Thara Kalyan
Thara Kalyan (born 1 November 1967) is an Indian classical dancer and actress in Malayalam cinema. She has acted in mainstream Malayalam films, telefilms and television serials. She is also a professional dancer in Bharatanatyam, Mohiniyattam, and Kuchipudi.She is a 'A top' Mohiniyattam artist of Doordarshan. She is the first among the creative Mohiniyattam dancers to have incorporated famous poems as subject and themes for her performances like "Amma" (O. N. V. Kurup), "Karuna" (Kumaran Asan), "Bhoothappaattu", "Yashodhara," "Anarkali" has been some of her appreciated works in Mohiniyattam. Her recent work is of Thaathri Kutty which is  first ever in the history of Mohiniyattam to portray the iron lady who was bold enough to raise her voice rebelling against the chauvenits. She is successfully running a dance institution in Trivandrum. Personal life. Thara Kalyan was born in a Kerala Iyer family to Kalyanakrishnan and Subbalakshmi, a supporting actresses in Malayalam film industry. Her husband, Rajaram was also a supporting actor who played minor roles in television serials, and was a city local TV channel programme editor & local stage show choreographer . He died in 2017. Thara is an anchor too, and has anchored some programmes on Doordarshan. She  has judged popular reality show "Patturumal" on Kairali TV. She has won beauty paegents and was adjudged Ms. Trivandrum in 1983. She has a daughter Sowbhagya, she married Arjun Someshekar. The couple has a daughter sudharshana.