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Kalki Koechlin is a Actor and Story French born on 9 january 1983 at Pondicherry (Inde)

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Birth name Kalki Koechlin
Nationality France
Birth 9 january 1983 (41 years) at Pondicherry (Inde)
Awards Filmfare Awards

Kalki Koechlin (French: Listen/ˌkəlkiˈkeɪklɑː/) (born 10 January 1984) is an Indian film actress of French descent who is known for her work in Hindi films.

Koechlin made her screen debut with a supporting role in the 2009 critically acclaimed Dev.D, which earned her the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress. She subsequently featured in the commercially successful comedy-dramas Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011) and Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013), one of the highest-grossing Bollywood films, both of the movies earned her nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress. She also worked as a co-screenwriter with her then husband Anurag Kashyap for That Girl in Yellow Boots and also starred in the movie.

Koechlin won The Best Actress Award At The Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival for her role in Margarita, with a Straw (2014) which was the only Indian film to be screened at the festival, and was also the runner up at Seattle International Film Festival for Best Actress. Other notable works include thriller film Shaitan (2011), My Friend Pinto (2011), the critically successful political thriller Shanghai (2012) and the romantic comedy Happy Ending (2014).

Apart from her acting career Kalki has written, produced and acted in many stage plays in India. Her most recent play Colour Blind (2014) a take on the life and times of Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore which she co-wrote, screened at the Sir Mutha Venkata Subba Rao Hall in August 2014. She has written a number of other theater plays and has won accolades for her work including the The MetroPlus Playwright Award for the play Skeleton Woman (2009).

Biography

Koechlin was unemployed for a year and a half after Dev.D. Koechlin was cast in her husband's next films That Girl in Yellow Boots, both produced and directed by Kashyap and Shaitan which was produced by Kashyap but directed by Bejoy Nambiar. On 13 November 2013 both Koechlin and Kashyap issued a joint statement saying they were separating. In Oct 2014 couple had filed for divorce. On 19 May 2015 morning Anurag Kashyap and actress Kalki Koechlin arrived at the Mumbai family court together and later on, in an interview to Times of India, Kalki confirmed the news of the couple having filed for divorce. She said: "Right now, I am in a good space. Last year was a little bit more of a struggle, as I didn’t know where I was going. I wasn’t sure where my relationship with Anurag was going. All of it was unclear. Now, we are pretty clear that we are not going to be together. We have already applied for divorce and will get it soon."

Anurag and Kalki have shared a healthy relationship post separation, and were often heard talking about their friendship. Anurag, who appeared on Koffee with Karan in the year 2014 was all praise for Kalki. After watching the show Kalki said, "He (Anurag) was saying what he really felt. I found it very touching. Of course, I was moved by what he said. We have a relationship where we can talk to each other."

On being asked 'What makes a woman beautiful?' Koechlin says, " Confidence is what makes a woman beautiful. But, everyone has doubts, we're all human. Even as an actor, you have days when you haven't slept enough, you don't feel like you're good enough or pretty enough and there's that one spot right in the middle of your nose, when you're supposed to do a very important close-up scene. But ultimately, it's all about attitude. You must live with a little abandon and not be self-conscious.