Kalyani Natarajan

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Kalyani Natarajan
Born
Kalyani
NationalityIndian
OccupationActress
Years active2013–present
SpouseBalakrishnan Natarajan [1]

Kalyani Natarajan is an Indian actress who has appeared in Telugu, Tamil, and Hindi-language films. She played prominent roles in Saivam (2014), Pisaasu (2014) and Mahanubhavudu (2017). [2]

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Career

Kalyani had an interest in theatre and acted in plays in Mumbai. [3] [4] While in Mumbai, she was part of several major drama troupes. Later, she began acting in commercials including a jewellery commercial with Trisha. [1]

Her stage plays in Mumbai enabled her to get a role in Settai (2013), which was shot in Mumbai. In the same year, she played Imran Khan's sister-in-law in Dharma Productions' Gori Tere Pyaar Mein (2013). She was also cast as Sathyaraj's wife in A. L. Vijay's Thalaivaa (2013). However, she left the latter film.

She collaborated again with director A. L. Vijay for Saivam (2014), which was her first major break. [3] Kalyani had shot for 38 days in Karaikudi for the film. [5] [1] While she was in Chennai during the release of Saivam, she met director Mysskin and auditioned for a role in Pisaasu (2014), a role which she bagged. [3] Atlee Kumar signed her to play a doctor in Theri (2016) after seeing her performance in Pisaasu. [3]

Kalyani made her Telugu film debut with Dictator (2016) and has acted in Mahanubhavudu (2017), Vijetha (2018), Dear Comrade (2019) amongst others. [5] [6] [7] [8] She is one of the most prominent and sought-after actors to play maternal roles in several films. [5] [9] [10]

Her short film debut was with Daro Mat (2017) in which she played a toxic mother-in-law. [11] She is one of the founding members of a Mumbai-based theatre production house Clean Slate Creations along with her husband Balakrishnan Natarajan, who is also an actor in Hindi cinema. [5]

Filmography

Key
†Denotes films that have not yet been released

Tamil films

YearFilmRoleNotes
2013 Settai House owner
2014 Saivam Meenakshi
Pisaasu Janaki Soundarrajan
2015 Oru Naal Iravil Shekhar's wife
2016 Maalai Naerathu Mayakkam Manoja's mother
Theri Forensic examiner
Remo Kavya's mother
2017 Kuttram 23 Dr. Tulsi
Mupparimanam Kathir's mother
Daro MatMother-in-LawShort Film
Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru Priya's mother
2018 Sarkar Sundar's mother
Thuppakki Munai Bose's mother
2019 Embiran Priyan's mother
Lisaa Lisaa's mother
2021 Master Professor
2022 Nitham Oru Vaanam Arjun's mother

Telugu films

YearFilmRoleNotes
2016 Dictator Mrs. Lakshmi Narayana
2017 Mahanubhavudu Anand's mother
2018 Vijetha Lakshmi
Geetha Govindam Neelu's mother
Shailaja Reddy Alludu Chaitu's mother
Kavacham Vijay's mother
Padi Padi Leche Manasu Vaishali's mother
2019 Dear Comrade Bobby's mother
ABCD: American Born Confused Desi Aravind's mother
2020 Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo Nandini's mother
Bheeshma Kalyani
Solo Brathuke So Better Virat's mother
2021 FCUK: Father Chitti Umaa Kaarthik Umaa's mother
Varudu Kaavalenu Karthik's relative
2022 Aadavallu Meeku Johaarlu Saradamma
Kotha Kothaga Padma
Aa Ammayi Gurinchi Meeku Cheppali Sumithra
The Ghost Dr. Iyer
2023 Waltair Veerayya Vikram’s mother
Amigos Siddharth's mother
Ravanasura Hanumanth Rao’s wife
Rangabali Shaurya’s mother

Hindi films

YearFilmRoleNotes
2013 Gori Tere Pyaar Mein Sriram's Sister-in-Law

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