Kalki Koechlin (born January 10, 1984) is a French-Indian actress, screenwriter, playwright, and women's rights activist actively working in Hindi cinema and theatre. Known for her versatile and unconventional roles, she is the recipient of a National Film Award, a Filmfare Award and two Screen Awards.
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Biography from TMDB.
- January 10, 1983 (43)
- Puducherry, India
- Actor, also writer
- 20 on MovieCove · 43 credits in all
What are Kalki Koechlin's films like?
Across their 19 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 15
A split, not a type: Light 5 · Serious 5 · Dark 6
Grounded 11 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 0
Gentle 3 · Charged 9 · Intense 4
Steady 6 · Shifting 9 · Whiplash 1
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 9 · Some laughs 7 · Funny 0
A split, not a type: Slow burn 8 · Even-paced 7 · Relentless 1
Casual 6 · Engaged 7 · Full focus 3
Easy watch 3 · Affecting 7 · Heavy 6
A split, not a type: Resolved 9 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 2
Roles they play
Usually the Hero: 5 of 11 analyzed roles.
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- Heroas Ruth Edscer in That Girl in Yellow Boots (2010)
- Shadowas Natasha Arora in Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011)
- Heroas Amy in Shaitan (2011)
- Allyas Shalini in Shanghai (2012)
- Tricksteras Aditi in Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013)
- Heroas Laila in Margarita with a Straw (2014)
- Allyas Mimi in A Death in the Gunj (2016)
- Heroas Sahana Mehra in Ribbon (2017)
- Allyas Piya Kapoor in Mantra (2017)
- Shapeshifteras Sky in Gully Boy (2019)
- Heroas Olivia in Her Song (2026)
Moods and endings
- Happy7
- Bittersweet7
- Tragic3
- Ambiguous2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Kalki Koechlin's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 11 of their 20 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (7).
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Subscription and free streaming for Kalki Koechlin's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
43 credits, 20 with a MovieCove page; 6 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Kaher (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

Veerabhadruni Rahasyam (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

Her Song(2026)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Bhay: The Gaurav Tiwari Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

Tiny Little Voices (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

Nesippaya (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

Tees (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

Kho Gaye Hum Kahan(2023)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Sam Bahadur (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

Goldfish (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

Switchh (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

Paava Kadhaigal(2020)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
The New Normal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

Kadakh (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

Bhram (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

Nerkonda Paarvai (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

Made in Heaven(2019)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
Gully Boy(2019)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Smoke(2018)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
Sacred Games(2018)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
Candyflip (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

Ribbon(2017)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Jia aur Jia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

Azmaish: A Journey Through the Subcontinent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

Mantra(2017)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
A Death in the Gunj(2016)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Waiting (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

Un + Une(2015)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Man's World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

Kaash (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

Margarita with a Straw(2014)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Happy Ending(2014)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani(2013)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Ek Thi Daayan(2013)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Shanghai(2012)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
My Friend Pinto (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara(2011)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Shaitan(2011)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
The Film Emotional Atyachar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

Dev.D (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all filmsAnarth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 97th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 43 titles, 42 of them dated from 2007 to 2026; peak year 2012.

Biggest box office
Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013)

Highest rated
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011)

Most popular right now
Made in Heaven (2019)
Film career
Peak 2012 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 5 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2007Screen debut· Laaga Chunari Mein Daag
- 2011First top-billed film· That Girl in Yellow Boots
- 2015Career best· Margarita with a Straw
- 2018Career best· Sacred Games
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.
How do Kalki Koechlin's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 84th percentile, the median of all 16; across their 16 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 75th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up14
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th5
Shape of the crowd
8 of their 20 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved4
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser8
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed6
Reviewers score the acting 79/100 in their films, across 15 reviewed titles; fans 85, detractors 46. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Kalki Koechlin's work okay for kids?
Across up to 9 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity and alcohol & drugs run heavier than most films and violence & gore and frightening / intense lighter.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Kalki Koechlin work with?
People who share at least 2 of Kalki Koechlin's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Gulshan Devaiah shares the most, 4.
Directors
- Zoya AkhtarShared titles: Kho Gaye Hum Kahan (2023), Gully Boy (2019), Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011)See all 3 shared titles with Zoya Akhtar

Writers
- Reema KagtiShared titles: Kho Gaye Hum Kahan (2023), Gully Boy (2019), Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011)See all 3 shared titles with Reema Kagti

- Vijay MauryaShared titles: Kho Gaye Hum Kahan (2023), Gully Boy (2019), Smoke (2018)See all 3 shared titles with Vijay Maurya

- Mukul SharmaShared titles: A Death in the Gunj (2016), Ek Thi Daayan (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Mukul Sharma

- Hussain DalalShared titles: Happy Ending (2014), Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Hussain Dalal

Actors
- Gulshan DevaiahShared titles: Smoke (2018), A Death in the Gunj (2016), Shaitan (2011), That Girl in Yellow Boots (2010)See all 4 shared titles with Gulshan Devaiah

- Jim SarbhShared titles: Made in Heaven (2019), Smoke (2018), A Death in the Gunj (2016)See all 3 shared titles with Jim Sarbh

- Divya JagdaleShared titles: Kho Gaye Hum Kahan (2023), That Girl in Yellow Boots (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Divya Jagdale

- Rahul VohraShared titles: Kho Gaye Hum Kahan (2023), Un + Une (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Rahul Vohra

Composers and editors
- Sagar DesaiShared titles: Mantra (2017), Ribbon (2017), A Death in the Gunj (2016)See all 3 shared titles with Sagar Desai
- Mikey McClearyShared titles: Ribbon (2017), Margarita with a Straw (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Mikey McCleary

- A. Sreekar PrasadShared titles: Ek Thi Daayan (2013), Shaitan (2011)See all 2 shared titles with A. Sreekar Prasad

Producers
- Farhan AkhtarShared titles: Kho Gaye Hum Kahan (2023), Gully Boy (2019), Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011)See all 3 shared titles with Farhan Akhtar

- Ritesh SidhwaniShared titles: Kho Gaye Hum Kahan (2023), Gully Boy (2019), Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011)See all 3 shared titles with Ritesh Sidhwani

- Anurag KashyapShared titles: Shaitan (2011), Trishna (2011), That Girl in Yellow Boots (2010)See all 3 shared titles with Anurag Kashyap

- Guneet Monga KapoorShared titles: Shaitan (2011), Trishna (2011), That Girl in Yellow Boots (2010)See all 3 shared titles with Guneet Monga Kapoor

Mixed roles
- Konkona Sen SharmaShared titles: A Death in the Gunj (2016), Ek Thi Daayan (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Konkona Sen Sharma

