She has changed her name. She has changed her area of interest. She has switched her place of work also. Yes, Charmi Kaur from Punjab a junior aquatic athlete is now known as Kalyani. She is busy acting in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films.

Kalyani is the heroine of Malayalam film KATTUCHEMBAKAM directed by Vinayan. She has completed her Telugu film through which she has entered the world of films. Immediately after that she has been selected as the heroine in KATHAL AZHIVATHILLAI by T Rajendran and then became the heroine in KATTUCHEMBAKAM. She has bagged two more films in Tamil and Malayalam.

In KATTUCHEMBAKAM she has a title role. Chembakam a tribal girl in love with a tribal youth is the target of some people from the plain lands. Their lust for her creates enough conflicts in the film. It was in the sets of KATHAL AZHIVATHILLAI that director Vinayan had a chance meeting with her. Vinayan was shooting his Tamil film EN MANAVATHIL. He asked her whether she would take up the main role in his next Malayalam film. Charmi agreed and Vinayan gave her some Malayalam dialogues, which she recited without any difficulty. She was immediately chosen for the role.

She has heard about Malayalam films and actors like Mammootty and Dileep. She remembers Abhishek Bachchan advising her to try her luck in south Indian films and that's what she did exactly. There she is in the front row in South Indian films as heroine.

Can this junior swimming champion cross the ocean of film acting as well?