Sai Pallavi

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Sai Pallavi Senthamarai Kannan (born 9 May 1992), is an Indian actress, dancer, and physician who predominantly works in Telugu, Tamil, and Malayalam cinema. She appeared as a contestant on the dance reality shows *Ungalil Yaar Adutha Prabhu Deva* (2008) and *Dhee Ultimate Dance Show* (2009) before beginning her acting career. Pallavi made her acting debut as the college lecturer Malar in Alphonse Puthren's romantic drama *Premam* (2015), for which she received the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South. She followed this with Sameer Thahir's *Kali* (2016) and made her Telugu debut in Sekhar Kammula's romance *Fidaa* (2017). Her subsequent work includes *Middle Class Abbayi* (2017), *Maari 2* (2018), *Athiran* (2019), the anthology *Paava Kadhaigal* (2020), *Love Story* (2021), *Shyam Singha Roy* (2021), the period drama *Virata Parvam* (2022), and the social courtroom drama *Gargi* (2022). Pallavi portrayed Indu Rebecca Varghese in Rajkumar Periasamy's biographical war drama *Amaran* (2024), opposite Sivakarthikeyan, and starred alongside Naga Chaitanya in Chandoo Mondeti's romantic drama *Thandel* (2025). She made her Hindi-film debut with the romantic drama *Ek Din* (2026), alongside Junaid Khan, and played Sita in Nitesh Tiwari's mythological film *Ramayana: Part 1* (2026), opposite Ranbir Kapoor. She received the Kalaimamani honour from the Government of Tamil Nadu in 2021 and has won seven Filmfare Awards South, a Tamil Nadu State Film Award, and three SIIMA Awards.

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2027
Ramayana: Part Two
Movie Sita
2027
Inji Vellam
Movie
2026
Ramayana
Movie Sita
2026
OM Chapter 1: Udhiram - The Blood Wood
Movie
2026
Ek Din
Movie Meera Ranganathan
2025
Thandel
Movie Sathya "Bujji Thalli"
2024
Amaran
Movie Indhu Rebecca Varghese
2022
Gargi
Movie Gargi
2022
Viraata Parvam
Movie Vennela
2022
Pearle Maaney Show
TV show Self
2021
Shyam Singha Roy
Movie Maitreyi/Rosie
2021
Love Story
Movie Mounica
2020
Paava Kadhaigal
TV show Sumathi
2019
NGK
Movie Geetha Kumari
2019
Athiran
Movie Nadakkal Kovilakatthu Karthika Thirunaal Nithya Lakshmi 'Nithya'
2018
Maari 2
Movie Arathu Aanandhi