Patralekha Paul – Age, Height, Weight, Career and More.

Patralekha Paul was born on 20 February 1989 in Shillong, Meghalaya. Her real name is Anwita Paul. It was given to her grandmother. She got her early education from The Assam Valley School, a boarding school.

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Physical Stats of Patralekha Paul

Early Life and Family

Born on 20th February 1989, Patrlekha is an Indian actress hailing from Shillong, Meghalaya. She belongs to a Bengali family. Her father, Ajit Paul, is a Chartered Accountant and mother Papri Paul a homemaker. Patrlekha also has two siblings Parnalekha Paul and Agnish Paul. 

Her father had died recently, which the actress herself gave an emotional post on her social media. However, she did not give information about how he died in her post.

She got her early education from The Assam Valley School which was a boarding school.

After this, she passed her intermediate examination at Bishop Cotton Girls School, Bangalore. She followed in the footsteps of his father and went to Mumbai’s where he Enrolled in the H.R. College of Commerce and Economics to study Accountancy. When she completed her graduation, her father wanted her to become a chartered accountant like him, but Patralekha decided to pursue her career in acting.

Career

To learn the nuances of acting, she joined the Film and Television Institute of India located in Pune from where she did a diploma in acting. After doing a diploma in acting, she did a crash course in acting from Barry John Acting School. Apart from this, she is also a trained Bharatnatyam dancer and considers Bollywood actress Vidya Balan as her acting inspiration. After receiving the training of a professional actor, she got work in B.R. Chopra Production House.

After this, Patralekha worked in television commercials for Blackberry and Tata Docomo before debuting in films. She later appeared in Hansal Mehta’s film Citylights opposite Rajkummar Rao. In this film, she won the Star Screen Awards in the category of Most Promising Newcomer- Female for her superb acting performance. This low-budget film was released in the year 2014 in which she played the lead character of Rakhi Singh.

Her acting in the film was appreciated by the critics and the film was successful at the box office. After this, she played the character of Ramona Raichand in the Bollywood film Love Games in the year 2016. In the year 2017, she played the character of Nandini in the Bose: Dead/Alive web series which was released on Alt Balaji.

Patralekha has so far played the lead role in web series like Cheers(2018), Badnaam Gali(2019), Forbidden Love(2020), Main Hero Boll Raha Hu. Apart from this, she has appeared in a few Bollywood movies like Nanu Ki Jaanu and Where is My Kannadaka in the lead role.

Marriage of Patralekha Paul

Rajkummar and Patralekha have known each other for more than a decade. The two started dating in 2010 even before her debut in Bollywood. Bringing their love fairy tale to the next step, the duo got married on 15th November 2021.