Kalyani Priyadarshan | |
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 Kalyani in 2017 | |
| Born | Kalyani Nair 5 April 1993[1] Madras, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Education | Parsons School of Design, New York City (BArch) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2017–present |
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Kalyani Priyadarshan (born 5 April 1993) is an Indian actress who appears predominantly in Malayalam films, in addition to Tamil and Telugu films. Kalyani is a recipient of one Filmfare Award South and three South Indian International Movie Awards.[1][2]
Born to filmmaker Priyadarshan and actress Lissy, Kalyani started her career as an assistant production designer. She made her acting debut in the Telugu film Hello (2017), for which she won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South. She then expanded to Tamil cinema with Hero (2019), and Malayalam cinema with Varane Avashyamund (2020). Kalyani has since starred in Chitralahari (2019), Maanaadu (2021), Hridayam (2022), Thallumaala (2022) and Bro Daddy (2022). For the last of these she won the SIIMA Award for Best Actress – Malayalam.[3][4]
- ^ a b "Happy Birthday, Kalyani Priyadarshan: Interesting Facts About The Actress". The Times of India. 5 April 2022. Archived from the original on 24 April 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ Winners: 65th Jio Filmfare Awards (South) 2018 Archived 17 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Times of India (17 June 2018). Retrieved 14 August 2018.
- ^ "I thought I belonged behind the camera: Kalyani Priyadarshan". Mathrubhumi. 5 July 2018. Archived from the original on 27 June 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- ^ "SIIMA AWARDS 2018 winners". South Indian International Movie Awards. Archived from the original on 24 September 2018.