Priya Mani is an Indian film actress who predominantly appears in Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, and Tamil films. She was born on June 4, 1984 at Palakkad, Kerala, India. She started her career with the film Kangalal Kaithu Sei, which was a flop at the box-office. Afterwards, she was paired with Dhanush in Balu Mahendra's Adhu Oru Kana Kaalam, which flopped at the box-office as well. She is one of the few actresses who star in both critically acclaimed and commercial movies. After several Chennai film industry hits such as Yamadonga, Malaikottai, Paruthi Veeran and Thirakkatha, she has successfully established herself as a promising young actress of the South Indian film industry. Priyamani has made her Tamil comeback with the internationally acclaimed Tamil film Paruthiveeran helmed by Ameer Sultan, starring debutant Karthik Sivakumar. She has also signed on for another Tamil film in which she plays the lead role with actor Jeevan. Priyamani has a great craze for acting and her favorite actors include Mammooty, Anant Nag and Mohanlal. Being a very smart talkative girl, she loves chatting with people and her hobbies include music and dance. She is Bollywood actress Vidya Balan's second cousin. She won the National award for her performance in Paruthiveeran. Priyamani is satisfying everyone with her acting talent in Tollywood and is hoping to please younger generation as well as older generation in parallel. It is a fact that she is being paired opposite to Nandhamuri Balakrishna in two films. One film is being directed by Mahadev, who is making his debut as a director and another film is being directed by N. Shanker which is a film produced by Actress Priyamani. The films are both scripted as action oriented films with some interesting scenes over the present political scenario.