Sai Pallavi

Sai Pallavi Senthamarai Kannan (born 9 May 1992), is an Indian actress and dancer who mainly works in Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam films. She has received numerous accolades, including six Filmfare Awards. She was featured by Forbes magazine as one of India's 30 Under 30 in 2020.

After participating as a contestant in regional dance shows, and appeared uncredited roles in films, She had her first lead role in the top-grossing Malayalam film Premam (2015). Her portrayal of a teacher in it earned her a Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South. In 2017, she ventured into Telugu cinema with Fidaa, winning the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu.

Pallavi has since established herself as a leading actress of South Indian cinema, starring in the films Kali (2016), Middle Class Abbayi (2017),  Athiran (2019), a Netflix anthology film -Paava Kadhaigal (2020), Love Story (2021), Shyam Singha Roy (2021), Gargi (2022). This success was followed by a series of commercially unsuccessful films, such as Diya (2018), Padi Padi Leche Manasu (2018), Maari 2 (2018), NGK (2019), Virata Parvam (2022). Pallavi has since had commercial success in the 2024 Tamil-language biographical action war film Amaran.

Her performances in Gargi and Love Story earned the Filmfare Award for Best Actress in Tamil and Telugu, respectively, while her work in Shyam Singha Roy and Virata Parvam gained her the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress – Telugu.

 Early life 
Sai Pallavi was born on 9th May 1992 in Kotagiri, Tamil Nadu to Senthamarai Kannan and Radha. She has a younger sister, Pooja, who has also worked as an actor. Sai Pallavi grew up and was educated in Coimbatore. Her Mother Tongue is Tamil

 Film career 
Sai Pallavi appeared in uncredited roles as a child actress in Kasthuri Maan (2005) and Dhaam Dhoom (2008).She had also done a Tamil Short Film named 'Kaatchi Pizhai' before her debut in the movies.

Sai Pallavi first came into public attention for her role as Malar in the 2015 Malayalam film Premam. She was then cast alongside Dulquar Salman in the film Kali (2016). She made her Telugu debut playing the role Bhanumati in the 2017 romantic film Fidaa, co-starring with Varun Tej. She made her Tamil debut with the film titled Diya (2018) directed by A.L Vijay. Her portrayal of Malar in Premam (2015) earned her the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South, SIIMA Award for  Best Debut Female,  IBN Live Award for Best Southern Debut and Asiant Film Award Most Poular Actress. Kochi Times named her in its "List of 15 Most Desirable Women in 2016". She won the Filmfare Award for Best Telugu Actress for her performance in Fidaa (2017). She acted in Athiran with Fahad Fasil in 2019. In 2024 she played the biopic movie along with Sivakarthikeyan titled Amaran.

 Filmography 
+YearTitleRoleDirectorLanguageNotes2005Kasthuri MaanChild artistA. K. LohithadasTamil2008Dhaam DhoomAn uncredited roleJeevaTamil2015PremamMalarAlphonse PutharenMalayalamMalayalam debut 
Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut - South2016KaliAnjaliSameer ThahirMalayalamNominated - Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Malayalam2017FidaaBhanumathiSekhar KammulaTeluguTelugu debut 
Filmfare Award for Best Actress - TeluguMiddle Class AbbayiPallavi "Chinni"Venu Sree RaamTelugu2018DiyaThulasiA.L.VijayTamilTamil debutKanamTeluguPadi Padi Leche ManasuVaishaliHanu RaghavapudiTeluguMaari 2Arath AananthiBalaji MohanTamil2019NGKGeeta KumariSelvaraghavanTamilAthiranNithyaMalayalam 2020Paava KadhaigalSumathiVetrimaranTamil2021Love StoryMouniSekhar KammulaTeluguShyam Singha RoyMaitreyi / RosieRahul Sankrityan Telegu2022Virata ParvamVennalaVenu UdugulaTeluguGargiGargiGautham RamachandranTamil2024AmaranIndhu Rebecca Varghese Rajkumar PeriasamyTamil

 Awards and nominations 
YearAwardCategoryLanguageFilmResult2015Asianet Film AwardsSpecial Jury AwardMalayalamPremamAsiavision AwardsNew Sensation in ActingFilmfare AwardsBest Female Debut – SouthSIIMA Film AwardsBest Debut (Female)Vanitha Film AwardsBest Debut (Female)IBNLiveBest Southern Debut2016Asianet Film AwardsMost popular actressKaliFilmfare AwardsFilmfare Award for Best Actress - MalayalamSIIMA Film AwardsBest ActressBehindwoods Gold MedalBest Actress2018Filmfare AwardsFilmfare Award for Best Actress - TeluguTeluguFidaa2018SIIMA Film AwardsBest Actress in a Lead RoleTeluguFidaa

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Category:Living people
Category:1992 births
Category:Actors from Tamil Nadu
Category:Indian movie actors