Kalyani Natarajan Explained

Birth Name:Kalyani
Occupation:Actress
Spouse:Balakrishnan Natarajan
Years Active:2013–present
Nationality:Indian

Kalyani Natarajan is an Indian actress who appears in Telugu and Tamil films. She played prominent roles in Saivam (2014), Pisaasu (2014) and Mahanubhavudu (2017).[1]

Career

Kalyani had an interest in theatre and acted in plays in Mumbai.[2] [3] While in Mumbai, she was part of several major drama troupes. Later, she began acting in commercials including a jewellery commercial with Trisha.[4]

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. Kalyani had shot for 38 days in Karaikudi for the film.[5] 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. Atlee Kumar signed her to play a doctor in Theri (2016) after seeing her performance in Pisaasu.

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

Her short film debut was with Daro Mat (2017) in which she played a toxic mother-in-law. 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.

Filmography

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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 DesiAravind's mother
2020 Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo Nandini's mother
Bheeshma Kalyani
Solo Brathuke So BetterVirat's mother
2021 Umaa's mother
Varudu Kaavalenu Karthik's relative
2022 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
2024 Siddharth RoySiddhartha Roy's mother
The Family Star

Tamil films

YearFilmRoleNotes
2013 Settai House owner
2014 Saivam Meenakshi
PisaasuJanaki 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
2021Master Professor
2022Nitham Oru Vaanam Arjun's mother
2024Indian 2 Chitra Varadharajan

Hindi films

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 8 May 2016 . A Mother's Day tribute of moms in Tamil cinema . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20171006061212/http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-16/a-mothers-day-tribute-of-moms-in-tamil-cinema.html . 6 October 2017 . 23 May 2021 . Behindwoods.
  2. Web site: 26 September 2015 . Actress Kalyani Natarajan talks about her projects . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190914014620/http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-15/actress-kalyani-natarajan-talks-about-her-projects.html . 14 September 2019 . 22 April 2020 . Behindwoods.
  3. Web site: Santhanam . Kausalya . 2 June 2011 . Heavy on nostalgia . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210128214729/https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/theatre/heavy-on-nostalgia/article2071127.ece . 28 January 2021 . 23 May 2021 . The Hindu.
  4. Web site: "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 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200411172206/https://cinema.vikatan.com/tamil-cinema/95767-if-i-dont-speak-in-tamil-my-mother-in-law-will-get-tensed---actress-kalyani . 11 April 2020 . 11 April 2020 . Vikatan.
  5. Web site: Chowdhary. Y. Sunita. 2 December 2017. Kalyani Natarajan: ‘My base is home’. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200410173746/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/kalyani-natarajan-my-base-is-home/article21248724.ece. 10 April 2020. 10 April 2020. The Hindu.
  6. Web site: Adivi . Sridhar . 28 September 2017 . Unveiled: The curious characters of Maruti’s Mahanubhavudu . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20171001141311/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/unveiled-the-curious-characters-of-marutis-mahanubhavudu/articleshow/60858001.cms . 1 October 2017 . 23 May 2021 . The Times of India.
  7. Web site: Mahanubhavudu review: A clean entertainer . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20191019060601/http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/review/2017/oct/01/mahanubhavudu-review-a-clean-entertainer-1664676.html . 19 October 2019 . 23 May 2021 . The New Indian Express.
  8. Web site: kavirayani . suresh . 16 July 2018 . Vijetha movie review: Murali is winner in outdated story . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201109034502/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/160718/vijetha-movie-review-murali-is-winner-in-outdated-story.html . 9 November 2020 . 23 May 2021 . Deccan Chronicle.
  9. Web site: 7 December 2018 . Kavacham Movie Review & Rating . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190312223717/https://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Cinema/2018-12-07/Kavacham-Movie-Review-Rating/454288 . 12 March 2019 . 23 May 2021 . The Hans India.
  10. Web site: Mupparimanam Review : Shanthnu whose character undergoes physical and mental agony has put up a decent job . The Times of India.