Priyanka Karki is a Nepalese actress, former Miss Teen Nepal, VJ, singer, choreographer, a model, and a dancer.
Priyanka Karki is a Nepalese actress, former Miss Teen Nepal,
VJ, singer, choreographer, a model, and a dancer.
Priyanka
Karki Biography
Born in 27th
February 1987 to the parents Bhupendra Karki and Raksha Malhotra Karki with
younger brother Pranit Karki as her sibling, Priyanka was always fascinated
with acting. Her career into the glamour world started early in the age of 18
when she participated and won the Miss Teen Nepal 2005 event including Miss
Intelligent, Miss Bikini and Miss Talent Awards. She went on to take the career
of VJ in popular Kantipur Television in which she hosted shows like Celluloid
and The Glam Factor. The acting skills that she displayed in Gharbeti Ba, a
comedy TV series earned her huge crowd of fans.
Education and
Career
After
completing her A Level Education from Rato Bangala School, she went to USA and
joined University of North Alabama for her higher education from where she got
her bachelor’s degree in Film Making. In 2007, while she was still studying at
University of North Alabama, she went on to participate in Miss International
UNA beauty contest in which she was able to reach to the top 5 Finalists. After
completing her education in 2011, she decided to return to Nepal and use her
knowledge in Nepali film industry.
She got a
break in Kollywood from the movie- ‘Mero Best Friend’ but ‘3 Lovers’ was the
first released movie of Priyanka as the release date of Mero Best Friend got
postponed. Although Mero Best Friend was not a commercial success, Priyanka was
nominated for Popular Debutant Actor Female in Filmy Khabar Awards 2070. She
had to wait till the release of Jholey to establish herself as the successful
Nepali actress. Her success continued with the Mega Hit Movie of 2070- Nai
Navannu La 2.
Priyanka has
already been featured in popular magazines like Nari, Wow and Vivacity.
Along with
salary from playing movies, stage performance and guest appearance, her income
also comes from brand endorsement. She has been the brand ambassador for
Himstar appliances, Dabur Herbal Gel Toothpaste and NCell. She has also been
the face of Safety Sanitary Napkins, Colors Mobile, Sunsilk Black Shine Shampoo
and Coca Cola. She has also been showstopper for several fashion shows.
Priyanka has been featured in music videos from several national and
international singers.Priyanka
Karky as a singer Priyanka
proved her versatility by lending her vocals as the playback singer for the
movie- Aawaran. She sang the OST song of the movie in collaboration with Yama
Buddha. Encouraged by the appreciation, Priyanka went on to release her own
single album titled Swatantra as a New Year gift to her well-wishers. Swatantra
that celebrates the spirit of freedom was released on 1st January 2016.
Priyanka Karki Married and Divorced
It was back
during her study days in USA that she met with her neighbour Rochak Mainali who
was studying masters degree in the same college. After few dates, they thought
they were the right partner. So, Priyanka married Rochak and accepted him as a
husband at an early age of 22 years by signing papers in Alabama Court.
The news of
marriage came as a shock to many as there were many rumours about Priyanka’s
boyfriends. But only after 2 years of married life, Priyanka Karki divorced
Rochak to dedicate herself entirely to acting. According to her, she divorced
Rochak right after the shooting of Three Lovers. Their divorce was quite
predictable as the character of Priyanka and Rochak did not match.
Zenisha
Moktan and Dikesh Malhotra have become husband and wife. Dikesh is the son of
Priyanka’s maternal Uncle. He is the chief of Integrated Mobility Solutions
(IMS) which is the authorized dealer of Samsung mobiles.
Priyanka Car
Controversy
Priyanka had
bought a Hyundai Tucson Car two days after tragic earthquake of 2015. But a
national daily Nagarik published an article claiming that Priyanka bought
Mercedez. Then the rumour began to get spread that Priyanka used the fund that
she collected for earthquake victims to buy a Mercedez.
Priyanka
denied the claims through social media and she went on to publish whole account
of collected fund so that it was clear that she had bought a car purely out of
her hard work.