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{{Short description|Indian Drag Queen}}
{{Multiple issues|{{unreliable sources|date=October 2022}}{{tone|date=October 2022}}}}

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'''Prateek Sachdeva''', better known as '''Betta Naan Stop''', is an Indian [[drag queen]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-28 |title=Bold and Beautiful: from Mumbai to Hyderabad, these drag queens are setting the stage ablaze |url=https://www.cntraveller.in/story/from-mumbai-to-hyderabad-these-drag-queens-are-setting-the-stage-ablaze/ |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=Condé Nast Traveller India |language=en-IN}}</ref> [[Model (person)|model]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=How Drag Queens Have Been Managing During The Lockdown {{!}} Bingedaily |url=http://bingedaily.in/article/how-drag-queens-have-been-managing-during-the-lockdown |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=bingedaily.in |language=en |archive-date=2021-09-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921181039/https://www.bingedaily.in/article/how-drag-queens-have-been-managing-during-the-lockdown |url-status=dead }}</ref> and [[dance]]r from [[India]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-15 |title=6 Gorgeous Indian Drag Queens To Follow Now, Cos It Is Pride Month |url=https://www.idiva.com/entertainment/arts-culture/indian-drag-queens/18021121 |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=iDiva |language=en-IN}}</ref> Betta is the mainstream drag artist in the Indian [[LGBT]] Community.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-09-20 |title=Meet Betta Naan Stop, the Indian drag queen with the best dance moves |url=https://www.vogue.in/culture-and-living/content/betta-naan-stop-indian-drag-queen-interview |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=Vogue India |language=en-IN}}</ref> Prateek is one of the headliner performers at Lalit Group's Queer nightlife club chain, Kittysu.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Lalit Suri Hospitality Group and The Keshav Suri Foundation mark Pride Month |url=http://bwhotelier.businessworld.in/article/The-Lalit-Suri-Hospitality-Group-and-The-Keshav-Suri-Foundation-mark-Pride-Month/24-06-2022-433991 |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=BW Hotelier |language=en}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Prateek started his career as a dancer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dance away your pandemic blues with dance/movement therapy (DMT) |url=https://www.indulgexpress.com/culture/dance/2021/jun/11/danceaway-yourpandemic-blueswith-dancemovement-therapy-dmt-34121.html |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=www.indulgexpress.com |date=11 June 2021 |language=en}}</ref> with [[Ashley Lobo]]’s DanceWorx. He got a scholarship in Melbourne, and he was trained further in musical theater<ref>{{Cite web |title=betta naan stop {{!}} Radioandmusic.com |url=https://www.radioandmusic.com/keyword/betta-naan-stop |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=www.radioandmusic.com}}</ref> before returning home to Delhi. When [[Violet Chachki]] performed at Kitty Su Delhi’s sixth anniversary, Prateek decided to attend in drag.<ref>{{Cite web |title=From Prateek Sachdeva to Betta Naan Stop: How this Indian drag queen takes 'pride' in her own identity {{!}} Indian With Pride |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/newsmo/video/from-prateek-sachdeva-to-betta-naan-stop-how-this-indian-drag-queen-takes-pride-in-her-own-identity-indian-with-pride-2399820-2023-06-29 |access-date=2023-08-31 |website=India Today |date=29 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> That's when he realized he wanted to be a drag queen.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-23 |title=Men, too, wore heels throughout history. So what changed along the way? |url=https://www.vogue.in/fashion/content/men-too-wore-heels-throughout-history-so-what-changed-along-the-way |access-date=2023-08-31 |website=Vogue India |language=en-IN}}</ref> Sachdeva started working on and experimenting more with drag after a series of make-up sessions with his flight-attendant sister and after watching ''[[Paris Is Burning (film)|Paris Is Burning]]'' and several seasons of ''[[RuPaul's Drag Race]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-07-16 |title=Don't be a drag, be a queen |url=https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai-guide/things-to-do/article/dont-be-a-drag-be-a-queen-23183110 |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=Mid-day |language=en}}</ref> His first performance was as part of a sex-education workshop at St. Columbus School in the capital.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Why drag queens are reading stories to kids - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/features/why-drag-queens-are-reading-stories-to-kids/articleshow/69924910.cms |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=The Times of India |date=24 June 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=India's Youngest Performing Drag Queen Has a Betta Who Is Her Mama |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/like-mother-like-daughter-for-indias-youngest-performing-drag-queen/ |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=Vice.com |date=27 June 2018 |language=en}}</ref> It wasn’t planned, but soon he was up on stage breaking out his best moves.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-23 |title=Drag queen Betta Naan Stop rules the roost at her workplace |url=https://lifestyle.livemint.com//relationships/it-s-complicated/drag-queen-betta-naan-stop-rules-the-roost-at-her-workplace-111682137267578.html |access-date=2023-08-31 |website=Mintlounge |language=en}}</ref>

In one of the interviews, Prateek said "I think anyone who has any kind of following and influence<ref>{{Cite web |last=Aich |first=Anindita |date=2021-07-21 |title=Some Indian Drag Queens You Should Follow Right Away!! - |url=https://ent.womansera.com/some-indian-drag-queens-you-should-follow-right-away/ |access-date=2022-08-25 |language=en-US}}</ref> should use their platforms for betterment of the society. Sometimes you being your authentic self is a big move in itself!".<ref>{{Cite web |last=People |first=Dear Straight |title=Betta Naan Stop |url=https://dearstraightpeople.com/tag/betta-naan-stop/ |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=Dear Straight People |date=29 January 2020 |language=en-US}}</ref> In case, there is someone who wants to be like you, can see for themselves your journey and your achievements, your challenges and tribulations.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vashisht |first=Radhika |date=2019-04-02 |title=Embracing drag |url=https://www.asianage.com/life/fashion/010419/embracing-drag.html |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=The Asian Age}}</ref>

In 2023, Betta Naan Stop was featured as a Judge in a reality show Make Me Up Season 1.<ref>{{Citation |title=Make Me Up |date=2021-12-10 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16370000/ |type=Drama |access-date=2023-08-31 |others=Aayush Kumar, Harshdeep Kaur, Samarth Saini}}</ref> Prateek has also been listed under [[Forbes]] 30 under 30, one of the only drag queens to make it to the list after [[Sushant Divgikar]] in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Prateek Sachdeva |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/prateek-sachdeva/ |access-date=2023-08-31 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref>

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian drag queens]]
[[Category:1993 births]]

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