Lakshmi Priyaa Chandramouli

Lakshmi Priyaa Chandramouli is a Tamil film and television actress. A post graduate in human resource management from Madras School of Social Work, she joined the English theatre company Evam as a full-time employee, before venturing into the Tamil film industry. She is also a former National Level cricket player, and national Ultimate Frisbee champion.^[4]

Early life

Lakshmi Priyaa Chandramouli was born into an orthodox Tamil Brahmin family.^[5] After completing her masters in social work, specialising in human resources, from the Madras School of Social Work, she worked for a corporate company as an HR professional.^[5] As she wanted to pursue "something more creative",^[5] she started to work with the theatre group Evam, on their managerial side. Although she never got to act in their plays because of a tight work schedule,^[6] she called it "a great platform where I could easily learn how things transformed from paper to performance".^[5]

Lakshmi Priyaa has been athlete from childhood. She joined gymnastics even before she was 10 years old and started playing cricket, becoming a part of India's B national cricket team, under which she also played a series against the West Indies. She also pursues Ultimate Frisbee. A member of Chennai Ultimate Frisbee, she has regularly participated at Ultimate Frisbee competitions.^[5]

Career

While selling tickets for one of Evam's plays, director Magizh Thirumeni approached and asked her to play a supporting role in his film Mundhinam Paartheney. She took leave from work and shot for ten days for the film.^[7] After working with director K. Balachander on one of his teleserials, and starting to audition for a role in the TV show, Dharmayudham, she decided to pursue acting full-time. She quit her job and attended several auditions for different roles in the show, eventually landing the role of Sharada.^[5] Her first film in a lead role was the black comedy Sutta Kadhai. She played a bold tribal girl called Silanthi in the film,^[8] which required her to perform stunts as well,^[7] and reviews on her performance were positive.^[4] Her sole 2014 release was Angels, which marked her Malayalam debut. Her next Tamil release was Kallappadam by debutant director Vadivel.^[9][10] About her role, she said that it was a "well defined and powerful character" and "emotionally very strong".^[11] Her portrayal of a retired actress, which Baradwaj Rangan described as the "most fascinating, refreshing character" in the film,^[12] was lauded by critics, with Sify stating that "Lakshmi Priya shines in the role".^[13]

She has finished shooting for the thriller Yagavarayinum Naa Kaakka, in which her role would be just 10 minutes long, but have "many shades".^[14] She is also working on two supernatural films, Kalam as well as the Studio Green project Maya starring Nayantara and Aari.^[15]

Filmography

References

External links

• Lakshmi Priyaa Chandramouli at the Internet Movie Database