India, Sept. 4 -- Kalyani Priyadarshan is the toast of the town right now, and why not; the actress' film Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra has broken box-office records, not just in Malayalam, but across South by emerging as the highest-grossing female-led movie with worldwide gross of Rs 101 Cr and counting within its first week of release.

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At the Hyderabad event of the film's success meet, its producer and actor Dulquer Salmaan lavished praise on Kalyani, whom he had shared screen space with Varane Avashyamund in 2020, and also explained why casting her was a "no-brainer" for him.

"Kalyani is like my sister. We are so similar that I think we we...