Prachi Tehlan

Prachi Tehlan

Tehlan at Mumbai Press Meet
Personal information
Born	(1993-10-02) 2 October 1993 (age 31) Delhi, India
Alma mater	Montfort Senior Secondary School Jesus & Mary College University of Delhi IMT Ghaziabad Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Management Studies GGSIPU, New Delhi
Occupation(s)	Actress, basketball & netball player
Years active	2016–present
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) [1]
Parents	Narender Kumar (father) Poonam Tehlan (mother)
Website	www.prachitehlan.com
Netball career Playing position(s): GS, GA, WA Years Club team(s) Apps 2007–2011 Delhi Years National team(s) Caps 2008–2011   India 24
Medal record Netball Representing   India South Asian Beach Games 2011 Hambantota

Prachi Tehlan (born 2 October 1993) ^[2] is an Indian actress and former netball and basketball player. ^[3] Prachi is the former captain of the India national netball team which represented India in the 2010 Commonwealth Games and in other major Asian Championships in 2010-11. ^[4] Under her captaincy, the Indian team won its first medal in 2011 South Asian Beach Games. She has been given the title of “Queen of The Court” by The Times of India & “Lass of The Rings” by The Indian Express. She is the brand ambassador of Netball Development Trust India for 2011-2017.

She made her acting debut in the TV series Diya Aur Baati Hum on Star Plus in January 2016. ^{[5] [6]} She made her film debut as Nimmy in the Punjabi film Arjan opposite Roshan Prince directed by Manduip Singh in 2017. She is active in Punjabi and Malayalam cinema.

Early life and education

Tehlan did her schooling from Montfort Senior Secondary School, Delhi. She graduated in B.Com (Hons.) from Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi and completed her PG Diploma in Marketing Management from Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad. She had enrolled in Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Management Studies, GGSIP University, Delhi where she completed her Masters in Business Administration (HR and Marketing).

She has worked on various projects in Development Bank of Singapore, Deloitte, Accenture and 1800Sports.in. She is contributing to a project named UDAAN - Skills to Succeed for Mobilization, Training and Employment of youth from Jammu and Kashmir under National Skill Development Council, Delhi.

Sports career

She started her sports career with basketball playing at the national level while still in school. She was selected to attend the Indian Camp thrice in 2004, in Cuttack, Odisha.

Basketball

• 2002-2007
  • Played 2 sub junior nationals (under-14), Pondicherry and Karnataka. (2002–03)
  • Represented Delhi 8 times in under-17 category out of which the team secured a position three times. Played on the grounds of- Kotkapura (Punjab), Chittoor (AP), Gotan (Rajasthan), Kangra (HP), Ajmer (Rajasthan), Jaisalmer (Rajasthan), Chandigarh, Raipur (Chhattisgarh), Hyderabad etc.
  • Represented Delhi 3 times in under-19 category and secured 1st position all the three times. Played on the grounds of Delhi.
• 2008
  • 2008: Secured 1st position in Basketball inter-college and got 1st position in Inter University in Bhubaneshwar and All India in Nelloor
• 2009
  • 2009: Secured 1st position in inter-college Basketball and participated in Inter University held in Punjab.

Netball

• Won a gold medal in 34th 2011 National Games.
• Played Inter College thrice and scored 1st position.
• Represented Delhi in Senior Nationals.
• Played Indo-Singapore series, 2010 held in Delhi & Noida, won it by 5-0.
• Captain of the team in 7th Youth Asian Championship, 2010 held in Delhi.
• Participated and captained the Senior Indian Netball Team in the 2010 Commonwealth Games held in Delhi.
• Represented India and was captain of the senior team in 6th Nation Cup, Singapore-2010.
• Represented India and was captain of Indian team in 2011 South Asian Beach Games. The team bagged a silver medal. This was the first ever medal won by Indian team at an international level.

