Kalyani Natarajan

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

Kalyani Natarajan
Born	Kalyani
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2013–present
Spouse(s)	Natarajan[1]

Career

Natarajan had an interest in theatre and acted in dramas in Mumbai.[2] While in Mumbai, she was part of a drama troupe named Clean Slate Theatre.[3] 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 being shot in Mumbai. That same year, she played Imran Khan's sister-in-law in 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 Vijay for Saivam (2014), which was her first major break.[2] Natarajan had shot for 38 days in Karaikudi for the film.[3][1] While Natarajan was in Chennai during the release of Saivam, she met Mysskin and auditioned for a role in Pisaasu (2014). Atlee Kumar signed her to play a doctor in Theri (2016) after seeing her performance in Pisaasu.[2] She made her Telugu film debut with Dictator (2016) and has acted in Mahanubhavudu (2017).[3][4] She has since played mother roles in several films.[3] She and her husband organize a drama troupe called 'Clean Silent Creation'.[1]

Filmography

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Tamil films

Year	Film	Role	Notes
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	Tulsi
	Mupparimanam	Kathir's mother
	Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru	Priya's mother
2018	Sarkar	Sundar's mother
	Thuppakki Munai	Bose's mother
2019	Embiran
	Lisaa	Lisaa's mother
2020	Master
	Vinodhan	Vinodh's mother

Telugu films

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2016	Dictator	Mrs. Lakshmi Narayana
2017	Mahanubhavudu	Anand's mother
2018	Vijetha	Lakshmi
	Geetha Govindam	Neelu's mother and Geetha's MD
	Shailaja Reddy Alludu	Chaitu's mother
	Kavacham	Vijay's mother
	Padi Padi Leche Manasu	Vaishali's mother
2019	Dear Comrade	Bobby's mother
2020	Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo	Sandhya
	Bheeshma	Kalyani

Hindi films

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2013	Gori Tere Pyaar Mein	Sriram's Sister-in-Law

References

1. ""வீட்ல தமிழ் பேசலைன்னா என் மாமியார் டென்ஷன் ஆகிடுவாங்க!" நெகிழும் நடிகை கல்யாணி [If I don't speak in Tamil my mother-in-law will get tensed - Actress Kalyani Natarajan]". Vikatan.
2. "Actress Kalyani Natarajan talks about her projects". Behindwoods. 26 September 2015.
3. Chowdhary, Y. Sunita (2 December 2017). "Kalyani Natarajan: 'My base is home'". The Hindu.
4. Adivi, Sridhar (28 September 2017). "Unveiled: The curious characters of Maruti's Mahanubhavudu". The Times of India.

External links

• Kalyani Natarajan on IMDb