Sai Pallavi turns 27-year-old and is one of the most popular actresses for her age, but there are many things you did not know about her
Sai Pallavi is definitely the modern woman who entered the film industry and broke many stereotypes. Although Sai Pallavi herself was shy and apprehensive about entering movies, but now that she has been accepted wholly, the actress is having no second doubts.
She however got a long way here. For the unininitiated, Sai Pallavi is not only an actress but also a dancer who has worked in almost whole of the South Indian film industry - including Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and she is set to make her Kannada film debut soon enough.
The actress got most appreciation as well as awards for her movies Premam and Fidaa, but did you know that Sai Pallavi did not always want to become an actress? She holds a doctrate degree in medicine. As Sai Pallavi turns 27 today, here's taking a look at facts about her which you probably were never aware of:
1. How Sai Pallavi learnt dance
Sai Pallavi never received any official training in dance. She learnt it herself by watching Madhuri Dixit-Nene and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's dance videos.
2. The Onam girl
Sai Pallavi loved celebrating Onam since school days even though she's not from Kerala.
3. Her rare talent
Sai Pallavi is from a tight community called Badaga. She is the first from their community to have achieved stardom. More so, she speaks Badaga which has no script.
4. Graduated actress
Sai Pallavi has graduated in medicine from Georgia. In fact she has gone on record to say that if not an actress, Sai would be a cardiologist.
5. Big screen debut alongside Kangana Ranaut
Sai Pallavi made her big screen debut alongside Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut. She played Kangana's best friend in the movie Dhaam Dhoom.
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6. Her first realization of stardom
Even after her superhit Premam, Sai Pallavi could not realize the level of stardom she achieved, up until she was greeted by a fan at Doha airport. That took the actress by surprise.
(All photos via Instagram)