India, Dec. 4 -- Malayalam actress Kalyani Priyadarshan did the unthinkable when her latest film, Lokah Chapter 1 Chandra, broke into the Rs 300-crore club, becoming the first Mollywood movie to do so. But did you know that Kalyani started off her career in the film world as a set designer even though she aspired to be an actress? And it was a fortuitous turn of events, including a sprained back and the ire of a filmmaker, that prompted her to change her career path and plunge into acting, her real dream, the actress revealed during an interview with The Nod Magazine.

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Being the daughter of noted filmmaker Priyadarshan and yesteryear actress L...