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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), *…
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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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Sai Pallavi's Filmography
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Ramayana: Part Two
as Sita
Inji Vellam
OM Chapter 1: Udhiram - The Blood Wood
Ramayana: Rise of a Legend
as Sita
Ek Din
as Meera Ranganathan
Thandel
as Sathya "Bujji Thalli"
Amaran
as Indhu Rebecca Varghese
Gargi
as Gargi
Viraata Parvam
as Vennela
Shyam Singha Roy
as Maitreyi/Rosie
Love Story
as Mounica
NGK
as Geetha Kumari
Athiran
as Nadakkal Kovilakatthu Karthika Thirunaal Nithya Lakshmi 'Nithya'
Maari 2
as Arathu Aanandhi
Padi Padi Leche Manasu
as Vaishali
Diya
as Tulasi
M.C.A
as Pallavi aka Chinni
Fidaa
as Bhanumati
Kali
as Anjali
Premam
as Malar
Dhaam Dhoom
as Shenba's Relative (Uncredited Role)
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Kasthuri Maan
as School Girl (Uncredited Role)
Kalki 2898-AD: Part 2
as SUM-80 'Sumathi'
