Rakul Preet Singh

Rakul Preet Singh (born 10 October 1990) is an Indian film actress and model who predominantly works in Telugu, Hindi and Tamil films.[4] She has received three Filmfare Awards South nominations and is a recipient of a SIIMA Award.

Rakul Preet Singh
Singh at Femina Miss India 2018
Born (1990-10-10) 10 October 1990[1][2]
New Delhi, India
EducationJesus and Mary College, University of Delhi – BSc (Hons) in mathematics [3]
Occupation
  • Actress
  • model
Years active2009–present

She started career as a model 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,[5] in which she was placed fifth and won five pageant titles including People's Choice Miss Indiatimes, Pantaloons Femina Miss Fresh Face, Femina Miss Talented, Femina Miss Beautiful Smile and Femina Miss Beautiful Eyes.[6][7][8]

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. In 2014 she also made her Hindi debut in Yaariyan in which her performance was better received. She had established herself as one of the leading actresses in Telugu Cinema. She was part of the commercially successful films like Venkatadri Express (2013), Current Theega (2014), Rough (2014), Loukyam (2014), Kick 2 (2015), Sarrainodu (2016), Nannaku Prematho (2016), Dhruva (2016), Spyder (2017) and Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru (2017).

In 2017, she was appointed the brand ambassador for Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao programme by Telangana State Government.[9]

Early and personal life

Born in a Punjabi family in New Delhi,[10] Singh did her schooling from Army Public School, Dhaula Kuan and later studied Mathematics at Jesus and Mary College,[11] University of Delhi.[12][13] Her father was an army officer.[14] Her mother is Rajender Kaur and father is Kulwinder Singh.[15][16] Her younger brother, Aman Preet Singh, is set to make his Bollywood debut with film Ram Rajya.[17] Singh graduated with a BSc (Hons) mathematics at Jesus and Mary College.[3]

Singh lives in Hyderabad and has house in Mumbai.[18]

Career

Debut (2009–2014)

Singh, 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.[19] In 2009 she made her acting debut in the Kannada film, Gilli, a remake of Selvaraghavan's 7G Rainbow Colony.[20] 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".[20] 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.[21] Apart from the People's Choice Miss Indiatimes, she won four subtitles at the pageant including Pantaloons Femina Miss Fresh Face, Femina Miss Talented, Femina Miss Beautiful Smile and Femina Miss Beautiful Eyes.[13]

She returned to films in 2011, featuring opposite Siddharth Rajkumar in Keratam which was released both in Telugu and Malayalam languages, though critics noted that "she got very little screen time".[22] The film was also made in Tamil simultaneously titled as "Yuvan" with the same cast but different director.[23] In 2012, she appeared in a supporting role in the Tamil film Thadaiyara Thaakka.[24]

In Jan 2013 she appeared in a Tamil film titled Puthagam. In November 2013 she was seen in Venkatadri Express in Telugu, the latter becoming a commercial success[25][26] and earning her first ever Best Actress nomination at the 61st Filmfare Awards South.[27]

In 2014, she debuted in a starring role in Bollywood with Divya Kumar's directorial debut Yaariyan,[28] after which her third Tamil film Yennamo Yedho released. By mid-2014, she was working on three Telugu films simultaneously,[29] which were directed by Sriwass,[30] G. Nageswara Reddy,[31] and Gopichand Malineni. Sriwass's Loukyam and G. Nageswara Reddy's Current Theega were her next releases. She received positive reviews for her performances in both films,[32][33] with 123telugu.com going on to claim that she was "slowly becoming a star actress".[34] She received her second Best Actress nomination at 62nd Filmfare Awards South. Her next released film was Pandaga Chesko in which she was starred opposite Ram Pothineni and directed by Gopichand Malineni.

Public recognition and success (2015–present)

In early March 2016 she signed Gopichand Malineni's film Winner starring with Sai Dharam Tej for the first time.[35][36] In early July 2016, she signed to AR Murugadoss' bilingual film opposite to Mahesh Babu, titled Spyder.[37][38][39] In September 2016 she signed another Telugu film titled Rarandoi Veduka Chudham directed by Kalyan Krishna starring opposite Naga Chaitanya.[40] The movie was released on 26 May which was a huge blockbuster.[41] She later has received a lot of applause for her look and character as Bramaramba in Rarandoi Veduka Chudham.[42]

In Dec 2016, she signed her next film titled Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru to pair opposite Karthi.[43]

After a small sabbatical in Hindi films, she appeared in Neeraj Pandey's Aiyaary starring opposite Sidharth Malhotra, released in February.[44]

