Mumbai: Hindi film actress Rakul Preet Singh turns a year older today. These days Rakul Preet Singh is in news in the drugs case linked with Hindi actor Sushnat Singh Rajput. Apart from this, Rakul also garners limelight for her films. On the occasion of her birthday, let us know some interesting things related to the actress.
Rakul has created a different place in the hearts of people with her superb acting in Telugu, Tamil and Kannada film industry as well as in Hindi film industry. Rakul originally belongs to a Punjabi family in Delhi. She completed her schooling from Army Public School and then studied further from Delhi University. Rakul always had an inclination towards acting. She used to do modeling since college days.
Rakul also has been an active golf player and has played at the national level. It was her father who reportedly urged her to take up the sport. The ‘Aiyaary’ actress allegedly stated that she took up golf not knowing that she would become a professional player one day, leading her to play for the Women’s Nationals.
Rakul has been very active since college days. Apart from acting modeling, she has also been interested in sports. Rakul has also been a national level golf player during college time. She started her career as a model. In 2009, Rakul started his acting career with the Kannada film Gilli. After this, she participated in the Femina Miss India contest in 2011 and won four subtitles at the pageant including Pantaloons Femina Miss Fresh Face, Femina Miss Talented, Femina Miss Beautiful Smile and Femina Miss Beautiful Eyes.
Rakul Preet’s Hindi cinema doors opened after participating in the Femina Miss India contest. She made her Hindi film debut with Divya Khosla Kumar’s film Yaariyan after several Telugu films. Her film proved to be a super hit at the box office. Actor Himansh Kohli was seen in the film with Rakul Preet Singh.
She was also part of 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.