# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kalpana
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:03:49.216Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kalpana"
name: "Kalpana"
slug: "kalpana"
description: "Kalpana Priyadarshini, better known mononymously as Kalpana, was an Indian actress who appeared in South Indian films, predominantly in Malayalam and Tamil. Kalpana acted in over 300 films in various South Indian languages. She won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Thanichalla Njan (2012) at the 60th National Film Awards. Kalpana began her career as a child artist in the late 1970s. She became popular among the audiences for her comic roles."
tagline: "Indian actress"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d0/Malayalam_actress_Kalpana.jpeg"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1965-10-05"
deathDate: "2016-01-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.6
  momentum:             0
  historical:           19.60898133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  243
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1427780/"
    handle:    "nm1427780"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "കൽപ്പന"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Калпана Ранджани"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kalpana (1965 doğumlu oyuncu)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump