Priya Bhavani Shankar

For other uses, see Priya.

In this Indian name, the name Shankar is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Priya Bhavani.

Sathyapriya Bhavani Shankar (born 31 December 1989) is an Indian actress, and a former television-presenter who primarily works in Tamil and Telugu films.^[3][4][5] She made her acting debut with commercially successful Tamil film Meyaadha Maan (2017).

Priya Bhavani Shankar
Priya Bhavani in 2021
Born	Sathyapriya Bhavani Shankar (1989-12-31) 31 December 1989 (age 35)[1]
Education	B.Tech, MBA
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2011–present
Partner	Rajvel Raj[2]

She has appeared in successful films such as Meyaadha Maan (2017), Kadaikutty Singam (2018), Monster (2019), Mafia: Chapter 1 (2020), Yaanai (2022), Thiruchitrambalam (2022), Pathu Thala (2023), Demonte Colony 2 (2024), Black (2024) and Zebra (2024).

Career

Priya is from a Tamil speaking family. First she gained recognition as a television news presenter at the Tamil news channel Puthiya Thalaimurai.^[6] She also worked as a serial actress in Star Vijay Television's Kalyanam Mudhal Kadhal Varai.^[3] In 2017, she made her film debut with Meyaadha Maan opposite Vaibhav, for which she was nominated for a SIIMA Award for Best Female Debutant.^[7]

The following year, Priya appeared in Kadaikutty Singam alongside Karthi.^[8] In 2019, she starred in Monster alongside S. J. Suryah.^[9] In 2020 she was seen in the action thriller Mafia: Chapter 1 alongside Arun Vijay.^[10] She also appeared in the Amazon Prime web series Time Enna Boss!?.^[11] In 2021, she starred in the multi-starrer Kalathil Sandhippom and Kasada Thapara.

She has later appeared in successful films such as Yaanai (2022), Thiruchitrambalam (2022), Pathu Thala (2023) and Demonte Colony 2 (2024). In 2024, she also played the lead opposite Satyadev in Zebra. Srivathsan Nadadhur of The Hindu noted, "Priya finally has a substantial role in a Telugu film and does well."^[12][13]

Filmography

Films

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role(s)	Notes	Ref.
2017	Meyaadha Maan	S. Madhumitha
2018	Kadaikutty Singam	Poompozhil "Chellamma"
2019	Monster	Meghala		[14]
2020	Mafia: Chapter 1	Sathya		[15]
2021	Kalathil Santhippom	Sofia		[16]
	Kasada Tabara	Kanmani	Segment: "Thappattam"	[17]
	Oh Manapenne!	Shruthi
	Blood Money	Rachel Victor		[18]
2022	Hostel	Adhirshtalakshmi		[19]
	Yaanai	Jebamalar		[20]
	Kuruthi Aattam	Vennila
	Thiruchitrambalam	Ranjani		[21]
2023	Kalyanam Kamaneeyam	Shruthi	Telugu film	[22]
	Agilan	Madhavi		[23]
	Pathu Thala	Leela Thompson		[24]
	Rudhran	Ananya		[25]
	Bommai	Nandhini		[26]
2024	Bhimaa	Paari	Telugu film	[27]
	Rathnam	Malliga, Loganayagi	Dual role	[28]
	Indian 2	Aarthi		[29]
	Demonte Colony 2	Debbie		[30]
	Black	Aaranya Vasanth		[31]
	Zebra	Swathi Navaluri	Telugu film	[32]
2025	Indian 3 †	Aarthi	Post-production	[33]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Language	Channel	Notes	Ref.
2011–2014	News	News Presenter	Tamil	Puthiya Thalaimurai.
2014–2016	Kalyanam Mudhal Kadhal Varai	Priya Arjun		Vijay TV		[34]
2015	Jodi No.1	Host				[35]
	Filmfare Awards South
2015–2016	Super Singer 5
	Kings of Dance
2020	Time Enna Boss!?	Dr. Bharathi	Tamil	Amazon Prime Video	[11]
2022	Victim	Pavithra		SonyLIV	Segment: "Mirrage"	[36]
2023	Dhootha	Priya Avudhuri	Telugu	Amazon Prime Video		[37]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2015	Vijay Television Awards	Best Find of the Year	Kalyanam Mudhal Kadhal Varai	Won	[38]
2017		Favourite Actor – Female		Nominated	[39]
2018	South Indian International Movie Awards	Best Female Debut – Tamil	Meyaadha Maan	Nominated	[40]
2019	Filmfare Awards South	Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Tamil	Kadaikutty Singam	Nominated	[41]

Notes