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STEPPING INTO THE LIMELIGHT
India Today
|December 22, 2025
The record-breaking success of Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra has turned Kalyani Priyadarshan's vampiresuperhero character into a cultural phenomenon
A superhero film about an emotionally aloof female vampire is an ingenious idea on paper, but it's also a box-office gamble. Few could have predicted that the idea would result in the highest-grossing Malayalam film of all time and resonate way beyond Kerala.
Leading lady Kalyani Priyadarshan is still basking in the glory of Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra which recently released on JioHotstar.
"We all [thought] that this is very experimental. It could go either way," she admits.
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