Priya Banerjee is an Indian actress who works mainly in

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films. Banerjee's first film was ''

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'' in Telugu in 2013, opposite Adivi Sesh. She then appeared in her second Telugu film,

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, with

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as the other leads.

Career

Banerjee started her career in 2013, with the Telugu film ''

'' as Priya. In 2014, she acted in the film ''

'' as Annu. In 2015, she appeared in her third Telugu film, ''

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'' as Harika opposite

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. In October 2015, Banerjee made her

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debut with

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's ''

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'' as Sia. The film starred

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and

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however it failed at the box office and was declared a flop. In 2016, she acted in

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's ''

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'', starring

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and

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. In 2017, Banerjee started the year with ''

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'', which released in the month of October, playing the main lead of Sheetal opposite

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. She later acted in T-Series's ''

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'' opposite

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as Sona. She also played Mrya in her third release of that year, ''Social''. In 2018, she acted in the film, ''Rain'' In 2019, she started the year with acting in the Tamil film '' Chithiram Pesuthadi 2''. She made her web debut with

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's '' Baarish'' in April 2019, starring

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and

Vikram Singh Chauhan Vikram Singh Chauhan is an Indian actor who mainly works in Hindi television. He made his acting debut with ''Qubool Hai'' portraying Imraan Qureshi in 2013. He is best known for his portrayal of Atharva Sujata in ''Jaana Na Dil Se Door'', Vyom ...

. She later returned to the series in season 2 in 2020. In May 2019, Banerjee played one of the leads as Kashti for

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's ''Bekaaboo'' which aired on ALT Balaji opposite Rajeev Siddharth. In June 2019, Banerjee acted in Mahendra Bohra's thriller Bollywood film, '' Hume Tumse Pyaar Kitna'' opposite

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. Banerjee made her place in The Times Of India's "Most Desirable Women List" and was ranked at No. 22 in 2020.

Filmography

Web series

References

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