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). Kayadu had her breakthrough with Dragon (2025) and has since appeared in Idhayam Murali (2026).
Early life Kayadu 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. Kayadu 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.
Following the success of Dragon, Lohar had six films releases in 2026 including, Funky opposite Vishwak Sen, Pallichattambi opposite Tovino Thomas, Idhayam Murali opposite Atharvaa, I'm Game opposite Dulquer Salmaan, Immortal opposite G. V. Prakash Kumar, and The Paradise oppsite Nani.
Filmography
Films Year Title Role Language Notes Ref. 2021 Mugilpete Apoorva Kannada Debut film 2022 Pathonpatham Noottandu Nangeli Malayalam Alluri Sandhya Telugu 2023 I Prem U Veena Marathi 2025 Oru Jaathi Jaathakam Payal Malayalam Dragon Pallavi Parasuram Tamil 2026 Funky Chitra Telugu Pallichattambi K. P. A. C. Rebecca Malayalam Idhayam Murali Amudha Tamil I'm GameIshaMalayalam Immortal Sindhu Tamil The Paradise Subbalakshmi "Subbu"Telugu2027MalayalamFilmingTamilFilming Tamil Filming
Music videos Year SongLanguage Notes Lyrics Singers Co-Actor 2026"Pavazha Malli"TamilSingle – Think Music India Vivek Sai Abhyankkar, Shruti Haasan Sai Abhyankkar
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Work Result Ref. 2026 South Indian International Movie Awards Best Female Debut – Tamil Dragon
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