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A Kannada, Telugu, Tamil and Hindi lead who came up through Kirik Party (2016) and went wide with Geetha Govindam and Dear Comrade. Pushpa: The Rise, Animal, Pushpa 2: The Rule and Chhaava are the titles most people know her by, and Goodbye was her Hindi debut. She has since been cast as M.S. Subbulakshmi in the biopic M.S. – A Legacy On Screen. What earns her a page here is how sharply she switches register: the off-duty wardrobe is mostly western and easy, but for a traditional occasion she goes fully and correctly South Indian — a real Kanjivaram, a high-necked blouse, jasmine in the hair, gold rather than stones — and she dresses to the room rather than to the camera.