Preetika Rao

Preetika Rao 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]

Preetika Rao
Born (1992-05-29) 29 May 1992
NationalityIndian
OccupationActress‚ Model
Years active2011–Present
Known forBeintehaa as Aaliya Zain Abdullah
Notable work
Beintehaa
RelativesAmrita Rao (sister)

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), Ajab Ghazabb Love (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 Zee Gold Awards Best Debut.[8] Rao is the brand ambassador for Perfect Miss India Awards by Perfect Woman magazine.

In 2017, Rao was offered the controversial Indian television reality show Bigg Boss, although she was offered the show 6 times in a row but she turned down the opportunity because she did not 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 seen in Laal Ishq on &TV, with Priyank Sharma.

In 2019, Rao came in a limelight when some rumours spread that she is making her Bollywood debut with the hit movie series Murder, opposite Actor Karan Singh Grover. But the news was denied by TV media portal.

Filmography
YearFilmRoleLanguage
2011Chikku BukkuMeenaTamil
2012PriyuduMadhu LathaTelugu

Television
YearTitleRoleChannelNotes
2013–2014BeintehaaAaliya Haider/Aaliya Zain AbdullahColors TVOpposite Harshad Arora
2017Love Ka Hai IntezaarMohiniStar PlusOpposite Mohit Sehgal
2018Laal IshqMahima "Mahi" Malhotra&TVEpisode 3; opposite Priyank Sharma

Special appearances
No.NameRoleChannelYear
1.Bigg Boss Season 7GuestColors TV2013
2.Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa Season 7Colors TV2014
3.Box Cricket LeagueColors TV2014

Music Video
No.NameYearSinger
1.Na Tum Humein Jano2015Preetika Rao
2.Surilee2017Shaan
3.Yaad Kiya Dil Ne2017Preetika Rao and Siddharth Basrur
4.Tere Vede2017Manpreet Dhami
5.Tenu Bhul Na Pavagi2018Neelam 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. 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. 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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