Priyadarshini Rajkumar

Priyadarshini Rajkumar is an Indian TV and film actress, short film producer, model, and social worker. She has predominantly worked in Tamil television and movie industry. Born in Chennai, to father Rajkumar, and mother C.K Gariyali, she has a Konkani and Kashmiri origin. Priyadarshini is also known as Priya Rajkumar. She has completed her schooling from The School- KFI, Chennai. After that, she graduated from the Government College of Fine Arts, Kumbakonam. She debuted in the world of acting from the TV serial “Premi.” The program starred Renuka in the leading role, and it had been directed by K.Balachander. The producer was B. Kailasam. Later, she moved to Australia to work. She got married to Karthikeyan Balaraman, and they have a child named Keemya.

She has also worked in the firm Zurich Financial Services. She returned from Australia in 2012 and made a comeback in cinema. She starred in the movie Achcham Yenbadu Madamaiyada (2015), directed by Gautam Menon where she played the role of a girl named Anamika. Since then she has made appearances in many TV series as well as films, and worked along with various renowned actors, directors, and producers including Silambarasan, Vijay Sethupati, Gautam Karthik, Priya, Sivakarthikeyan, Keerthy Suresh, Sathish, Rajendran, Bose Venkat, and Vikrant. She has acted in some phenomenal movies like Remo, Kavan, BEEP, Ragadam, Mr. Chandramouli, Tanimugan, and Neeya 2. In the Vijay Sethupati starrer Kavan (2017), she portrayed the character of Bhavana.

Her performance received applauses by the critics, and the film got named as one of the best movies of the year 2017. Apart from her debut performance in Premi, she has also been a part of the TV soap Ramaney VS Ramaney. She has acted in numerous short films and documentaries including Paravaigal, Nila, Iragi Pole, The Masculinity, The Call, Madhavi, and Kummiadi. In addition to this, she has been an active social worker. She became the Secretary of the NPO (Non-Profit Organisation) named Saraswathi Educational Cultural and Charitable Trust. The trust had been founded by Late Smt. Indira Grayali to empower underprivileged women and children by providing educational activities as well as collecting funds and finance. She has also received the Best Woman Award by the Rotary Club Adambakkam. She is also one of the prominent organizers of Vasant Utsav Festival of Dance that is organized every year in May at the Kapaleeswarar Temple. She has also learned the art form of classical dance Bharatnatyam, which is one of her hobbies.