Prachi Desai Biography

Prachi Desai is an Indian television actress best known for her role as Bani in the Hindi television drama Kasamh Se.

Biography

Prachi Desai was born in Gujarat. In a short span of time she attained a lot of success in Hindi serials and is a hit Indian television actress. Apart from being a part of Jhalak Dikhla Ja 2 and Kasamh Se she played the main role of 'Bani"; she has also worked in another serial Kasauti Zindagi Ki where she played the cameo of Prachi Desai Patel. In Kasamh Se she essays the role of Bani.
Most recently, she featured in the popular celebrity dance competition show Jhalak Dikhla Ja 2 in which she was first voted out but after coming back as a wildcard entry went on to create history and win the show.
Recently, she worked in the movie, "Rock On", made by Abhishek Kapoor, in which she played the wife of Farhan Akhtar. The film created a record in Bollywood as an offbeat film. Prachi had to leave her very successful role of "Bani" in Kasam Se to act in "Rock On".

Personal Life

Prachi Desai was born in Gujarat, India. She studied in St Joseph Convent, Panchgani and completed her schooling from Surat, Gujarat. Her present residence is in Lokhandwala Mumbai with her mother, Ameeta Desai and her siblings. She maintains a close intimate relationship with her mentor and close personal friend Ekta Kapoor. Her hobbies are acting, sports, listening to music and sketching.

Career

Acting was her passion since childhood - Her father and uncle had done various Gujarati plays - though she started with a short modelling workshop. She went to Pune for higher studies and had almost finished her junior college when her pictures were sent to Balaji Telefilms and she got a call for an audition for Kasamh Se.
She just turned 17 when her career began on Kasamh Se and she left her studies for a while. She has also starred in her first movie Rock On which was released on August 29, 2008 with Farhan Akhtar as her co-star.