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Preetika Rao
Preetika Rao
	Rao walks for the BETI show at IIJW 2015
Born	Preetika Rao; 29 May 1992 (age 25); Mangalore Karnataka India
Nationality	Indian
Education	Sophia College
Occupation(s)	Actress, Model, Journalist, Singer, Blogger
Years active	2012–present
Known for	Beintehaa as Aaliya
Notable work	Love Ka Hai Intezaar
Height	5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)
Relatives	Amrita Rao (sister)

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Preetika Rao is an Indian model, actress, writer and singer known for her role in the Hindi language television series Beintehaa.^[1]^[2]

Personal life

Rao's father owns an advertising agency in Mumbai and her sister, Amrita Rao, is an award-winning Bollywood actress. Rao graduated majoring in History from Sophia College, while also acquiring a diploma in advertising and journalism.^[2]^[3]

Career

As a teen-model, Rao 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] 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, Rao 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).^[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 Zain Abdullah which made her a household name. Rao won the Best Actress Award at the Kalakar Awards, held at Kolkata in January 2015,^[7] along with the Zee Gold Best Debut.^[8]

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2012	Chikku Bukku	Meenal	(Tamil)
2012	P r i y u d u	Madhu Latha	(Telugu)

Television

Name	Role	Channel	Year	Notes
Bigg Boss Season 7	Herself	Colors TV	2013	Guest
Beintehaa	Aaliya Zain Abdullah	Colors TV	2013-2014	Main lead
Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa Season 7	Herself	Colors TV	2014	Guest
Love Ka Hai Intezaar	Mohini Mathur	Star Plus	2017-present	Main lead

Award and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2014	Zee Gold Awards	Best Jodi (with Harshad Arora)	Beintehaa	Won
2014	Zee Gold Awards	Best Debut Actor		Won
2014	Indian Television Academy Awards	GR8! ON-Screen Couple Of The Year (with Harshad Arora)		Won^[9]
2014	Indian Television Academy Awards	Desh Ki Dhadkan – Best Actress		Nominated
2014	Indian Telly Awards	Best Fresh New Face (Female)		Won
2015	23rd Kalakar Awards	Best Actor		Won^[10]

References

^ Moviebuzz (2010). "Preetika on her debut and her dreams". Sify. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
^ ^a ^b Raghavan, Nikhil (1 December 2010). "A journey begins..." Chennai, India: The Hindu. Retrieved 1 December 2010.^{[dead link‍]}
^ ^a ^b Rajamani, Radhika (29 November 2010). "'I'm a strong believer in karma'". Rediff. Retrieved 29 November 2010.
^ Rajamani, Radhika (2010). "Meet Arya's new heroine in Chikku Bukku". Rediff. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
^ Preetika Rao: I don’t repent refusing Aashiqui 2 – Times of India. Timesofindia.indiatimes.com (11 July 2014). Retrieved on 14 May 2016.
^ Kavirayani, Suresh (6 May 2012). "Preetika goes back to School!". The Times Of India. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
^ ‘Kolkata was a well planned spiritual trip’ – Preetika Rao. TheTellyTimes.com (19 January 2015). Retrieved on 14 May 2016.^{[dead link‍]}
^ Narayan, Girija. (21 May 2014) Zee Gold Awards 2014 Complete List Of Winners – Filmibeat. Entertainment.oneindia.in. Retrieved on 14 May 2016.
^ "The 14th Indian Television Academy Awards 2014". indiantelevisionacademy.com. Archived from the original on 7 November 2014.
^ "Winners List of 23rd Annual Kalakar Awards 2015". India Telly Talkies. 22 January 2015.

External links

Preetika Rao at IMDb

[debut-1] Moviebuzz (2010). "Preetika on her debut and her dreams". Sify. Retrieved 14 December 2010.

[hindu-2] Raghavan, Nikhil (1 December 2010). "A journey begins..." Chennai, India: The Hindu. Retrieved 1 December 2010.^{[dead link‍]}

[rediff-3] Rajamani, Radhika (29 November 2010). "'I'm a strong believer in karma'". Rediff. Retrieved 29 November 2010.

[rediff2-4] 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 – Times of India. Timesofindia.indiatimes.com (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.^{[dead link‍]}

[8] Narayan, Girija. (21 May 2014) Zee Gold Awards 2014 Complete List Of Winners – Filmibeat. Entertainment.oneindia.in. Retrieved on 14 May 2016.

[ita-9] "The 14th Indian Television Academy Awards 2014". indiantelevisionacademy.com. Archived from the original on 7 November 2014.

[10] "Winners List of 23rd Annual Kalakar Awards 2015". India Telly Talkies. 22 January 2015.

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