Tejasswi Prakash is a popular Indian television actress. She played the role of “Diya Singh” in the Sony TV series Pehredaar Piya Ki (2017). In January 2022, she won the Bigg Boss 15 trophy.
Wiki/Biography
Tejasswi Prakash was born on Wednesday, June 10, 1992 (30 years old; as of 2022) and her birthplace is Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Her star sign is Gemini. She graduated in Electronics and Communication Engineering from the University of Mumbai.
appearance
Height (approximate): 5′ 4″
Eye color: Black
Hair color: Black
family
Tejasswi Prakash Wayangankar was born into a Hindu family.
Parents and siblings
Her father’s name is Prakash Wayangankar who is an engineer. She has a brother Pratik Wayangankar who is also an engineer and works at MazikGlobal Inc. in Park Ridge, Illinois, USA. There is not much information about her love life.
Tejasswi Prakash with his mother as a child
Tejasswi Prakash and her parents
Tejasswi Prakash and her mother
Tejasswi Prakash and her brother
Tejasswi Prakash and her brother
Relationship/affair
She started dating Karan Kundrra after they competed in Bigg Boss 15 together.
Tejasswi Prakash and Karan Kundrra
Profession
While pursuing her degree, she participated in the Mumbai New Faces Contest and won. After that, she started receiving offers from various television production houses. In 2012, she made her debut in the drama serial 2612 on Life OK.
She came into the limelight with the television serial “Sanskaar- Dharohar Apnon Ki” (2013), in which she played the role of “Dhara”.
Tejasswi Prakash (Sanskaar) – Dharohar Apnon Ki
In 2015, she essayed the role of ‘Ragini Gadodia’ in the Colors television serial ‘Swaragini’.
Tejasswi Prakash of Swarajni
In 2017, she acted in the television serial Pehredaar Piya Ki which received huge criticism for depicting the married life of a 9-year-old boy and an 18-year-old girl.
Tejasswi Prakash of Pehredaar Piya Ki
Later, she appeared in the television series Rishta Likhenge Hum Naya (2017), Silsila Badalte Rishton Ka (2018), and Karn Sangini (2018).
In 2019, she made her acting debut in the Hindi television web series Silsila Badalte Rishton Ka.
Tejasswi Prakash in web series – Silsila Badalte Rishton Ka
In 2020, she participated in the television reality show Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 10. In 2022, she participated in the popular Indian television reality show Bigg Boss 15 as a contestant and emerged as the winner.
Favorites
- Travel destination: Europe
Car Collection
She owns a Hyundai and an Audi Q7.
Tejasswi Prakash and her Audi Q7
Assets/Properties
She has a beachfront house in Goa and an apartment in Mumbai.
Facts/Trivia
- She received four years of training in Indian classical music.
- Her hobbies include dancing and singing.
- She follows a non-vegetarian diet.
- She is a food lover and loves eating street food.
- When asked in an interview how she first came to prominence in the television series 2612, she responded,
During college festivals, I won various titles, then I entered a beauty pageant and won. The next day my picture was in the newspaper and a production guy called me for an audition. I decided to give it a try, and that’s how I got my first role.”
- Her family and friends called her “Teja Bhai” and “Teju”.
- She has a red Hyundai car.
- According to Tejaswi, she was a poor student and cheated in exams; she once spent Rs 20,000 on a single paper.
- The actress revealed in an interview that she was unsure about becoming an actress and she considered becoming an air hostess because of her good looks. However, everything changed after winning a beauty pageant and she made it through her first audition and was earning Rs 8,000 a day, which according to Tejasswi is a lot of money for a teenager. In the interview, the actress also revealed that she had never watched any show before participating in the TV show.
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Source: HIS Education