One of the popular heroines back then actress Kalyani also known as Kaveri made her Kollywood debut in Thalapathy Vijay's Kannukkul Nilavu as his lover. She also enthralled us in other films like Vikram’s Kasi, Sarathkumar and Murali’s Samudhiram to name a few.
She then later moved to Tollywood where she gradually fell in love with actor-director Surya Kiran (who was the first person to be eliminated in Bigg Boss Telugu 4) and got married to him in 2010. The couple were rumoured to have divorced but never disclosed anything about it.
In a recent interview, director Surya turned emotional when the topic of his separation from Kalyani arose. He said, “Yes, it was true that she left me. I still love her. It was not my decision. She wanted not to live with me.”
According to the director, the actress had her own reasons not to live with him though he does not have any problem with her. For the unversed, as a child actor, Surya has acted in over 200 South Indian language films, then became a director. He is the brother of popular Tamil serial (Pandian Stores) actress Sujitha.