Actor · Telugu cinema
Priyamani
Priyamani movies: 26 Telugu films on file, 2003–2027. Earliest on file: Evare Atagaadu (2003). Latest release: S Saraswathi (6 March 2026). Next: Kaaka (13 January 2027).
- Films on file
- 26 (26 as actor)
- Years on file
- 2003–2027
- Born
- 4 June 1984 · June birthdays (Wikidata)
- Selected films on file
- Yamadonga, Rakta Charitra, Ragada
- Record
- Q3519936 on Wikidata
Priyamani (Priyamani Raj, née Iyer) is an Indian actress who works in Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi films and series. Her first released film was the Telugu Evare Atagaadu (2003). Her honours include the National Film Award for Best Actress for the Tamil film Paruthiveeran (2007), three Filmfare Awards South and a Tamil Nadu State Film Award.
She was born on 4 June 1984, according to Wikipedia and Wikidata. Wikipedia says she was born and raised in Bangalore in a Tamil Palakkad Iyer family, while Wikidata lists Palakkad as her birthplace. She studied at Bishop Cotton Women’s Christian College, Bengaluru, and modelled before films.
Career
Bharathiraja introduced her to films, but Evare Atagaadu was released before his Kangalal Kaidhu Sei. She went on to work in Malayalam and Tamil, including Balu Mahendra’s Adhu Oru Kana Kaalam (2005). Ameer’s Paruthiveeran (2007), a surprise blockbuster, won her the National Film Award for Best Actress, a Filmfare award and the Tamil Nadu State Film Award. The same year she had a commercial success in Telugu with S. S. Rajamouli’s Yamadonga.
She won another Filmfare award for the Malayalam film Thirakkatha (2008), and her Kannada debut Raam (2009) was a hit. Her 2009 Telugu films (Drona, Mitrudu and Pravarakhyudu) did not do well. In 2010 she starred in Shambo Shiva Shambo and Puri Jagannadh’s Golimaar, and Ram Gopal Varma cast her in his bilingual Rakta Charitra after seeing her work in Paruthiveeran. She also appeared in Mani Ratnam’s Raavanan. Her later Telugu films include Chandee (2013) and Sirivennela (2016).
In recent years she has worked on streaming, notably in the Hindi series The Family Man, which won her a Filmfare OTT Critics award. In Telugu she has starred in Narappa (2021) with Venkatesh, Bhamakalapam (2022) and its sequel (2024), both released on Aha, Virata Parvam (2022) and S Saraswathi (2026).
Awards
- National Film Award for Best Actress for Paruthiveeran (Sify).
- Filmfare Awards South for Paruthiveeran (Best Actress – Tamil) and Thirakkatha (The Times of India).
- Filmfare OTT Award, Best Actor in a Drama Series (Female) – Critics, for The Family Man (NDTV).
- Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Paruthiveeran.
Upcoming film
One upcoming film is on our records: Bobby Kolli’s Kaaka, with Chiranjeevi, recorded for 13 January 2027. Dates move; Priyamani upcoming movies is updated daily.
Where to watch her films
- S Saraswathi: ETV Win (OTT details)
- Bhamakalapam 2: Aha, where it premiered on 16 February 2024
- Virata Parvam: Netflix, from 1 July 2022 (OTT details)
- Bhamakalapam: Aha, where it premiered on 11 February 2022 (OTT details)
- Narappa: Prime Video, where it premiered on 20 July 2021 (OTT details)
- Golimaar: Sun NXT, per Wikipedia; no start date on file (OTT details)
Catalogues change; check the platform before you plan to watch.
Personal life
She married Mustafa Raj in Bengaluru in 2017, according to Wikipedia, citing The Indian Express.
Sources: Wikipedia and the references it cites (linked above), Wikidata, and Tollywood Desk’s film, release and OTT records.
Career on file
Priyamani appears in 26 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 2003 to 2027. The earliest of them is Evare Atagaadu (2003), and the most recent release is S Saraswathi (2026). One more film, Kaaka (2027), is dated for later. The most widely covered of these, counted by Wikipedia language editions, are Yamadonga (2007), Rakta Charitra (2010) and Ragada (2010). Other recent releases on file are Bhamakalapam 2 (2024), Virata Parvam (2022) and Bhamakalapam (2022).
Kota Srinivasa Rao is the most frequent co-star, sharing eight films with Priyamani, followed by Brahmanandam (7) and Jagapati Babu (4). Among directors, Abhimanyu Tadimeti, Ram Gopal Varma and Madan each cast Priyamani in two films, more than any other director. M. M. Keeravani and Mani Sharma each scored three of them, more than any other music director; next are Koti (2) and Sukhwinder Singh (2). Across these films the credits on file name 22 different directors, 19 music directors and 69 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 18 of them; they average 142 minutes, and the longest is Yamadonga at 179 minutes. Eight of them have a streaming (OTT) release noted on the site. By decade the list splits into 2000s (9), 2010s (11) and 2020s (6). 2010 is the busiest single year, with six films.
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.
Upcoming movies (1)
Priyamani upcoming movies · All upcoming Telugu movies · Dates are those on record and can change.