Kalyani

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. 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), Bro Daddy (2022), Thallumaala (2022) and Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra (2025), the latter turning out to be the highest grossing Malayalam film of all time and one of the highest grossing Indian films featuring a female lead. For Bro Daddy (2022), she won the SIIMA Award for Best Actress – Malayalam.