Rakul Preet celebrates a decade in Bollywood, looks back at 10 yrs of 'hard work'

Mumbai, Jan 10 (IANS) Actress Rakul Preet Singh, who made her Hindi film debut in 2014 with romantic film ‘Yaariyan’ on Wednesday reflected upon her journey of 10 years in Bollywood, and said that it took hard work, perseverance, and consistency to reach where she is today.

After making her acting debut in 2009 in Kannada movie ‘Gilli’, Rakul Preet has featured in movies like ‘Keratam’, ‘Yuvan’, ‘Puthagam’, before making her Bollywood debut with ‘Yaariyan’, alongside Himansh Kohli. She played Saloni in the Divya Khosla Kumar directorial movie.

Now, on 10 years of the film’s theatrical release, Rakul took to her Instagram, where she enjoys 23.5 million followers, and shared snippets from the movie ‘Yaariyan’.

Along with the pictures, she penned a note, which read: “10 years ago, when I had first stepped in Bollywood, I was just a young girl with big dreams. It took me a decade of hard work, perseverance, consistency to reach where I am today.”

“While there is so much more to achieve, I have a ton of gratitude in my heart for the work that I have done as it still feels like a dream for the younger version of me,” shared the ‘Runway 34’ actress.

Rakul Preet extended gratitude to her fans and admirers, and added: “I want to extend my love to all of you who helped me achieve my dreams and turn them into a reality .... 10 years of living this reality and a lifetime to go... #pictureabhibaakihaimeredost.”

Her other Hindi projects include ‘Aiyaary’, ‘De De Pyaar De’, ‘Marjaavaan’, ‘Doctor G’, ‘Thank God’, ‘Chhatriwali’ among few others.

She next has ‘Ayalaan’, ‘Meri Patni Ka Remake’, and ‘Indian 2’ in the pipeline.