Kalki Koechlin

Kalki Koechlin was born on Jan 10, 1983 in India. Kalki Koechlin's big-screen debut came with Laaga Chunari Mein Daag: Journey of a Woman directed by Pradeep Sarkar in 2007. Kalki Koechlin is known for Paava Kadhaigal directed by Sudha Kongara, Simran stars as Mathi and Prakash Raj as Janakiraman. Kalki Koechlin has got 11 awards and 26 nominations so far. The most recent award Kalki Koechlin achieved is GQ Awards, India. The upcoming new tvshow Kalki Koechlin plays is Paava Kadhaigal - Season 1 which will be released on Dec 18, 2020.

Kalki Koechlin was born to French parents in a small village in Pondicherry. Her parents had come to India as hippies in the 1970s and settled there after they fell in love with the country. Her parents are devotees of Sri Aurobindo.Kalki was studying in Ooty when her parents insisted that she attend university. She studied drama and theatre at Goldsmiths, University of London, where she also worked with a theater company called Theatre of Relativity for two years. She performed in various plays, including David Hare's "The Blue Room," Marivaux's "The Dispute," and a devised play called "The Rise of the Wild Hunt" during her two-year stint with the theater group.Kalki later decided to move to Mumbai to try her luck in Indian cinema. She was doing modeling assignments for television commercials before being shortlisted for the role of Chandramukhi (Chanda) in Dev.D (2009). Kalki, who can speak Tamil, English, and French, had to learn Hindi to prepare for her role in Dev.D (2009). She was apprehensive about how people would judge her after seeing her in the role.She won The Hindu's 2009 MetroPlus Playwright Award, along with Prashant Prakash, for their co-authored entry "Skeleton Woman." Kalki also acted in the play "Hair" directed by Ajay Krishnan.