Priyanka Deshpande | |
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Born | Priyanka Deshpande 28 April 1990 Karnataka, India |
Education | Ethiraj College for Women |
Occupation | Television presenter |
Years active | 2009–present |
Spouse | Praveen Kumar (m. 2016) |
Priyanka Deshpande (born 28 April 1990) is an Indian television presenter, host, and actress. She predominantly works in the Tamil television and film industry, especially in Tamil entertainment. Priyanka is also one of the highest-paid South Indian television presenters. [1] She is well known for hosting numerous television shows such as Oo Solriya Oo Oohm Solriya, Super Singer Junior , Super Singer , The Wall , Start Music, OlliBelly, Suriya Vanakkam, Isai Unplugged, Azhagiya Penne, Glimpse, Jodi Number One , and Kings of Comedy Juniors. [2] She has also appeared in a few short films, such as Raani Aattam (2015) and Unnodu Vaazhnthaal Varamallava (2016). Priyanka has also worked as a television host on various Indian television networks like Zee Tamil, Sun TV, Chutti TV, Sun Music, and Star Vijay. She is often referred to as Superstar of Television. [3] [4]
Her appearance as a television anchor in the singing reality show Super Singer earned her to bag the Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards for the Best Female Anchor in 2016. She later also won the Best Female Anchor award in the Vijay Television Awards annual function in 2017. Priyanka also yet again won Best Lady Anchor for the third time in a row in the Galatta Nakshathra TV-Film Awards in 2018, winning the same nomination category for three years in a row. [5] She also received the award Best Entertaining Star award by Blacksheep Digital Awards in 2021 after her success of her YouTube channel.[ citation needed ] In 2021, she joined the reality TV show Bigg Boss 5 hosted by Kamal Haasan as a contestant and finished as the runner up. [6] She is the winner of Cooku with Comali season 5 . [7]
Priyanka Deshpande was born on 28 April 1990, in Karnataka. Her parents moved from Maharashtra to Karnataka before she was born. She has a younger brother, Rohit Deshpande.[ citation needed ] After Priyanka migrated to Chennai, she did her secondary schooling at St. Anthony School and later graduated from Ethiraj College for Women with a college degree. Priyanka married her long-term boyfriend, Praveen Kumar, in 2016. [8] [9]
In 2022, reports alleged that Priyanka and her husband Praveen Kumar had divorced. Priyanka later dismissed it as a baseless rumour. [10]
In 2019, Priyanka started her own show on Star Vijay called Start Music, which only featured her as the solo host after eight years. Priyanka also debuted as an actress in various different short films, like Raani Aattam Directed by J. Dharmendra [ citation needed ] and Unnodu Vaazhnthaal Varamallava, both films were paired up with film actor Vignesh Karthick. She also went on to appear in various different television commercials for Amazon Prime and Aachi Masala. Priyanka also appeared in the music video So Soku with Pugazh, which was also trending on social media. [11]
Priyanka also hosted the international reality show The Wall along with Ma Ka Pa Anand. [12]
In 2021, Priyanka joined the reality show Bigg Boss as a contestant, which is hosted by actor Kamal Haasan, and finished as the first runner up.[ citation needed ]
Apart from hosting TV shows, Priyanka also has a YouTube channel where she entertains people in virtual coverage, with her channel currently boasting 1.38 million subscribers. [13]
After her participation on Bigg Boss and eventually emerging as the runner-up as well. She also participated as a guest on her formerly hosted show Start Music, which was hosted by Ma Ka Pa Anand due to the absence of Priyanka during her time in Bigg Boss. She also later made an appearance on the celebration and success show of Bigg Boss called Bigg Boss 5 Kondattam, appearing as a guest. [14] [15]
† | Denotes Priyanka soon making an appearance |
Name | Role | Network | Language | Notes |
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Kalakka Povathu Yaaru | Judge | Star Vijay | Tamil | |
Super Singer Junior | Host | |||
Achcham Thavir | Contestant | |||
Jodi Number One Season 9 | Host | |||
Super Singer 6 | ||||
Super Singer 7 | ||||
Super Singer 8 | ||||
Super Singer 9 | ||||
Start Music Season 1 | ||||
Start Music Season 2 | ||||
Bigg Boss (Tamil season 3) | Guest | |||
The Wall (Tamil game show) | Host | |||
Comedy Raja Kalakkal Rani | ||||
Bigg Boss (Tamil season 5) | Contestant | 1st runner up [16] | ||
Bigg Boss 5 Kondattam | Guest | Celebration show [17] [18] | ||
Super Singer Junior | Host | Season 8, replaced by Myna Nandhini [19] [20] | ||
Bigg Boss Ultimate (season 1) | Guest | Disney+ Hotstar | Finale week | |
Oo Solriya Oo Oohm Solriya | Host | Star Vijay | [ citation needed ] | |
Bigg Boss (Tamil season 6) | Guest | |||
Super Singer 9 | Host | |||
Start Music 4 | Host | |||
Super Singer Junior 9 | Host | |||
Super Singer Season 10 | Host | |||
Cooku with Comali season 5 | Contestant | Winner | ||
Start Music 5 | Host |
Year | Film | Song | Co-singers | Notes |
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2019 | Devarattam | "Madura Palapalakkudhu" | Nivas K. Prasanna, Vijay Sethupathi, Niranjana Ramanan |
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Totals [lower-alpha 1] | ||||||||
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Wins | 9 | |||||||
Nominations | 13 | |||||||
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Year | Award | Category | Result | Show | Role | Ref(s) |
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2017 | Vijay Television Awards | Best Anchor Female | Won | Airtel Super Singer | Anchor | |
2021 | Blacksheep Digital Awards | Best Entertaining Star | Won | For her YouTube Channel | Creator | [21] |
6th Annual Vijay Television Awards | Best Anchor Female | Won | Airtel Super Singer | Anchor | [22] | |
Femina Super Daughter Award | Best Actress | Won | [23] | |||
2022 | Radio City Women Entertainer Awards | Television Category | Won | Start Music season 2 | Anchor | [24] |
7th Annual Vijay Television Awards | Best Anchor Female | Won | Airtel Super Singer | Anchor | [25] | |
She Beauty Awards 2022 | Women of the decade - Television | Won | Anchor | [ citation needed ] |
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