Acting career

Prachi decided to accept an offer from Shashi Sumeet Productions and make her acting debut with side character role in the highly rated TV drama Diya Aur Baati Hum , on Star Plus channel in January 2016. She lost 15 kg (33 lbs) of weight to prepare for the role. ^[7] Prachi stated her reasons to put her sporting career on hold due to the lack of opportunities and sponsors for female players of netball and basketball in India. ^[8] In 2017, she played a leading actress role in the Punjabi movie Bailaras . She was last seen in Malayalam movie Mamangam (2019) ^{[9] [10] [11]} Tehlan was considered for one of the lead female roles in Ram opposite Mohanlal. ^[12]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
2017	Arjan	Nimmy	Punjabi
	Bailaras	Sonali
2019	Mamangam	Unnimaya	Malayalam
TBA	Trishanku	Nakshathra	Telugu	[13]
TBA	Ram	TBA	Malayalam
TBA	Varaham	TBA	Malayalam	[14]

Television

Year	Show	Role	Notes
2016	Diya Aur Baati Hum	Arzoo Rathi	Television debut
2017–2018	Ikyawann	Susheel Parekh	lead role
2019	Band Baja Bandh Darwaza

Music videos

Year	Title	Singer(s)	Movie	Ref.
2024	Donkey Song	Anthony Daasan	Level Cross	[15]

Recognition

• India won its first international medal under her captaincy in South Asian Beach Games, 2011 (Oct), Sri Lanka.
• Youngest Captain of any Netball in the Commonwealth Games 2010.
• Awarded as Sports Women of the Year 2010 by Jesus and Mary College and recognized as a Sports Achiever in Delhi University Achievers List.
• Short films made by Delhi Ajtak, Pragya T.V, Focus T.V, Living India by Ayur Group and NDTV. (2010, 2011)
• Subject of various articles published by leading newspapers, magazines and internet-
  • NDTV (2011) featured as one of the top 10 Hottest Sports Women in India.
  • India Today (2010) featured as one of the Top 10 Glamorous faces of Commonwealth Games-2010.
  • Sports Keeda (2010),
  • Cupid speaks(2010),
  • Hindustan Times (2010),
  • Times of India (2010), article “Queen of the Courts”.
  • Amar Ujala (2010,2011);
  • Indian Express (2005), article “Lass of the Rings”.
  • Chief Guest on various sports meets and social events(2010- 2012)
  • Chief Guest at IIM Kashipur sports meet (2016)
  • Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University Sports Meet (2010) with Sushil Kumar and Dhanraj Pillay
  • Terry For Marathon with Satpal Singh and Mohammad Azruddin (2010)
  • Guest at Limca Book of Records with Vijender Singh, Jwala Gutta, Gagan Narang, Mary Kom, Sushil Kumar, etc.(2011)
  • Chal Leh Bhag Leh Sports Event
  • Deepalaya School Sports Meet (2011)
  • Dev Samaj School Sports Meet (2012)
  • KAPSONS for its Brand Promotion, Kirti Nagar, 2012

See also

• Sana Dua

References

1. "Ikyavan actor Prachi Tehlan shares pros and cons of being super tall". Indian Express. 21 December 2017.
2. "Birthday girl Prachi Tehlan recalls her childhood birthday celebrations". The Times of India . 2 October 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
3. "Prachi Tehlan on women in sports". Femina. 12 May 2016.
4. "Prachi Tehlan came up to stand with P.T. Usha as a sports player". 20 April 2018.
5. "Netball captain-turned- actress asked to lose 15 kilos for her show". The Times of India. 28 January 2016.
6. "Diya Aur Baati star Prachi Tehlan: JMC girls represent true women power". The Times of India . 9 November 2017.
7. "Netball captain-turned- actress asked to lose 15 kilos for her show". The Times of India. 28 January 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
8. "Prachi Tehlan excited to shoot in Rann of Kutch". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
9. "Mammootty suggested me to watch The Crown". The Indian Express . Retrieved 19 November 2019.
10. Kumar, Pradeep (19 November 2019). "Mamangam must be watched on the big screen: Prachi Tehlan". The Hindu . Retrieved 19 November 2019.
11. "The role in Mamangam was the best thing to happen to me since my acting debut". The Times of India . Retrieved 23 September 2019.
12. Express News Service (15 January 2020). "Prachi Tehlan in talks to join Mohanlal-Jeethu Joseph's 'Ram'". The New Indian Express . Retrieved 18 January 2020.
13. Silpa Rajan (19 June 2021). "Prachi Tehlan exclusively spills the beans on her Telugu debut film 'Trishanku'". The Economic Times.
14. "'Varaaham' teaser: Suresh Gopi is intensity personified in his 250th film's first glimpse". The Hindu. 26 June 2024. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 17 July 2024.
15. "Asif Ali's 'Level Cross' releases funky 'Donkey Song' narrating from a donkey's perspective". The Times of India. 9 August 2024.

External links

• Prachi Tehlan at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
• Prachi Tehlan Biography
• Official Website
• Prachi Tehlan at IMDb