Sai Pallavi who is a well-known name in southern film industries, the actress has proved to be a woman of change and has broken several stereotypes. Sai Pallavi, who is gearing up for the release of Tamil film NGK, turns 27 today. The actress, who learned dancing by watching Madhuri Dixit and Aishwarya Rai’s videos while growing up, loves to celebrate the Kerala festival of Onam even though she born a Tamilian. 

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• As Sai Pallavi turns 27 today, here's taking a look at facts about her which you probably were never aware of:
• Were you stunned when you saw her breaking into a dance sequence in Premam? She has actually never been trained in any form of dance and in an interview she said she used to watch Aishwarya Rai and Madhuri Dixit’s videos to learn how to dance.
• She recently graduated in medicine from Tbilisi, Georgia. She told media recently that she would primarily like to be a doctor by profession and desires to be a cardiologist.
• Pallavi is from a very tight community called Badaga, from Kotagiri, Tamil Nadu and is the first from their community to have achieved stardom. She speaks Badaga which has no script.
• She used to love celebrating Onam during her school days thought she’s not from Kerala. She used to practice making a rangoli with flowers (Pookolam) during her favourite festival.
• Premam wasn’t her first movie; Sai Pallavi made her screen debut alongside Kangana Ranaut as her friend in Dhaam Dhoom. Here’s the proof:
• Before she found fame with Premam, she made headlines with a rocking performance in a reality show ‘Dhee 4’
• Sai Pallavi said in an interview that she has never been confident about her looks and when she was approached for Premam, she was nervous about the issues she was facing with her skin. However, her director Alphonse Puthren gave her confidence and she became Malar.
• Reports say, when Alphonse approached her for Premam, she thought he was a stalker! Bwahahahah
• When she travelled to the Middle East, she was shocked that she had fans there and was surrounded by them at the Doha airport!
• When she heard the song Malare which later became a huge hit, she din’t know it was to be picturised on her. When she learnt it was for her she jumped with joy. She said her co-star Nivin Pauly helped her with her expressions for this song.

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