Early life[edit]
Priyamani was born to Vasudeva Mani and Latha Mani a Tamil[2] Brahmin family in Bengaluru, Karnataka, where she also grew up.[3]She is the granddaughter of Carnatic vocalist Kamala Kailas.[4] She did her schooling at Sri Aurobindo Memorial School and attended Bishop Cotton Women’s College in J C Road.[5][6] After completing her schooling, Priyamani modeled for print advertisements.[7] Hindi film actress Vidya Balan is her cousin.[8][9]
Priyamani is currently pursuing a degree in Bachelor of Arts in psychology.
Career[edit]
Early career[edit]
Priyamani made her debut with Telugu film Evare Atagaadu. She then made her debut in the Malayalam film industry with Sathyam, but this film performed poorly at the box office.[4] She was signed by Tamil film director and cinematographer Balu Mahendra to act in the 2005 drama Adhu Oru Kana Kaalam. Before release, Babith said "Priyamani has come up with an excellent performance in the movie. Her performance would be widely acclaimed."[10] Adhu Oru Kana Kaalam was critically acclaimed but failed at the box office.[11] However, she won acclaim for her performance in the film.[12][13] In 2006, Priyamani starred in the Telugu film Pellaina Kothalo. The film was a super hit and got her 3 Telugu films.[4][14][15]
2007 - present[edit]
Priyamani managed to prove her acting credentials and commercial appeal with 2007's Paruthiveeran, directed by Ameer Sultan, in which she was co-starred with debutant Karthi Sivakumar. A rural subject which told the story of a notorious young villager inMadurai, the film won critical acclaim and became a surprise box-office blockbuster.[16][17][18] Priyamani's performance was unanimously praised by the critics.[19][20] She went on to win the National Film Award,[21] followed by South Filmfare Award,[22] Tamil Nadu State Film Award and an award at the Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema.[23]
She had another commercially successful film in Telugu, in the 2007 film Yamadonga[24][25][26] and in the Tamil filmMalaikottai.[27][28][29] She again received critical acclaim in 2008 for her role in the Malayalam film Thirakkatha, in which she played a role based on the turbulent real-life story of late film actress Srividya.[30] She won another Filmfare Award for her performance.[31] In Tamil, she had a single release in 2008: Thotta.
In 2009 she had two Tamil releases, the masala film Arumugam and the remake of the Malayalam blockbuster Classmates,[32][33]titled Ninaithale Inikkum.[34] The former was a commercial failure:[35][36] Her Kannada debut film Raam was also a commercial success.[37][38][39][40] All three of her Telugu releases that year, however, (Drona, Mitrudu, Pravarakhyudu) did not do well at the box office.[41][42][43] In 2010 she acted in the satirical film Pranchiyettan & the Saint which became the longest-running Malayalam film since 2005.[44] She won a Filmfare nomination for her role as a Mumbai-based interior decorator in the film.
She was subsequently signed by director Mani Ratnam for his bilingual film, titled Raavanan and Raavan in Tamil and Hindi respectively.[45] Soon after, she was roped in by Bollywood director-producer Ram Gopal Varma for his trilingual film Rakht Charitra. Varma decided to cast her after seeing her National Award-winning performance inParuthiveeran.[46] Her Kannada film Vishnuvardhana became a blockbuster hit [47][48] and later she starred in Anna Bond.[49] Although the film was poorly received by critics and featured on Rediff's "Most Disappointing Kannada Films of 2012" list,[50] it went on to become a successful venture at the box office.[51]She appeared in an item number in the Bollywood film Chennai Express.[52]
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