Priyanka Arul Mohan (born 20 November 1994) is an Indian actress who primarily appears in

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and Telugu films. She made her acting debut with the

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film '' Ondh Kathe Hella'' (2019), and appeared in the Telugu films '' Gang Leader'' (2019), '' Saripodhaa Sanivaaram'' (2024) and the Tamil films ''

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'' (2021), '' Don'' (2022) and '' Etharkkum Thunindhavan'' (2022).

Early life

Priyanka Arul Mohan was born on 20 November 1994. She did her schooling from Alvas PU College, Moodabidri. She studied

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from PES University in Bangalore. She lives in Chennai.

Career

Priyanka made her debut in the Kannada film '' Ondh Kathe Hella'', directed by Girish G in 2019. Later that year, she starred in the Telugu film ''

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'' directed by

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. Krishna Sripada of ''

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'' on her performance wrote "Priyanka has all the makings of a female protagonist directors will seek, doe-eyed innocence and a natural feel for the camera, as she subtly does exactly what is expected and not more or less". Haricharan Pudipeddi of ''

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'' commented "Newcomer Priyanka Arul Mohan makes a confident debut and she's a terrific find". She also shot for the English version of the bilingual film ''Mayan'' and ''Tik Tok''; however, both films were delayed. In 2021, she made her

debut with

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's ''

,'' directed by Nelson Dilipkumar''.'' Both the film and her performance received positive response. The film grossed 100 crores in worldwide box office and became a major critical and commercial success. She won SIIMA Award for Best Debutant Actress. In 2022, she played the lead female role in her second Tamil film '' Etharkkum Thunindhavan'' with director

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, starring Suriya. Reviewing her performance, Ashwin Ram of Movie Crow stated "Priyanka Mohan is a pleasant surprise, she is great on-screen and also her character gets a major importance at a crucial stage in the film, she scores with easing grace". ''

'' wrote "Priyanka doesn't have much to do in the plot but adds a dose of glamour to the film." She also played the lead in the Tamil film '' Don'', with Sivakarthikeyan after ''Doctor''. The film received mostly positive reviews from critics and audience. S Subhakeerthana of '' OTT Play'' wrote "Priyanka Mohan makes her presence felt with whatever she was offered." She then appeared in '' Captain Miller'' starring

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and '' Saripodhaa Sanivaaram'' with Nani. Her latest release was ''

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'', directed by M. Rajesh, where she stars alongside

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. She is also set to return to

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with '' They Call Him OG'', starring

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Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

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