Top 35 Quotes & Sayings by Kalyani Priyadarshan

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an Indian actress Kalyani Priyadarshan.
Last updated on September 16, 2024.
Kalyani Priyadarshan

Kalyani Priyadarshan is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu films. She began her film career as an assistant production designer, and made her acting debut in the Telugu film Hello, for which she won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut and the SIIMA Award for Best Telugu Female Debut. She has since acted in several successful films including Chitralahari (2019), Maanaadu (2021), Hridayam (2022) and Bro Daddy (2022).

I am a shy person who is not very okay with the camera.
I have watched the movies of the 1980s on TV. At times, I feel that I should have lived in that era.
I got a degree in architecture for the educational experience but in terms of career, everything is cinema. — © Kalyani Priyadarshan
I got a degree in architecture for the educational experience but in terms of career, everything is cinema.
Within my heart, I always wanted to begin with a Malayalam movie.
I've always had a thing for films about food.
I never thought I had it in me to be an actor. There is so much more to the job than acting. But my parents gave me confidence.
My mom was the happiest person when I first got a Telugu offer. She told me that the people here love cinema and will also love you. I have to agree with her.
I like gangster movies, personally.
That is one advice my dad gave me... to not look at the screen time but to look at being a part of good films.
I feel that I would perform really well if there was no camera in front of me. But when there is one, and the director says 'Action!' I freeze.
If I failed in acting, I wanted to have a backup, thus I chose architecture. I learnt painting as well.
The best thing my parents did was to make me study in Chennai. I was in a school where most others around me were also from film industry families so none of us realised what our parents were.
My family did not believe I could act when I started off.
But I applaud my parents for they never really put us in hell. Whatever, emotionally, they were going through... they made sure they never took that out at home.
I look for diversity in roles.
For some reason, I shied away from watching Telugu films but now I am hooked to them.
I'm a person who takes criticism personally and that had put doubts in my mind about doing a film. I tried to overcome it and give acting a shot.
As a child I was on the sets all the time, even during vacation. Had I known I would be an actor, I'd have groomed and trained myself better.
Acting comes naturally to me as I have seeing and learning from my parents right from my childhood.
Most definitely a daddy's girl... but I am close to both my parents. Amma is my biggest fan; Achan is my biggest critic, so it is difficult to please my father. I am always trying to make him proud.
So, when directors come up to me and ask if they should just narrate my role, I would say no and insist on knowing the whole story. It would give me a better idea of what I'm going to be a part of because when I look back at my career later on in life, nobody is going to remember my screen time.
My dad felt I should give education priority since it will help me think better and differently from others.
I thought behind the camera roles would suit me better because I'm sensitive.
Some stories are meant to be experienced by everyone and language and culture are no bar.
I have these memories of watching my dad thoroughly enjoying his work and I would have so much fun on the sets.
I've always loved telling stories. — © Kalyani Priyadarshan
I've always loved telling stories.
Hyderabad is such a lovely place.
I am happy to have been directed by my father, Priyadarshan, in the Malayalam movie 'Marakkar.' My dad said nothing about my performance during the shoot. But once done, he complimented me as a filmmaker, saying that I gave the output he needed.
I grew up watching film shootings as I always accompanied my father during my holidays. So I was not scared about facing the camera nor did I go to any acting classes.
While doing my architecture from the Parsons School of Design, I also did theatre.
I am a Malayali who was brought up in Chennai. I know both Malayalam and Tamil.
I would be glad to share the screen with anyone as long as I love my character and the story.
I'd rather have two minutes of screen time and have purpose than have 20 minutes of screen time in a separate track that makes no sense to the story.
I never thought I would debut in a Telugu film; it was my destiny to take up a film that, incidentally, was about destiny.
Being a heroine in Vikram Kumar sir's film is everybody's wish.
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