Priyanka Upendra

Some Lesser Known Facts About Priyanka Upendra

• Priyanka Upendra’s mother is from West Bengal, and her father belongs to Uttar Pradesh.

• She grew up in the US and Singapore.

  

• After completing her school education, Priyanka Upendra returned to India and graduated from a college in Kolkata.

• Once, in a media conversation, she described herself as introverted, flexible, a good listener, and very sensitive.

  

• When she was 16 years old, she won the Miss Calcutta beauty pageant.

• In the late 1990s, Priyanka Upendra appeared in several television commercials such as Britannia, Orient Electric, and Pillsbury.

  

• In 1998, Priyanka Upendra was cast in the Bengali film Hothat Brishti. The film was directed by Basu Chatterjee. She then appeared in his two more films Chupi Chupi (2001) and Tak Jhal Mishti (2002).

  

• She then shifted from Kolkata to Mumbai where she received a role in the Hindi film Mujhe Meri Biwi Se Bachaao in 2001.

• After appearing in some Bengali and Hindi films, Priyanka Upendra appeared in the Telugu films Soori (2001) and Raa (2001).

• In 2002, she appeared in the Bengali film Saathi, which became one of the highest-grossing Bengali films.

  

• In 2002, the film Soori was remade in the Hindi language as Durga, and Priyanka Upendra played the role of Gayatri in it.

• She then acted in the Kannada films Kotigobba (2001) and H2O (2002).

  

• After marrying actor and film director Upendra Rao, she got more roles in South Indian films.

• Priyanka Upendra has appeared in many Tamil films such as Raajjiyam (2002), Raja (2002), Kadhal Sadugudu (2003), and Jananam (2004).

• She then went on to appear in many Bengali films including Agnipariksha (2006), Golmaal (2008), Shrimathi (2011), and Enemmy (2013).

• In 2016, Priyanka Upendra appeared in a Kannada film titled Priyanka, based on a real-life murder case.

  

• She then went on to appear in many Kannada films such as Mummy (2015) and 2nd Half (2018).

• In 2019, in H. Lohith’s crime-thriller film Devaki, Priyanka Upendra played the role of a mother who searches the streets of Kolkata for her kidnapped daughter, played by her real-life daughter Aishwarya.

  

• She then went on to appear in many films such as 1980 (2021), Master Anshuman, (2023), and Detective Teekshana (2023).

• Priyanka Upendra is a fitness enthusiast and goes to the gym regularly. She often shares pictures of her gym sessions on social media.

  

• Priyanka Upendra likes travelling to distant places in her free time. Dubai and San Francisco are her favourite travelling destinations.

  

• Dancing and photography are her favourite recreational activities.