Full Biography

Name  : Priyanka Kothari

Born : November 30, 1983 (1983-11-30) Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Other name : Nisha Kothari, Amoga

Occupation : Actress, Stage performer

Years active : 2003–present

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 Delhi while 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 her elder sister is married.

Career

After college, Kothari became a model and appeared in a number of advertisement campaigns. In 2003, she got her big break through 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. 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 Bin Bulaye Baraati.

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

In 2011 West Bengal state assembly elections, she campaigned for Dr Nirmal Majhi, a All India Trinamool Congress candidate contesting from North Uluberia

Bangali Babe, Nisha Kothari was born on November 30, 1989 in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Nisha Kothari has moved to New Delhi while in 10th standard and brought up in Delhi has a great passion for films. She grew up speaking English, Bengali, Rajasthani, and Hindi. Her father is a chemical businessman, her mother a home-maker. She

is the youngest one at home. Being the youngest one in the family, she was brought up in a very protective shell.Nisha Kothari got her degree in Chemistry at Delhi University at Dayal Singh College. Her dream of becoming an actress and tried to convince her parents and started doing modeling. After College, Kothari became a model and appeared in a few adverts.

Nisha Kothari's real name is Priyanka and she is well known as Amoha in south where she did her first film in Tamil and Telugu. Though she belongs to a conservative family, she was interested in acting and modeling. She moved to Mumbai to pursue her dream in modeling and fortunately, in one occasion, she met actor Madhavan and showed him her photos. It is he who arranged an audition for her in Chennai, and she was signed for a Tamil movie titled Jay Jay during the year 2003 with screen name Amoha.

She then appeared in another Telugu film Madhyanam Hatya (2004), in this film too, she was given the screen name Amoha. Her efforts fared well at box office and that resulted in many opportunities in Bollywood.

Ram Gopal Varma approached and signed her for movies like James and Sarkar and subsequently for Sholay’s re-make Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag. Sarkar was released first, so that became her debut Bollywood film. Kothari is known mainly for her daring costumes and sexy item songs that have been popular to an extent.

Filmography:

Raaj (2009)...(Kannada film) {Debut} with Puneet Rajkumar

Kartigai (Tamil film)(2009)

Okka Magadu (Telugu film) (2008)

Go(2007)

Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag...Ghunghroo

Shiva (2006)...

The Killer (2006)...Ria

Darna Zaroori Hai (2006)...Special Appearance

James (2005)...Nisha V. Rawat

Sarkar (2005)...Sapna, Film Actress

Madhyanam Hatya (Telugu) (2004)

Jay Jay (2003)...Jamuna (as Amoga) (Tamil film)

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