Kalyani Priyadarshan

I am a shy person who is not very okay with the camera.

— Kalyani Priyadarshan

I look for diversity in roles.

— Kalyani Priyadarshan

I like gangster movies, personally.

— Kalyani Priyadarshan

I've always loved telling stories.

— Kalyani Priyadarshan

My family did not believe I could act when I started off.

— Kalyani Priyadarshan

I've always had a thing for films about food.

— Kalyani Priyadarshan

Hyderabad is such a lovely place.

— Kalyani Priyadarshan

Within my heart, I always wanted to begin with a Malayalam movie.

— Kalyani Priyadarshan

If I failed in acting, I wanted to have a backup, thus I chose architecture. I learnt painting as well.

— Kalyani Priyadarshan

I thought behind the camera roles would suit me better because I'm sensitive.

— Kalyani Priyadarshan

For some reason, I shied away from watching Telugu films but now I am hooked to them.

— Kalyani Priyadarshan

While doing my architecture from the Parsons School of Design, I also did theatre.

— Kalyani Priyadarshan

I got a degree in architecture for the educational experience but in terms of career, everything is cinema.

— Kalyani Priyadarshan

I would be glad to share the screen with anyone as long as I love my character and the story.

— Kalyani Priyadarshan

That is one advice my dad gave me... to not look at the screen time but to look at being a part…

— Kalyani Priyadarshan

I feel that I would perform really well if there was no camera in front of me. But when there is one,…

— Kalyani Priyadarshan

The best thing my parents did was to make me study in Chennai. I was in a school where most others around…

— Kalyani Priyadarshan

I grew up watching film shootings as I always accompanied my father during my holidays. So I was not scared about facing…

— Kalyani Priyadarshan

I am happy to have been directed by my father, Priyadarshan, in the Malayalam movie 'Marakkar.' My dad said nothing about my…

— Kalyani Priyadarshan

So, when directors come up to me and ask if they should just narrate my role, I would say no and insist…

— Kalyani Priyadarshan

Some stories are meant to be experienced by everyone and language and culture are no bar.

— Kalyani Priyadarshan

I have watched the movies of the 1980s on TV. At times, I feel that I should have lived in that era.

— Kalyani Priyadarshan

My dad felt I should give education priority since it will help me think better and differently from others.

— Kalyani Priyadarshan

I never thought I would debut in a Telugu film; it was my destiny to take up a film that, incidentally, was…

— Kalyani Priyadarshan

Acting comes naturally to me as I have seeing and learning from my parents right from my childhood.

— Kalyani Priyadarshan

I have these memories of watching my dad thoroughly enjoying his work and I would have so much fun on the sets.

— Kalyani Priyadarshan

Being a heroine in Vikram Kumar sir's film is everybody's wish.

— Kalyani Priyadarshan

I am a Malayali who was brought up in Chennai. I know both Malayalam and Tamil.

— Kalyani Priyadarshan

But I applaud my parents for they never really put us in hell. Whatever, emotionally, they were going through... they made sure…

— Kalyani Priyadarshan

I never thought I had it in me to be an actor. There is so much more to the job than acting.…

— Kalyani Priyadarshan

My mom was the happiest person when I first got a Telugu offer. She told me that the people here love cinema…

— Kalyani Priyadarshan

Most definitely a daddy's girl... but I am close to both my parents. Amma is my biggest fan; Achan is my biggest…

— Kalyani Priyadarshan

As a child I was on the sets all the time, even during vacation. Had I known I would be an actor,…

— Kalyani Priyadarshan

I'm a person who takes criticism personally and that had put doubts in my mind about doing a film. I tried to…

— Kalyani Priyadarshan

I'd rather have two minutes of screen time and have purpose than have 20 minutes of screen time in a separate track…

— Kalyani Priyadarshan