
The delay of Yagavarayinum Naa Kaakka meant that the horror comedy Darling that she began shooting for much later became her debut Tamil release, which was a commercial success, collecting over ₹32 crore (US$4.0 million) against a budget of ₹10 crore. Debut in Tamil and Telugu cinema (2015–2016) Prakash's next project, but had to opt out of both due to conflicting schedules. She had signed up Sharath A Haridaasan's Enthoru Bhagyam and V. Ajith and Jamboo Savari released in quick succession in the second quarter of 2014. Even before the release of her first Kannada film, she had been signed for three more Kannada projects as well: Jamboo Savari, a remake of the Telugu film Swamy Ra Ra, Obiraya and Paravashanadenu, although the latter two were shelved midway. At the end of the year, IBTimes called Galrani the most successful actress of 2014 in Malayalam cinema. The film, made on a budget of under ₹ 5 crores, went on to collect over ₹ 20 crores at the box office. She had a third Malayalam release in 2014, Vellimoonga, in which she played a Christian nurse. Ī week later, Galrani had her second release, Nivin Pauly and Nazriya's Ohm Shanthi Oshaana, in which she had performed a cameo role. The film received critical acclaim and became a box office success, while Galrani went on to win the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South for her performance. She portrayed the role of Manjula Sasidharan, a rural village school girl and said that the character was exactly the opposite of what she was in real life and that she had to sunbathe to get dark for the role. In spite of being the last film she signed in 2013, 1983 released first in early 2014 and became her debut film and was her first major box office hit. Within three days, she had signed her next project, her first Tamil film, Yagavarayinum Naa Kaakka and few weeks later, her first Malayalam film as well: 1983. She signed her first film to play the lead role in Ajith, the Kannada remake of the Tamil film Paiyaa, after an audition. She won awards from Filmfare, SIIMA and Vanitha as the best debut actress that year. The film was critical and commercial success. Galrani played the character Manjula Sasidharan, a village girl and teenage lover of Rameshan (Pauly), who loves cricket more than anything. Galrani started her film career with the Malayalam-language sports drama film 1983 (2014), written and directed by Abrid Shine, starring Nivin Pauly. Career Debut and breakthrough in Malayalam cinema (2014) She then did modelling and appeared in many advertisements.

She said that she did science in PUC because her parents and sister wanted her to become a doctor but they later let her pursue designing. Thereafter she did her PUC from Bishop Cotton Women's Christian College, Bangalore and later took up a course in fashion designing. She was educated at Bishop Cotton Girls' School, Bangalore. She has an elder sister Sanjjanaa, who is also an actress. Nikki Galrani is the younger daughter of Manohar and Reshma Galrani born in Bangalore and is of Sindhi ancestry. 2.2 Debut in Tamil and Telugu cinema (2015–2016).2.1 Debut and breakthrough in Malayalam cinema (2014).HOt Mallu Actress & kollywood Collections.Hot Gallery of the MAY Month – Version 2.0.



