Born in Etawah, Uttar Pradesh, Piaa moved to Delhi, where she started doing odd jobs for sustenance, all the while dreaming of making it big on screen. After a year of struggle, she decided to move to Mumbai.
She started as a dubbing artiste but felt no connect with the job and became a model. Her major break came when she was signed for a commercial opposite Amitabh Bachchan. This was followed by an ad opposite Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Piaa met Priyadarshan during the shoot of one of his commercials, and he asked her to audition for his Tamil production, Poi Solla Porom. Piaa debuted on screen with this 2008 movie, directed by AL Vijay.
She followed this up with a prominent role in Ajith’s hitAegan, which was a remake of Shah Rukh’s Main Hoon Na. Piaa reprised the character Amrita Rao played in the original and garnered rave reviews for her work.
Ajith, was so impressed by Piaa’s performance, that he recommended her to director Venkat Prabhu for the career-defining role in Goa; Piaa played Jai’s love interest in the film.
Before Goa’s release, Piaa tried her luck in Tollywood with Ninnu Kalisak. The film was not a major hit, but Piaa was praised for her performance.
In the meantime, Goa hit the theatres. It became one of the biggest hits of the season, and Piaa was hailed by critics for a “flawless performance”.
Siddharth Chandrasekhar's comedy Bale Pandiya was Piaa’s first major release as a lead heroine. The film received average reviews but the critics applauded her yet again.
The most important and successful film in Piaa’s career has been the recently released Ko, directed by K V Anand, where she shared screen space with Jeeva, Karthika Nair and Ajmal Ameer.
About doing steamy scenes on screen, Piaa says, “These sequences are not taboo for me; I’m okay with them provided these sequences appear just normal and don’t seem to have been imposed on the script for the thrill of it.”
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