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she is another Keralite star shining in Kollywood and Malluwood. she was born in Palakkad to Vasudeva Mani Iyer and Latha ManiIyer and was brought up in Banglore. Also she is the grand daughter of Kamala Kailas a celebrated classical singer. she is Bollywood actress Vidya Balan's cousin.Since childhood she was very talkative girl. Before coming to films, she has done modeling for Kancheepuram silks, Erode silks and Lakshmi silks. After her 12th standard it was the famous Tamil Director, Bharathiraja who introduced her into Film Industry. she has a great craze for acting and her favorite actors include Mammooty, Mohanlal and Dilip. Being as very smart talkative girl, she loves chatting with people and her hobbies include music and dance. she made her debut in Tamil as heroine in Kangalal kaithu sei..jpg)
Though directed by Bharathiraja the film did not do well and she shifted over to Malayalam films. Bharathiraja is also known for discovering many talents like Revathi, Radhika, Radha etc.. She is currently acting opposite Prithiviraj in Sathyam directed by Vinayan. Her second Tamil film is with Balu Mahendra `Oru kana kalam with Dhanush as hero. She broke into the big league with Pellaina Kothalo(2006) in which she played one half of a newlywed couple opposite Jagapati Babu.The movie was a sleeper hit and brought instant stardom to the struggling actress. This southern-belle is best known for her National Award-winning performance in the 2006. she won the prestigious National Film Award for Best Actress for her performance in Ameer’s Paruthiveeran at the 54th National Film Awards for the Year 2006.
She had a Telugu blockbuster, starring opposite Jr. NTR, in the 2007 film Yamadonga. Her next Tamil hit was Malaikottai opposite Vishal.This hottie from down south showed off her talent once again when she won huge critical acclaim in 2008 for her role in the Malayalam film Thirakkatha.this was a biopic of late film actress Srividya. Priyamani's portrayal of her turbulent life earned her another Filmfare Award. she also starred in the commercial entertainer Arumugam but it failed to impress at the box office.The same year, she appeared in the Tamil Ninaithale Inikkum, a remake of Malayalam blockbuster Classmates. It was her third outing opposite Prithviraj and the movie was a modest success. she has been much awarded in her short career winning the National Award, Filmfare and Tamil Nadu State Award for Best Actress. She also won an award at the Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema.
She was critically acclaimed in Raam, also starring Kannada actor Puneet Rajkumar.
In early 2010, the actress made a sizzling appearance in Telugu movie Golimaar.Golimaar was inspired by the real life incidents of encounter specialist Daya Nayak.Priyamani played an event organiser in the movie.Also earlier this year, she was seen on the silver screen as Suhani in Sadhyam, a Telugu film co-starring Jagapati Babu. However, her biggest project, before the RGV venture, has been Mani Ratnam's bilingual film Raavan, alongside Suriya, Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai.Raavan also was this young starlets first brush with BollywoodCurrently, she is filming for a Kannada film Eno Onthara and another Telugu project Ragada
