She started her career as a model while in college, during which she also made her acting debut in the Kannada film Gilli. In 2011 she participated in the Femina Miss India pageant, 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. 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 Bollywood debut in Yaariyan in which her performance was better received. She was part of the commercially successful films like Venkatadri Express, Current Theega, Rough, Loukyam, Kick 2, Sarrainodu, Nannaku Prematho, Dhruva, Spyder and Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru and established herself as
the leading actress in Telugu Cinema. Born in a Punjabi Army Officer's family in New Delhi, Rakul did her schooling from Army Public School, Dhaula Kuan and later studied Mathematics at Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi. Rakul Preet Singh, who said that she had always dreamt of being an actress, began her career in modeling at age 18 while she was still in college. After a series of attempts in Bollywood, the actress could not taste success. She recently tested her luck with De De Pyaar De that featured Ajay Devgn and Tabu in other lead roles. This comic entertainer is a massive hit and Rakul Preet Singh is left delighted with the success. She is in plans to do more Bollywood films. Her glamorous presence turned out to be a treat for her fans and they loved her portrayal. Rakul too is happy as she got the right success at the much needed time. Her recent Telugu movie Manmadhudu 2 bombed badly and the actress is currently in the hunt for the right project. She has an active franchise of three functional training gyms named Functional 45. Two of them are in Hyderabad located in Gachibowli and Kokapet and one in Visakhapatnam. She also bought a new apartment in Hyderabad of worth Rs 3 crore to stay with her family. WWW.CINESPRINT.COM | DECEMBER 2019
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