In 2009 she had two Tamil releases, the masala film Arumugam and the remake of the Malayalam blockbuster Classmates, titled Ninaithale Inikkum. In Tamil, she had a single release in 2008: Thotta.
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She won another Filmfare Award for her performance. She again received critical acclaim in 2008 for her role in the Malayalam film Thirakkatha, in which she played a role based on the turbulent real-life story of late film actress Srividya. She had another commercially successful film in Telugu, in the 2007 film Yamadonga and in the Tamil film Malaikottai. She went on to win the National Film Award, followed by South Filmfare Award, Tamil Nadu State Film Award and an award at the Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema.
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Priyamani's performance was unanimously praised by the critics. A rural subject which told the story of a notorious young villager in Madurai, the film won critical acclaim and became a surprise box-office blockbuster. Priyamani managed to prove her acting credentials and commercial appeal with 2007's Paruthiveeran, directed by Ameer Sultan, in which she was co-starred with debutant Karthi Sivakumar. Priyamani during the filming of Rakta Charitra Priyamani is currently pursuing a degree in Bachelor of Arts in psychology. After completing her schooling, Priyamani modeled for print advertisements. Priyamani did her schooling at Sri Aurobindo Memorial School and attended Bishop Cotton Women’s College in J C Road. She is the cousin of film actress Vidya Balan, and the niece of playback singer, Malgudi Shubha. She is the granddaughter of Carnatic vocalist Kamala Kailas. She has an elder brother, Vishakh, who is in the plantation business with her father, while at school she actively participated in extracurricular activities and in sports. Her father, who hails from Palakkad from a Tamil family owns a plantation business, and her mother, former national badminton player, Lathamani, who hails from Thiruvananthapuram, was a bank manager at Union Bank of India. When she was in the 12th Standard, Tamil Director, Bharathiraja introduced her to the film industry. She modelled for Kancheepuram silks, Erode silks and Lakshmi silks during her school years. Priyamani was born into a Tamil speaking family in Bangalore to Vasudeva Mani Iyer and Latha Mani Iyer.
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In 2012, her portrayal of conjoined twins in the multilingual film Chaarulatha, based on the Thai film Alone, gained critical praise and a third Best Actress award at Filmfare. Priyamani made her Hindi film debut through Mani Ratnam's bilingual in Tamil and Hindi, titled Raavan and Raavanan respectively. The following year, she made her Kannada film debut in Raam which proved to be a commercial and critical success. In 2008, Priyamani received further critical acclaim for her role as Malavika in the Malayalam film Thirakkatha–and won a Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Malayalam. During the same year, she achieved commercial success in Telugu cinema with S. Priyamani gained widespread recognition for her role as village girl Muththazhagu in the Tamil film Paruthiveeran in 2007, receiving National Film Award for Best Actress and Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil for her performance. In 2002, she made her acting debut with a leading role in the Telugu film Evare Atagaadu (2003), a box-office flop.
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Priyamani, born and raised in Bangalore, worked as a model before pursuing a career in films.