Prarthana Behere is an Indian

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

 actress, well known for her role in the popular Indian soap Pavitra Rishta

Pavitra Rishta

Pavitra Rishta is a popular Indian daily soap opera that airs on Zee TV. The series premiered on June 1, 2009 and is produced by Indian television's soap queen Ekta Kapoor of Balaji Telefilms...

as Vaishali Dharmesh-Jaipurwala. She is originally from Maharashtra

Maharashtra

Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...

, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

 and has played roles in regional Marathi

Marathi language

Marathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of western and central India. It is the official language of the state of Maharashtra. There are over 68 million fluent speakers worldwide. Marathi has the fourth largest number of native speakers in India and is the fifteenth most...

 TV soaps.

Television

Prarthana bagged the role of Vaishali, the youngest of the three daughters in the Karanjkar family which is the lead cast in the popular serial Pavitra Rishta

Pavitra Rishta

Pavitra Rishta is a popular Indian daily soap opera that airs on Zee TV. The series premiered on June 1, 2009 and is produced by Indian television's soap queen Ekta Kapoor of Balaji Telefilms...

aired on Zee Television

Zee TV

Zee TV is an India-based satellite television channel owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, which broadcasts various programmes in Hindi and other regional languages of India. Broadcasting is also present in various nations of South Asia, Europe, the Middle East,...

 network in the prime time slot. She is portrayed as a sweet, chirpy woman initially who undergoes a significant change in her outlook towards life after she gets married to Dharmesh Jaipurwala played by Sumit Arora. She has always been a support system to Archana, the main protagonist and her eldest sister, played by Ankita Lokhande

Ankita Lokhande

Ankita Lokhande She was a part of Zee cine stars ki khoj and also earned many accolades from directors such as Mahesh Manjrekar, Satish Kaushik...

.

She also took part in a dance show, Nachle Ve

Nachle Ve with Saroj Khan

Nachle Ve with Saroj Khan is Dance class show hosted by Saroj Khan. Nachle Ve with Saroj Khan Premiered from January 21, 2008.- Teachers :*Saroj Khan ... Head Teacher*Manish ... Co-teacher Only for Duet Song*Yogesh .....

where she was paired with Neha Marda

Neha Marda

Neha Marda is an Indian television actress, popularly known as Gehna for her role in Balika Vadhu on Colors TV. She is from a Marwari Marda family and was born and brought up in Kolkatta, West Bengal.-TV shows:...

. The show is basically a dance class show hosted by Saroj Khan

Saroj Khan

Nirmala Kishanchand Sadhu Singh Nagpal popularly known as Saroj Khan is one of the most prominent Indian dance choreographers in Hindi cinema...

, a popular Bollywood

Bollywood

Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...

 choreographer. Earlier she played the role of Pri on the popular STAR One show Remix.

Regional

Though Prarthana is a Maharashtrian, she was born and brought up in Gujarat. She currently plays the role of Leelavati, a criminal lawyer in the Marathi serial Mai Lek aired on ETV Marathi

ETV Marathi

ETV Marathi is an Indian television channel that primarily broadcasts Marathi entertainment based in Mumbai.The Channel gained popularity with its Longest running Daily Soap Char Diwas Sasuche that has completed 5 years & more than 1200 episodes...

. It is a story about a mother and a daughter and how the mother brought up her daughter. She was supposed to play the mother's role initially but later the creative team decided to cast her as the daughter instead. It is a dream come true for Prarthana as she always wanted to work in a Marathi

Marathi language

Marathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of western and central India. It is the official language of the state of Maharashtra. There are over 68 million fluent speakers worldwide. Marathi has the fourth largest number of native speakers in India and is the fifteenth most...

 show. It is her first Marathi venture.

Cinema

Prarthana is making her debut, though as a cameo role, in an upcoming Bollywood

Bollywood

Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...

 movie, Love U...Mr. Kalakaar!

Love U...Mr. Kalakaar!

Love U...Mr. Kalakaar! is a 2011 Bollywood film. The film is directed by debutant S. Manasvi, who is an alumnus of Film and Television Institute of India. It is the first film in which Tusshar Kapoor and Amrita Rao appear together. It was released on 13 May 2011.-Plot:Tusshar Kapoor plays Sahil, an...

, by debutant director S. Manasvi

S. Manasvi

S. Manasvi is a qualified architect from Madhav Institute of Technology and Science , Gwalior. Later, he became a filmmaker. He is an alumnus of the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune. After passing out of FTII in 2004, he made corporate films, adfilms, music videos and wrote for Television...

. She will be seen alongside Tusshar Kapoor

Tusshar Kapoor

Tusshar Kapoor is an Indian actor. He is the son of Bollywood actor Jeetendra and Shobha Kapoor and brother of Ekta Kapoor. He studied at the University of Michigan and graduated with a BBA from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business.Tushar made his debut with Mujhe kuch kehna hai alongside...

 and Amrita Rao

Amrita Rao

Amrita Rao is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films.Beginning her career as a model, Rao made her acting debut with Ab Ke Baras...

. Prarthana plays the role of Kamya, Amrita's best friend. The film was released on May 13, 2011.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Pavitra Rishta Pavitra Rishta Pavitra Rishta is a popular Indian daily soap opera that airs on Zee TV. The series premiered on June 1, 2009 and is produced by Indian television's soap queen Ekta Kapoor of Balaji Telefilms...	Vaishali Karanjkar	Later married to Dharmesh Jaipurwala, a businessman
2009	Rita (Marathi)	Anuradha Salvi	Daughter of Vitthal Salvi
2010	Mai Lek		Plays a criminal lawyer
2011	Love U...Mr. Kalakaar! Love U...Mr. Kalakaar! Love U...Mr. Kalakaar! is a 2011 Bollywood film. The film is directed by debutant S. Manasvi, who is an alumnus of Film and Television Institute of India. It is the first film in which Tusshar Kapoor and Amrita Rao appear together. It was released on 13 May 2011.-Plot:Tusshar Kapoor plays Sahil, an...	Kamya	Plays best friend of Ritu (Amrita Rao Amrita Rao Amrita Rao is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films.Beginning her career as a model, Rao made her acting debut with Ab Ke Baras... )