Kalpika Ganesh

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Kalpika Ganesh is an Indian actress who appears in Telugu films. She made her film debut with the film Prayanam in 2009.{{Cite web |title=I am like this in real life — outspoken |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/amp/entertainment/tollywood/210320/i-am-like-this-in-real-life-outspoken.html |access-date=27 October 2022 |website=Deccan Chronicle}}

Early life

Kalpika Ganesh was born in Hyderabad, India to a Iyengar family.{{Cite news |last=Chowdhary |first=Y. Sunita |date=28 December 2018 |title=Kalpika Ganesh talks about her love for cinema |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/kalpika-ganesh-padi-padi-leche-manasu/article25848383.ece |access-date=27 October 2022 |issn=0971-751X}} She has completed BA from Vivekananda College, Secunderabad.{{Cite news |date=2019-01-13 |title=Kalpika Ganesh’s jaw-dropping pictures on Instagram will blow your mind |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/kalpika-ganeshs-jaw-dropping-pictures-on-instagram-will-blow-your-mind/photostory/67512342.cms?picid=67512368 |access-date=2025-03-14 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}

Career

Kalpika Ganesh started her career in modeling and later in 2009, she made her film debut from the film Prayanam, directed by Chandra Sekhar Yeleti. Later she acted in other movies and web series.{{Cite news |date=15 June 2019 |title=Kalpika Ganesh of 'Sita on the Road' fame looks fabulous and droolworthy in her latest photo-shoot |language=en |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/kalpika-ganesh-of-sita-on-the-road-fame-looks-fabulous-and-droolworthy-in-her-latest-photo-shoot/articleshow/69799439.cms?from=mdr |website = Times of India|access-date=21 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200521061112/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/kalpika-ganesh-of-sita-on-the-road-fame-looks-fabulous-and-droolworthy-in-her-latest-photo-shoot/articleshow/69799439.cms?from=mdr |archive-date=21 May 2020}} She has also appeared in film like Sarocharu, Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu, Sita on the Road{{Cite web |title=Kalpika Ganesh to appear on Maa Mahalakshmi game show |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/telugu/kalpika-ganesh-to-appear-on-maa-mahalakshmi-game-show/articleshow/40342767.cms |access-date=27 October 2022 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Nuvvena from Sita On The Road is a pursuit of desire from women's heart |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/nuvvena-from-sita-on-the-road-is-a-pursuit-of-desire-from-womens-heart/articleshow/69522973.cms |access-date=27 October 2022 |website=The Times of India |language=en}} Apart from films she also appeared in web series like Loser and Ekkadiki Ee Parugu.{{Cite web |title=An edge-of-the-seat ride |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/2019/jan/07/an-edge-of-the-seat-ride-1921887.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111141143/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/2019/jan/07/an-edge-of-the-seat-ride-1921887.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 January 2019 |access-date=27 October 2022 |website=The New Indian Express}}{{Cite news |last=Dundoo |first=Sangeetha Devi |date=21 January 2022 |title='Loser 2' web series review: This emotional drama benefits from its able cast led by Priyadarshi and Kalpika |language=en-IN |website=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/reviews/loser-2-web-series-review-high-on-emotional-drama/article38302496.ece |access-date=27 October 2022 |issn=0971-751X}}

Filmography

All films are in Telugu films unless otherwise mentioned

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2009

|Prayanam

|Moksha

|{{Cite web |last=Today |first=Telangana |date=11 January 2021 |title=Lockdown idea turns a YouTube hit |url=https://telanganatoday.com/lockdown-idea-turns-a-youtube-hit |access-date=27 October 2022 |website=Telangana Today |language=en-US}}

rowspan="2" |2010

|Orange

|Jaanu's friend

Namo Venkatesa

| rowspan="7" |{{Cite web |last=Today |first=Telangana |date=11 January 2021 |title=Lockdown idea turns a YouTube hit |url=https://telanganatoday.com/lockdown-idea-turns-a-youtube-hit |access-date=27 October 2022 |website=Telangana Today |language=en-US}}

2011

|Maaro

rowspan="3" |2012

|Julayi

|Neha

Sarocharu

|Kalpika

Nippu

2013

|Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu

|Geetha's sister

rowspan="2" |2018

|My Dear Marthandam

|It is a remake of the American film My Cousin Vinny (1992).

Padi Padi Leche Manasu

|Vaishali's friend

rowspan="2" |2019

|Sita on the Road

|Anu

|{{Cite web |title='Madhuram Madhuram' from 'Sita on the Road' is refreshing! |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/music/madhuram-madhuram-from-sita-on-the-road-is-refreshing/articleshow/68511356.cms |access-date=27 October 2022 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}

Debbaku Tha Dongala Mutha

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|Maa Vintha Gaadha Vinuma

|Meghana

HIT: The First Case

|Dr. Roopa

2021

|Eakam

|Nitya

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|Parole

|Thendral

| Tamil film

|{{Cite web |title=Linga and Karthiik RS team up for Parole |url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/news/2021/jan/12/linga-and-karthiik-rs-team-up-for-parole-22224.html |access-date=2022-10-28 |website=Cinema Express |language=en}}

Yashoda

|Teju

rowspan="2" | 2023

|8 A.M. Metro

|Mridula

| Hindi film

Atharva

|Multi-lingual

|{{Cite web |date=26 September 2022 |title=Simran Choudhary's First Look Poster From Atharva Is Out! |url=https://english.sakshi.com/news/tollywood/simran-choudhary-s-first-look-poster-atharva-out-161737 |access-date=27 October 2022 |website=Sakshi Post |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Simran Choudhary's First Look poster from Karthik Raju, Mahesh Reddy, 'Atharva' released |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/simran-choudharys-first-look-poster-from-karthik-raju-mahesh-reddy-peggo-entertainments-atharva-released/articleshow/94471798.cms |access-date=27 October 2022 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}

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2019

|Ekkadiki Ee Parugu

|Dr.Saira

|rowspan="2" | ZEE5

|{{Cite web |title=An edge-of-the-seat ride |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/2019/jan/07/an-edge-of-the-seat-ride-1921887.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111141143/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/2019/jan/07/an-edge-of-the-seat-ride-1921887.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 January 2019 |access-date=27 October 2022 |website=The New Indian Express}}

2020

|Loser

|Ruby Shabana

|{{Cite news |date=19 May 2020 |title=Director Abhilash Reddy wanted strugglers, not stars for his web series 'Loser' |website=The Hindu |publisher=Sangeetha Devi Dundoo |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/director-abhilash-reddy-wanted-actors-who-looked-like-strugglers-for-his-telugu-web-series-loser-that-stars-priyadarshi-shashank-annie-and-kalpika-ganesh/article31621391.ece/amp/ |url-status=live |access-date=21 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200521065950/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/director-abhilash-reddy-wanted-actors-who-looked-like-strugglers-for-his-telugu-web-series-loser-that-stars-priyadarshi-shashank-annie-and-kalpika-ganesh/article31621391.ece/amp/ |archive-date=21 May 2020}}{{Cite news |last=Dundoo |first=Sangeetha Devi |date=11 May 2020 |title=Priyadarshi Pulikonda is an air rifle shooter in Zee5's Telugu web series 'Loser' |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/priyadarshi-pulikonda-is-an-air-rifle-shooter-in-zee5s-telugu-web-series-loser/article31554821.ece |access-date=27 October 2022 |issn=0971-751X}}

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Category:Living people

Category:Actresses in Telugu cinema

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Category:21st-century Indian actresses

Category:Actresses from Hyderabad, India

Category:Telugu actresses

Category:Indian film actresses