Kalki Koechlin is an upcoming Bollywood actress who started her Bollywood career in Dev D opposite Abhay Deol ,an Anurag Kashyap venture.Her role in the movie as Chanda aka Chandra Mukhi was critically acclaimed.The movie itself was an adaptation of the legendary Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's Devdas.
Kalki though born in India is of French descent.Her parents came to India 38 years ago and settled in a small village in Pondicherry. Kalki who studied in Ooty later on went to London to study drama in Goldsmiths,University of London after her parents insisted.The actress is fluent in Tamil,English and French.Kalki was also a part of a theater group called Theater of Relativity for two years.She showed her acting skills in various plays like “The Blue Room” by David Hare,”The Dispute” by Marivaux.
Kalki moved to Mumbai and worked in various commercials before being a part of a modern twist to the old Bengali Novel Devdas. She describes her character as someone who is more than just a prostitute stating that the character dresses up like a normal girl when she is not “working”.She was apprehensive as to how people will see her in the role but considered herself lucky since she got to work with a director like Anurag Kashyap.
Kalki though born in India is of French descent.Her parents came to India 38 years ago and settled in a small village in Pondicherry. Kalki who studied in Ooty later on went to London to study drama in Goldsmiths,University of London after her parents insisted.The actress is fluent in Tamil,English and French.Kalki was also a part of a theater group called Theater of Relativity for two years.She showed her acting skills in various plays like “The Blue Room” by David Hare,”The Dispute” by Marivaux.
Kalki moved to Mumbai and worked in various commercials before being a part of a modern twist to the old Bengali Novel Devdas. She describes her character as someone who is more than just a prostitute stating that the character dresses up like a normal girl when she is not “working”.She was apprehensive as to how people will see her in the role but considered herself lucky since she got to work with a director like Anurag Kashyap.