She is a supporting artist. She is from Vijayanagaram. She born on 1 july 1951, kaviti. She has two brothers. She completed her Diploma. She completed her schooling in Kalyananda Bharathi High School and woman’s college from Vijayanagaram. Her mother tongue is Telugu. She can speak Hindi, Telugu and English. Her original name is Padaala Kalyani. She got black belt in karate because of that her name is karate Kalyani not only that due to with same name other film stars are there in industry that’s the reason she kept her screen name as Karate Kalyani.