Ranjini (actress)

Ranjini (เดฐเดžเตเดœเดฟเดจเดฟ)
Born Sasha Selvaraj
1970
Singapore
Nationality  India
Occupation Film Actress,
Lawyer,
Business woman
Years active 1985 - 1991
Spouse Pierre Kombara

Ranjini ( เดฐเดžเตเดœเดฟเดจเดฟ ) was a popular South Indian actress in the mid 1980s. She debuted in Tamil cinema and acted in all South Indian languages, doing some memorable characters in Malayalam and Tamil cinema. She acted opposite top actors like Mohanlal, Mammootty, Suresh Gopi etc.

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Personal life

Ranjini was born in Singapore as Sasha Selvaraj to Mr. Selvaraj and Lilly Selvaraj. She is a graduate Lawyer and is currently working as a joint director in an overseas education institution in Kochi, Kerala.

She was married to a Sri Lankan born businessman Keith Pillay and had been living in London until 2007.

Movie career

She was introduced to Tamil cinema by famous director Bharathiraja, a friend of her father. Her debut film was Muthal Mariyathai. Bharathiraja gave her the screen name of Ranjini. Her first Malayalam movie was Swathi Thirunal in 1987,[1] directed by Lenin Rajendran. She went on to act in some of the evergreen Malayalam movies like Chithram, Mukunthetta Sumitra Vilikkunnu and Kottayam Kunjachan.

Filmography

Malayalam films

No:โ†“ Filmโ†“ Yearโ†“ Characterโ†“ Co-starsโ†“ Directorโ†“ Notesโ†“
1 Swathi Thirunal
( เดธเตเดตเดพเดคเดฟ เดคเดฟเดฐเตเดจเดพเตพ )
1987 Sugandhavalli Anant Nag Lenin Rajendran Her debut film in Malayalam
2 Chithram
( เดšเดฟเดคเตเดฐเด‚ )
1988 Kalyani Mohanlal, Poornam Viswanathan Priyadarshan The biggest commercial hit at that time
3 Mukunthetta Sumitra Vilikkunnu
( เดฎเตเด•เตเดจเตเดฆเต‡เดŸเตเดŸเดพ เดธเตเดฎเดฟเดคเตเดฐ เดตเดฟเดณเดฟเด•เตเด•เตเดจเตเดจเต )
1988 Sumitra Mohanlal, Sreenivasan Priyadarshan
4 Varnam
( เดตเตผเดฃเตเดฃเด‚ )
1989 Ammu Jayaram, Suresh Gopi Ashokan
5 News 1989 Megha Suresh Gopi, Babu Antony Shaji Kailas
6 Kaalal Pada
( เด•เดพเดฒเดพเตพเดชเตเดชเดŸ )
1989 Suresh Gopi, Jayaram, Rahman Viji Thampi
7 Kauthuka Varthakal
( เด•เต—เดคเตเด• เดตเดพเตผเดคเตเดคเด•เตพ )
1990 Rose Mary Mukesh, Suresh Gopi Thulasidas
8 Rajavazhcha
( เดฐเดพเดœเดตเดพเดดเตเดšเตเดš )
1990 Mini Saikumar, Suresh Gopi Sasikumar
9 Anantha Vruthantham
( เด…เดจเดจเตเดคเดตเตƒเดคเตเดคเดพเดจเตเดคเด‚ )
1990 Lateesha Saikumar, Manoj K Jayan, Vijay Menon P Anil
10 Prosecution 1990 Manoj K Jayan Thulasidas
11 Orukkam
( เด’เดฐเตเด•เตเด•เด‚ )
1990 Radha Suresh Gopi, Lalu Alex K Madhu
12 Mukham
( เดฎเตเด–เด‚ )
1990 Usha Mohanlal, Nassar Mohan
13 Nanma Niranjavan Srinivasan
( เดจเดจเตเดฎ เดจเดฟเดฑเดžเตเดžเดตเตป เดถเตเดฐเต€เดจเดฟเดตเดพเดธเตป )
1990 Jayaram, Mukesh Viji Thampi
14 Pavakkoothu
( เดชเดพเดตเด•เตเด•เต‚เดคเตเดคเตเต )
1990 Jayaram K Sreekuttan
15 Thooval Sparsam
( เดคเต‚เดตเตฝเดธเตเดชเตผเดถเด‚ )
1990 Jayaram Kamal
16 Kottayam Kunjachan
( เด•เต‹เดŸเตเดŸเดฏเด‚ เด•เตเดžเตเดžเดšเตเดšเตป )
1990 Mollykkutty Mammootty, Innocent T S Suresh Babu Her last Malayalam film so far

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