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).
Personal life and career A Tamilian from Mumbai, Kalyani has a degree in English literature and worked as a teacher and consultant. She had an interest in theatre and acted in plays in Mumbai. While in Mumbai, she was part of several major drama troupes. Later, she began acting in commercials including a jewellery commercial with Trisha.
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. 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 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. She played maternal roles in several films.
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 +Key Denotes films that have not yet been released
Telugu films Year Film Role Notes 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 mother2020 Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo Nandini's mother Bheeshma Kalyani Solo Brathuke So BetterVirat'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 Meet Cute Sashikala TV seriesPremiered on SonyLIV 2023 Waltair Veerayya Vikram’s mother Amigos Siddharth's mother Ravanasura Hanumanth Rao’s wife Rangabali Shaurya’s mother 2024 Siddharth Roy Siddhartha Roy's mother The Family Star Wedding aunty Mr. Bachchan Jikki's mother Zebra Surya's mother 2025The 100Vikranth's mother
Tamil films Year Title Role Notes 2013 Settai House owner Uncredited2014 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 MatDivya's mother-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 College staff member 2022Nitham Oru Vaanam Arjun's mother 2024Indian 2 Chitra Varadharajan 2026 Kadhal Kadhai Sollava Shreya's mother 2026 Vishwanath & Sons Prakash’s mother
Hindi films Year Title Role Notes 2013 Gori Tere Pyaar Mein Sriram's sister-in-law
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