The young and dynamic Preetika Rao who made her debut in the television industry with the Muslim social drama Beintehaa, playing the role of Aaliya Zain Abdullah has taken the audience by surprise with her simplistic beauty, charismatic voice and quality performance on the show. One may hardly know of what are her likes and dislikes are in real life. Tellychakkar.com takes this opportunity and brings some interesting facts about Preetika. 1. Hailing from Mangalore, Preetika is the younger sister of Bollywood actor Amrita Rao. 2. The talented actor is not only beautiful but also smart and intelligent. She has graduated majoring in history from Sophia College, Mumbai, while acquiring a diploma in advertising and journalism. 3. Prior to her stint in Beintehaa, Preetika acted in a Tamil film Chikku Bukku in 2010 and a romantic film Priyudu, which marked her Telugu film debut in 2011. 4. Preetika was crowned Miss Asia 2011 at the 37th International World Beauty Awards held on 22 June 2011. 5. Preetika does not have a make-up artist. She does her own make-up as she claims to know her face well. 6. Preetika is a strict vegetarian. 7. The beautiful lady loves Thai and French food. Additionally being a Mangalorean, she cannot do without her daily dose of rice and curry with coconut in it. 8. If not an actor, Preetika would have been a singer. In fact, she always dreamt of singing her own songs and seeing it getting transformed into an album. 9. Preetika’s favourite haunts are Bandra Bandstand, Carter Road and the Worli Seaface. She loves spending time by the sea. 10. White is Preetika’s favourite colour. She also has a fetish for neon colours. Well, this is our list. Did we miss anything? Feel free to share more facts about Preetika or any of your favourite stars at [email protected] and we will share it with the world. And you will also get credited for the same (Yeah! Yeah!). So get those detective glasses on and go researching about stars and get featured on Tellychakkar.com.