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Priya New Southern Sizzler in Tinsel Town

It looks like after proving her acting potential in cine flick English Vinglish, southern siren Priya Anand is now all set to register her presence in the tinsel town.

If the buzz pertaining to this gorgeous hottie is to be believed then after sharing screen space with Sridevi, now Priya has been roped in by Farhan Akhtar to play the female lead in his upcoming cine venture Fukrey.

So by the time the production of the movie begins, let's have a look at some of the lesser known facts about this gorgeous southern siren.

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The Beginning

Soon after returning from US, where she had been to pursue a degree in Media and Journalism, Priya worked in several commercials including Nutrine Maha Lacto and Cadbury Dairy Milk.

Reports even suggest that, at one point of time in her life Priya aspired to learn the technical aspects of film making, but never imagined that she would become an actress someday.

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Stepping in the Glamour Aisles

Initially Priya was supposed to debut with Tamil film 'Pugaippadam', but since the release of the movie got postponed until 2010, thus making Tamil action-thriller 'Vaamanan' to be her debut flick.

Whereas she made her Telugu cine debut opposite Rana Daggubati and Richa Gangopadhaya in political drama 'Leader'.

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Rhetoric Adroitness

Born to a Telugu-Marathi father and Tamil mother, this gorgeous diva besides Tamil and Telugu is proficient in English, Bengali, Hindi, Marathi and Spanish languages as well.

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Conquering the Bollywood

Though she has debuted in Bollywood with Sridevi's comeback flick English Vinglish, where she played the niece of Sri, but now she will be seen in a leading role in Farhan Akhtar's upcoming cine venture Fukrey.

Grapevine even suggests that, she has also been signed as female lead by Priyadarsahn for his next project Rangrez, where Jackky Bhagnani will be playing the male lead.

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