Kalyani Priyadarshan

Kalyani Priyadarshan born April 5 1993 is an Indian actress who appears in the Malayalam Tamil and Telugu film industries Daughter of acclaimed filmmaker Priyadarshan and actress Lissy Kalyani began her career behind the scenes working as an assistant production designer on films like Krrish 3 2013 and Iru Mugan 2016 after studying architecture design in New York and interning at the Williamstown Theatre Festival She made her acting debut in the Telugu film Hello 2017 opposite Akhil Akkineni which earned her the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut South Following this she appeared in successful films like Chitralahari 2019 and Ranarangam 2019 Kalyani made her Tamil debut with Hero 2019 and transitioned into the Malayalam film industry with Varane Avashyamund 2020 directed by Anoop Sathyan where she starred alongside Dulquer Salmaan Shobana and Suresh Gopi The films success cemented her place in the industry and she went on to play notable roles in Hridayam 2022 Bro Daddy 2022 Thallumaala 2022 and Lokah Chapter 1 2025