nisha Kothari ( Priyanka Kothari )

Priyanka Kothari (Bengali :, born 30 November 1983), often credited as Nisha Kothari (Bengali) or Amoha, is an Indian actress who has appeared in Bollywood, Telugu, Tamil and Kannada films

Early life

Kothari was born in Kolkata to a Marwari Jain family and grew up speaking Bengali, Gujurati, English and Hindi. She moved to New Delhiwhile in grade 10 and got her degree in Chemistry from Delhi University at Dayal Singh College. Her father is a chemical businessman, her mother a home-maker, and she has a married elder sister.

Career

After college, Kothari became a model and appeared in a number of advertisement campaigns. In 2003, she got her big break through actor [R. [Madhavan]], who recommended her for an audition in his film after viewing her photographs. She made her acting debut with him in theTamil film Jay Jay, credited as Amoga. She made her Bollywood debut in the 2005 film Sarkar and then later that same year appeared inJames, directed by Ram Gopal Varma and Rohit Jugraj respectivly. She then went on to do The Killer with Emraan Hashmi. Since then she had appeared in less significant films and roles. Her most recent release was Agyaat.

Kothari is a member of International Film And Television Club of Asian Academy Of Film & Television.

Filmography

• Kaceri Aarambam (2010) (Tamil film)
• Agyaat (2009) (Bollywood)
• Raaj-The Showman (2009) (Kannada film)
• Karthigai (2009) (Tamil film)
• Okka Magadu (2008) (Telugu film)
• Go (2007) (Bollywood)
• Aag (2007) (Bollywood)
• Shiva (2006) (Bollywood)
• The Killer (2006) (Bollywood)
• Darna Zaroori Hai (2006) (Bollywood)
• James (2005) (Bollywood)
• Sarkar (2005) (Bollywood)
• Madhyanam Hatya' (2004) (Telugu film)
• Jay Jay (2003) (Tamil film)

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