schooling from Army Public School, Dhaula Kuan and later studied Mathematics at Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi.[4][5] She has been an active golf player and played nationals.[6]

Career

Debut and struggles (2009–14)

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.[7] 2009 she made her acting debut in the Kannada film, Gilli, a remake of Selvaraghavan's 7G Rainbow Colony.[6] 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".[6] 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.[8] 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.[5]

Rakul Preet Singh snapped at Filmfare Awards on January 24, 2014.

She returned to films in 2011, featuring opposite debutant Siddharth Rajkumar in Keratam, though critics noted that she "got very little screen time".[9] 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.[10] In 2012, she appeared in a supporting role in the Tamil film Thadaiyara Thaakka.[11] 2013 she was seen in two films, Puthagam in Tamil and Venkatadri Express in Telugu, the latter becoming a commercial success [12][13] and earning her a Best Actress nomination at the 61st Filmfare Awards South.[14]

In 2014, Rakul debuted in a starring role in Bollywood with Divya Kumar's directorial debut Yaariyan,[15] after which her third Tamil film Yennamo Yedho released. By mid-2014, she was working on four Telugu films simultaneously,[16] which were directed by Sriwaas,[17] G. Nageswara Reddy,[18] Srinivas Reddy[19] and Gopichand Malineni, respectively. Sriwaas' Loukyam and G. Nageswara Reddy's Current Theega were her next releases. Her roles are a mix of urban, fashionable & glamorous and as well as rural, innocent & rustic [20] 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] Her next released film was Pandaga Chesko.

Public recognition and widespread success (2015–present)

Rakul was then selected as the female lead in half-a-dozen, four of which are high-profile Telugu films: Surender Reddy's Kick 2 opposite Ravi Teja,[24] Srinu Vaitla's Bruce Lee opposite Ram Charan,[25] Sukumar's Nannaku Prematho opposite Jr. Ntr[26] and Boyapati Srinu's Sarrainodu opposite Allu Arjun.[27] She also has a Hindi film, Ramesh Sippy's Shimla Mirchi, coming up.[28]

In January 2016 she signed a film under the direction of Boyapati Srinu opposite Bellamkonda Sreenivas for which she charged ₹1.5 crore (US$180,000).[29] In February 2016 she signed Surender Reddy's untitled film opposite Ram Charan.[30] In early March 2016 she signed Gopichand Malineni's untitled film starring opposite Sai Dharam Tej for the first time.[31]

Other work

On February 20, 2016, she started her own gym called F45 in Gachibowli, Hyderabad and said that she also bought a new apartment in Hyderabad for staying wit her parents.[32]

Filmography

As Actress
Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Title Role Language Notes
2009 Gilli Anitha Kannada Kannada debut
2011 Keratam Sangeetha Telugu Telugu debut
2012 Thadaiyara Thaakka Gayathri Ramakrishnan Tamil Tamil debut
2013 Puthagam Divya Tamil
2013 Venkatadri Express Prarthana Telugu
2014 Yaariyan Saloni Hindi Hindi debut
2014 Yennamo Yedho Nithya Tamil
2014 Rough Nandhu Telugu
2014 Loukyam Chandrakala Telugu
2014 Current Theega Kavitha Telugu
2015 Pandaga Chesko Divya Telugu
2015 Kick 2 Chaitra Telugu
2015 Bruce Lee - The Fighter Riya Telugu
2016 Nannaku Prematho Divyanka Telugu
2016 Shimla Mirchi † Hindi Post-production[28]
2016 Sarrainodu † Telugu Filming
2016 Untitled Surender Reddy project † Telugu Filming
2016 Untitled Boyapati Srinu project † Telugu Pre-Production
2016 Untitled Gopichand Malineni's project† Telugu Pre-Production[33]

References

  1. ^ "Rakul Preet Singh – Femina Miss India 2011 Contestants". Indiatimes.com.
  2. ^ Nimisha Tiwari & Deepali Dhingra. "Miss India 2011: The big night". Times of India. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
  3. ^ "Rakul new superstar". 123telugu.com. Retrieved on 10 October 2015.
  4. ^ The kudis of Punjab flock South – The Times of India. Timesofindia.indiatimes.com (7 February 2013). Retrieved on 2015-10-10.
  5. ^ a b "India voted for me: Rakul Preet Singh". The Times of India. 18 April 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  6. ^ a b c Logesh Balachandran (5 November 2013). "Rakul Preet Singh's success story". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  7. ^ Sangeetha Devi Dundoo (23 September 2014). "Swamped with work". The Hindu.
  8. ^ "Gilli – Well done Gururaj!". Indiaglitz.com. 19 October 2009. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  9. ^ "Keratam Movie Review". Supergoodmovies.com. 29 August 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  10. ^ "Yuvan producer sidelining Aishwarya". The Times of India. 3 August 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  11. ^ "Rakul's tryst with K'wood". The Times of India. 24 June 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  12. ^ ‘Venkatadri Express’ continues good run. 123telugu.com. Retrieved on 10 October 2015.
  13. ^ 'Venkatadri Express' hit, Chota K. Naidu calls it team effort – IBNLive. Ibnlive.in.com (2 December 2013). Retrieved on 2015-10-10.
  14. ^ 61st Filmfare Awards (South) Nominations: 'Attarintiki Daredi' Leads; Complete List of Nominees. Ibtimes.co.in (2 July 2014). Retrieved on 2015-10-10.
  15. ^ "South Indian cinema is the place to be: Rakul Preet". The Times of India. 18 June 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  16. ^ Sashidhar AS (4 May 2014). "Rakul Preet replaces Hansika in Ram's film". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  17. ^ "Gopichand-Sriwaas' new film launched". The Times of India. 11 April 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  18. ^ "Rakul Preet joins the sets of Manchu Manoj's next". The Times of India. 2 May 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  19. ^ "Rakul bags Nithiin's next". The Times of India. 5 March 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  20. ^ https://rakulpreetsinghblog.wordpress.com/
  21. ^ Movie review ‘Loukyam’: It’s a routine comedy one. Deccanchronicle.com (26 September 2014). Retrieved on 2015-10-10.
  22. ^ Loukyam Movie Review, Trailer, & Show timings at Times of India. Timesofindia.indiatimes.com (26 September 2014). Retrieved on 2015-10-10.
  23. ^ Current Theega Telugu Movie Review. 123telugu.com (31 October 2014). Retrieved on 2015-10-10.
  24. ^ "Rakul bags biggie!". IndiaGlitz. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  25. ^ "Rakul with Ram Charan". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  26. ^ "NTR to romance Rakul Preet". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  27. ^ "Rakul Preet Singh pairs up with Allu Arjun". IndiaGlitz. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  28. ^ a b "Shimla Mirchi: Sunday workshops for Rakul Preet and Rajkummar Rao". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com (12 August 2014). Retrieved on 2015-10-10.
  29. ^ "Rakul Preet hikes fee, charges Rs 1.5 crore"
  30. ^ "Rakul Preet Singh in Telugu remake of ‘Thani Oruvan’"
  31. ^ "Murugadoss flags off Gopichand Malineni’s film "
  32. ^ "Rakul Preet Singh turns entrepreneur"
  33. ^ "Sai Dharam Tej - Gopichand Malineni film kicks off"
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