Rakul Preet Singh

Rakul Preet Singh is an Indian actress who has emerged as one of the leading actresses in the Telugu movie industry. She has proved her multi-lingual skills and expanded her horizon by acting in Hindi, Kannada, and Tamil movies. This model-turned-actress made her acting debut in Kannada films in 2009, while her major break in the Telugu industry came in 2011. As far as Bollywood is concerned, Yaariyan movie, which released in 2014 was her launchpad.

EARLY LIFE

Born in a Punjabi family in New Delhi, on October 10, 1990 to her father Rajender Singh, an Indian army officer, and her mother Kulwinder Singh, Rakul also has a sibling named Amarjee. She completed her schooling from Army Public School, Dhaula Kuan, Delhi and graduated in BSc Mathematics (Hons) from Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi.

MOVIE CAREER

Rakul Preet made her big screen debut with the Kannada film Gilli in 2009, while she was still in college. She received critical appreciation for her role in the film, but had to take a two year break to complete her graduation. She then participated in Femina Miss India 2011, and got instant fame by winning several titles at the prestigious paegent such as Femina Miss Beautiful Smile, Femina Miss Fresh Face, Femina Miss Beautiful Eyes, Femina Miss Talented, and even Miss India Peoples Choice.

She ventured full-time into movies by making her Telugu film debut with Keratam (released in 2011), where she was cast opposite debutant male actor Siddharth Rajkumar. In 2012, Rakul Preet was seen for the first time in a Tamil movie with Thadaiyara Thaakka, where she played a supporting role. Her first big commercial success was with the Telugu movie Venkatadri Express in 2013. For the same movie, she even received first nomination in the Best Actress category at the 61st Filmfare Awards South.

The success of Venkatadri Express gave the much needed fillip to Rakul Preet Singhs career in the Telugu film industry. By 2014, she had her hands full and started working on multiple Telugu films at the same time. The same year, she made her debut in Bollywood with the Divya Khosla Kumar directed Yaariyan.

As Rakul Preet received good critical acclaim and commercial success with her Telugu movies, she kept her focus on doing Telugu films such as Loukyam, Current Theega, Kick 2 (opposite Ravi Teja), Bruce Lee (opposite Ram Charan), Nannaku Prematho (opposite Junior NTR), Sarrainodu (opposite Allu Arjun), and more. With the role of Chandrakala in Loukyam, she once again got nominated for the Best Actress category at Filmfare Awards for South Indian films.
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Trivia
Rakul Preet loves to binge on aloo parathas and gulab jamuns.

Rakul Preet Singh has been an active golf player and has played the sport at national level.
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