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Kalyani Priyadarshan

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Kalyani Priyadarshan

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Born 5 April 1993, and on screen since the Telugu film Hello (2017), which won her the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South. She started out behind the camera as an assistant production designer, and has worked across Malayalam, Telugu and Tamil since — Chitralahari (2019), Maanaadu (2021), and Hridayam, Bro Daddy and Thallumaala all in 2022. In 2025 she led Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra as Chandra, the highest-grossing Malayalam film to date. Her promotional wardrobe is unusually plain for a lead on a tour that size: a lot of single-fabric, single-idea dresses, almost no jewellery beyond one pair of earrings, and flat shoes far more often than heels. That restraint is exactly what makes the looks copyable — there is rarely more than one thing to match.

The blue shibori dress at a Lokah appearance — Kalyani Priyadarshan Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra ’25 3 pieces

The blue shibori dress at a Lokah appearance

Kalyani Priyadarshan · Blue-and-white shibori tie-dye dropped-waist maxi dress, gold twisted hoops, ivory chain-trim flats — worn to an appearance, not in the film