Kalyani Priyadarshan
Kalyani Priyadarshan is an Indian actress known for her roles in Tamil, Malayalam, and Telugu films. She is the daughter of renowned director Priyadarshan and actress Lizy and has a younger brother. Priyadarshan attended Lady Andal School in Chennai for her schooling and earned a bachelor's degree in architectural design from Parsons School of Design in New York.
After working as an assistant production designer for the Hindi film "Krrish 3 (2013)" and an assistant art director for the Tamil film "Irumugan (2016)", the actress made her acting debut in the Telugu film Hello! (2017) opposite Akhil Akkineni. The film, which was produced by Nagarjuna Akkineni and directed by Vikram K Kumar, was released in 2017.
Kalyani's performance in the film was well-received, and she won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut - South and the SIIMA Award for Best Female Debut - Telugu for the film.
In 2018, the actress won the 65th Filmfare Awards South for Best Female Debut, the 7th South Indian International Movie Awards for Best Female Debut -Telugu, and the Zee Telugu Apsara Awards for Debut Heroine of the Year for the same movie.
She has also been a part of several other successful films over the years, including the Telugu film Chitralahari (2019), along with actors Sai Dharam Tej and Nivetha Pethuraj.
She then made her debut in Malayalam films with Varane Avashyamund (2020) and won the SIIMA Award for Best Female Debut - Malayalam for her role. She also won the 10th South Indian International Movie Awards for Best Female Debut - Malayalam for the film.
Priyadarshan also worked in the Tamil film Maanaadu (2021), directed by Venkat Prabhu, and Malayalam films, such as Bro Daddy (2022), Hridayam (2022), and Thallumaala (2022).
