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Actor
Gender
Female
Date of Birth
1983-11-30
Location
West Bengal, India
Edit pagePriyanka Kothari
Biography
Priyanka Kothari, often credited as Nisha Kothari or Amoha, is an Indian former actress and model. She has appeared in Bollywood, Telugu, Tamil and Kannada films. She has frequently appeared in Ram Gopal Varma films.
After college, Kothari became a model and appeared in several advertisement campaigns. She appeared in the music video of the remix of Chadti Jawani Meri Chaal Mastani. In 2003, she got her big breakthrough actor Madhavan, who recommended her for an audition in his film after viewing her photographs.
She made her acting debut with him in the Tamil film Jay Jay, credited as Amoga. She made her Bollywood debut in the 2005 film Sarkar and then later that same year appeared in James, directed by Ram Gopal Varma and Rohit Jugraj respectively. James turned her into a sex symbol overnight.
She then went on to do The Killer with Emraan Hashmi. Since then she has appeared in less significant films and roles. She was regularly seen in Ram Gopal Varma's films like Shiva, Darna Zaroori Hai, and Aag, in which she played a tapori called Ghungroo, Darling, and Agyaat, and also his productions like Go and Stalker.
Most of the films were unsuccessful. She made her Sandalwood debut with Raaj the Showman opposite Puneeth Rajkumar in 2009 and later did a supporting role in Dandupalya. She was seen in a Telugu film with Balakrishna, Okka Magadu which also bombed, and also acted in a film titled Hari Om.
Her only 2011 release was Bin Bulaye Baraati. In 2013, she appeared in a Malaysian Tamil film titled, Ops Kossa Dappa 3. She was seen in the Telugu-Tamil film Ala Ila Ela, which had a delayed release in 2023 and has signed up a Telugu thriller titled Criminals.
