Kayadu Lohar

Kayadu Lohar
Lohar in 2025
Born
Kayadu Lohar Gadali

(2000-04-11) 11 April 2000 (age 26)
Tezpur, Assam, India
Occupations
  • Actress
  • model
Years active2021–present

Kayadu Lohar (born 11 April 2000) is an Indian actress and model who predominantly appears in Malayalam and Tamil films. She made her debut with the Kannada film Mugilpete (2021). Lohar had her breakthrough with Dragon (2025) and has since received success with Idhayam Murali (2026) and The Paradise (2026).

Early life

Lohar was born on 11 April 2000 in Tezpur, Assam, and was brought up in Pune, Maharashtra. Her father changed his surname from Gadali to Lohar, after settling in Pune. She completed her schooling from St. Francis De Sales School and Don Bosco College, Pune. Lohar graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Commerce from Savitribai Phule Pune University.

Career

Lohar started her career with a jewellery pageant contest and later won the Times of India's Everyuth Fresh Face Season 12. Lohar made her acting debut in the 2021 Kannada film Mugilpete when she was participating in Times Fresh Face Competition. Her first Malayalam film Pathonpatham Noottandu was released in September 2022, Alluri, her first Telugu film in 2022, I Prem U, her first Marathi film in 2023.

Lohar had her career breakthrough in 2025 with her Tamil debut, Dragon where she played a businessman's daughter opposite Pradeep Ranganathan. Her performance earned her recognition. Avinash Ramachandran of The Indian Express stated, "Kayadu turn up a wonderful performance even if her character is relegated to being increasingly one-note." A commercial success, it emerged as the fourth higgest grossing Tamil film of the year.

Lohar had six films releases in 2026: Telugu films Funky opposite Vishwak Sen, and The Paradise opposite Nani, Malayalam films Pallichattambi opposite Tovino Thomas, and I'm Game opposite Dulquer Salmaan, and Tamil films Idhayam Murali opposite Atharvaa, and Immortal opposite G. V. Prakash Kumar. Among these, Idhayam Murali and The Paradise emerged as modest commercial success.

Filmography

Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released

Films

YearTitleRoleLanguageNotesRef.
2021MugilpeteApoorvaKannadaDebut film
2022Pathonpatham NoottanduNangeliMalayalam
AlluriSandhyaTelugu
2023I Prem UVeenaMarathi
2025Oru Jaathi JaathakamPayalMalayalam
DragonPallavi ParasuramTamil
2026FunkyChitraTelugu
PallichattambiK. P. A. C. RebeccaMalayalam
Idhayam MuraliAmudhaTamil
I'm Game Isha Malayalam
Immortal Sindhu Tamil
The Paradise Subbalakshmi "Subbu" Telugu
2027 Thaaram † TBA Malayalam Filming
Manjanaththi † TBA Tamil Filming
Suriya 48 † TBA Tamil Filming

Music videos

Year Song Language Singer(s) Ref.
2026 "Pavazha Malli" Tamil Sai Abhyankkar, Shruti Haasan

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2026 South Indian International Movie Awards Best Female Debut – Tamil Dragon Won

References

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  43. ↑ "Sai Abhyankkar Teams Up with Shruti Haasan for New Indie Single 'Pavazha Malli'". 4 March 2026. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
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