Kalairani

Kalairani (9 July) is an Indian actress who has worked in many Tamil films and as a performer with the Koothu-P-Pattarai theatre group.^[1]

Kalairani
Born	9 July
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1987 – present

Filmography

Tamil films

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1987	Ninaikka Therintha Maname	Person at railway station	uncredited role
	Kani Nilam
1992	Ermunai
1996	Karuvelam Pookkal
1997	Devathai	Village Woman
1999	Mudhalvan	Pugazh's mother
2000	Alai Payuthey
	Ennavalle	Lakshmi's mother
2001	Nila Kaalam		Television film
	Dhill	Kanagavel's mother
	Dum Dum Dum	Adhi's mother
	Kutty	Kanagavel's mother
2002	Youth	Aruna's mother
	Ramanaa	ACF member's mother
	Bala	Bala's mother
2003	Anbe Sivam	Grieving mother
	Dhool	Arumugam's mother
	Pudhiya Geethai	Sarathi's mother
	Boys	Kumar's mother
	Anjaneya	Paramaguru's neighbour
	Enakku 20 Unakku 18	Sridhar's mother
2004	Campus	A student's mother
	Perazhagan	Karthik's mother
	Shock	Maid
	Bose	Bose's mother
2005	Adhu Oru Kana Kaalam	Sathya
	Kundakka Mandakka	Illango's mother
	Kodambakkam	Sugavannan's mother	Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Female Character Artiste
2006	Sudesi	Kamala
	Nenjirukkum Varai	Ganesh's mother
2007	Machakaaran	Vicky's Aunt
	Marudhamalai	Marudhamalai's mother
	Thavam
2008	Azhagu Nilayam	Indrani
2009	Ayan
	Ananda Thandavam
	Vettaikaaran	Civilian
2010	Anandhapurathu Veedu	Mayilamma
	Vallakottai	Bala's mother
	Virudhagiri	Virudhagiri's mother
2011	Mambattiyan	Village Doctor
2012	Ambuli	Seemati
	Mudhal Idam	Mahesh's mother
	Maasi	Maasilamani's mother
2013	Kadal	Mother Superior
	Chithirayil Nilachoru	Shop Owner
2014	Veeram
	His Wife	Priest
	Oru Oorla Rendu Raja	Valarmathy's Grandmother
2015	Vedalam	Victim's mother
2016	Kida Poosari Magudi
	Manithan	Judge
	Jumbulingam 3D
2018	Thamizh Padam 2	Shiva's grandmother
	Johnny	Shiva's mother
2019	Viswasam	Pechiammal
2022	Achcham Madam Naanam Payirppu	Window Aunty
	Hostel
	Ward 126
2023	The Great Indian Kitchen	Aunt	[2]
	Bagheera
	Ghosty	Robert's owner
	Are You Ok Baby?	Balachandhran's mother
	Raththam
	80s Buildup	Kathir’s grandmother
2024	Aaragan
	Kanguva	Villager

Telugu films

Year	Film	Role
2000	Azad	Azad's mother
2003	Tagore	ACF member's mother
	Nee Manasu Naaku Telusu	Sridhar's mother

Serials

• Panchavan Kaadu (2014)
• Unarchigal (2014)
• Nandini (2018)
• The Village (2023)
• Inspector Rishi (2024)