Rakul Preet Singh has revealed that acting was never part of his original plan. The actress talked about her journey and how she accidentally got her first acting job while still in college and only agreed to do it because she wanted to buy a car with the 5 lakh rupees she was offered. Recalling how her journey began, Rakul told News18, “The Kannada film industry happened to me by chance. I was still in college and it was the third day after I had taken my pictures. Someone saw them and his team contacted my father saying, ‘We’d like to distribute it.’ I was studying maths at the time, so I didn’t know what to do. I was only in my first year, so I wasn’t sure about taking one.” movie”.She admitted that the pay convinced her to say yes. “The only reason I did that film was because I was being paid Rs 5 lakh and I thought I would be the first in my group of friends to own a car. I thought it would look great and that’s why I said yes to the film.”However, the experience changed his perspective. “We shot for 40 days for that film and it made me realize that I love being in front of the camera. I decided to finish my graduation and then pursue acting. That’s why I had a gap and then made my debut in 2013.”He also reflected on navigating the industry in its early days without any strategy or direction. “Those days, you didn’t have any tactics. I learned everything on the fly. There were so many big films that I turned down because I didn’t want to miss classes and fall short of attendance,” he said.Rakul made her acting debut with the 2009 Kannada romantic drama Gilli, directed by Raghav Loki and starring Gururaj Jaggesh. After completing her studies, the actress returned to cinema with Venkatadri Express in 2013). His other popular films include Loukyam (2014), Nannaku Prematho (2016), Rarandoi Veduka Chudham (2017), Pandaga Chesko (2015), Sarrainodu (2016), Dhruva (2016), Spyder (2017), Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru (2017) and Ayalaan (2017).