MUMBAI: Many Southern actors have started making their debuts in Bollywood flicks these days such as Prithviraj Sukuraman, Dhanush, Sudeep and Shriya Saran. The new name in the list is Rakul Preet.

The southern actor Rakul Preet is all set to make her Bollywood debut with Yaariyaan; the film will also be the directorial debut by Divya Khosla Kumar (T- series head Bhushan Kumar's wife); which is set to be released around September 2013.

Preet made her first debut in 2009 with Kannada film Gilli. The actor has already signed two films titled Rough and another untitled film with another South Indian actor Sundeep Kishan (Shor In The City fame).

She has won four titles at beauty pageants such as Pantaloons Femina Miss Fresh Face, Femina Miss Talented, Femina Miss Beautiful Smile and Femina Miss Beautiful Eyes.

The actor has been an active golf player and played at the national level.