In 2019, she starred in a guest role in Nandamuri Balakrishna’s NTR: Kathanayakudu as Sridevi. She then went on to play the female lead in Dev opposite Karthi for the second time. Singh appeared with Ajay Devgn and Tabu in Luv Ranjan's Bollywood romcom, De De Pyaar De, released in May 2019 and received positive reviews.[45] The same month, she appeared in Selvaraghavan’s NGK opposite Suriya. Her fifth release of 2019 was a Telugu romantic comedy film Manmadhudu 2, produced by Nagarjuna Akkineni and directed by Rahul Ravindran.[46] In the same year, she appeared in Milap Milan Zaveri's action drama Marjaavaan, alongside Ritesh Deshmukh, Sidharth Malhotra and Tara Sutaria.[47]

She will next be seen in two Tamil films : the vigilante-action film Indian 2, directed by S. Shankar, a sequel to the 1996 film Indian, and the science fiction film Ayalaan opposite Sivakarthikeyan.[48] In addition to this, she will also appear in four Hindi films : Attack alongside John Abraham and Jacqueline Fernandez, Sardar and Grandson opposite Arjun Kapoor,[49][50] Mayday alongside Amitabh Bachchan and Ajay Devgan [51] and Thank God alongside Ajay Devgan and Siddharth Malhotra for the third time which is going to be directed by Indra Kumar.[52] Singh will also be seen in two Telugu films : Check, alongside Nithiin and Priya Prakash Varrier and an untitled film directed by Krish alongside Panjaa Vaisshnav Tej.[53][54]

Rakul Preet Singh's upcoming movie 'Doctor G', directed by Anubhuti Kashyap. The movie cast also includes Ayushmann Khurrana.[55]

Other works

She has an active franchise of three functional training gyms of F45 Training. Two of them are in Hyderabad, located in the suburbs of Gachibowli and Kokapet, while the other is in Visakhapatnam.[56][57]

Filmography
Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Title Role(s) Language(s) Notes Ref.
2009

Gilli

 Arati Kannada
2011

Keratam

 Sangeetha Telugu

Yuvan

 Tamil
2012

Thadaiyara Thaakka

 Gayathri Ramakrishnan Tamil
2013

Puthagam

 Divya Tamil

Venkatadri Express

 Prarthana Telugu
2014

Yaariyan

 Saloni Hindi

Yennamo Yedho

 Nithya Tamil

Rough

 Nandu Telugu

Loukyam

 Chandrakala "Chandu" Telugu
Current Theega Kavita Telugu
2015

Pandaga Chesko

 Divya Telugu

Kick 2

 Chaitra Telugu

Bruce Lee: The Fighter

 Riya Rao Telugu
2016

Nannaku Prematho

 Divyanka / Divya Telugu

Sarrainodu

 Jaanu / Mahalakshmi Telugu

Dhruva

 Ishika Telugu
2017

Winner

 Sitara Telugu

Rarandoi Veduka Chudham

 Bhramarambha Telugu

Jaya Janaki Nayaka

 Janaki / Sweety Telugu

Spyder

 Charlie(Telugu), Shalini(Tamil) Tamil, Telugu Bilingual film

Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru

 Priya Theeran Tamil
2018

Aiyaary

 Sonia Gupta Hindi
2019 N.T.R: Kathanayakudu Sridevi Telugu Special appearance
Dev Meghna Tamil
De De Pyaar De Ayesha Hindi

NGK

 Vanathi Tamil
Manmadhudu 2 Avantika Telugu
Marjaavaan Aarzoo Hindi
2020 Shimla Mirchi Naina Hindi
2021 Check TBA Telugu Completed [58]

Ayalaan

 TBA Tamil Post Production
Untitled project directed by Krish TBA Telugu Post Production [54]
Attack TBA Hindi Filming
Sardar and Grandson TBA Hindi [49][50]
Thank God TBA Hindi [59]
2022 Mayday TBA Hindi [60]
Indian 2 TBA Tamil

Awards and nominations
YearAwardCategoryFilmResult Ref.
2014 Filmfare Awards South Best Actress – Telugu Venkatadri Express Nominated [61]
2015 Filmfare Awards South Best Actress – Telugu Loukyam Nominated [62]
2015 South Indian International Movie Awards Best Actress – Telugu Loukyam Nominated
2017 Filmfare Awards South Best Actress – Telugu Nannaku Prematho Nominated [63]
2017 South Indian International Movie Awards Best Actress – Telugu Won [64]

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