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Preetika Rao, Appreciation Thread!
Preetika Rao is an Indian model, actress, writer and singer.
Family/Education
Born: 29 May
Preetika's father owns an advertising agency in Mumbai and her sister, Amrita Rao, is an award-winning Bollywood actress. Preetika graduated majoring in History from Sophia College, while also acquiring a diploma in advertising and journalism.
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.
After her career in modelling, she went to do film journalism for South Side, Chennai Times, Mumbai Mirror, Bangalore Mirror, Indian Forums, Deccan Chronicle and the Asian Age.
In order to pursue her academic degree, Preetika chose to let-go off some big offers from Bollywood that came her way including offer's for movies like Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na (2008) and Aashiqui 2 (2013).
Preetika 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. However Preetika quit South movies for a diploma course in broadcast journalism from the New York Film Academy.
In 2014, Preetika made the transition from regional cinema to national television with the popular television serial Beintehaa aired on Colors TV, playing the role of Aaliya Zain Abdullah which made her a household name. Rao won the Best Actress Award at the Kalakar Awards, held at Kolkata in January 2015, along with the Zee Gold Best Debut.
Filmography
2012 - Chikku Bukku as Meenal - (Tamil)
2012 - Priyudu as Madhu Latha - (Telugu)
2015 - Rebel - (Kannada)
Television
2013 - Bigg Boss Season 7 as a Guest
2013/2014 - Beintehaa as Aaliya Zain Abdullah
2014 - Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa Season 7 as a Guest
2014 - Box Cricket League as Herself
Awards Won
2014 - Zee Gold Awards Best Jodi (with Harshad Arora) - Beintehaa
2014 - Zee Gold Awards Best Debut Actor - Beintehaa
2014 - GR8! ON-Screen Couple Of The Year (with Harshad Arora) - Beintehaa
2014 - Indian Telly Awards - Best Fresh New Face (Female)
2015 - 23rd Kalakar Awards - Best Actor
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Cricket
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