Ranjini (เดฐเดเตเดเดฟเดจเดฟ) | |
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Born | Sasha Selvaraj 1970 Singapore |
Nationality | India |
Occupation | Film Actress, Lawyer, Business woman |
Years active | 1985 - 1991 |
Spouse | Pierre Kombara |
Ranjini ( เดฐเดเตเดเดฟเดจเดฟ ) 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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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.
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.
No: | Film | Year | Character | Co-stars | Director | Notes |
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1 | Swathi Thirunal ( เดธเตเดตเดพเดคเดฟ เดคเดฟเดฐเตเดจเดพเตพ ) |
1987 | Sugandhavalli | Anant Nag | Lenin Rajendran | Her debut film in Malayalam |
2 | Chithram ( เดเดฟเดคเตเดฐเด ) |
1988 | Kalyani | Mohanlal, Poornam Viswanathan | Priyadarshan | The biggest commercial hit at that time |
3 | Mukunthetta Sumitra Vilikkunnu ( เดฎเตเดเตเดจเตเดฆเตเดเตเดเดพ เดธเตเดฎเดฟเดคเตเดฐ เดตเดฟเดณเดฟเดเตเดเตเดจเตเดจเต ) |
1988 | Sumitra | Mohanlal, Sreenivasan | Priyadarshan | |
4 | Varnam ( เดตเตผเดฃเตเดฃเด ) |
1989 | Ammu | Jayaram, Suresh Gopi | Ashokan | |
5 | News | 1989 | Megha | Suresh Gopi, Babu Antony | Shaji Kailas | |
6 | Kaalal Pada ( เดเดพเดฒเดพเตพเดชเตเดชเด ) |
1989 | Suresh Gopi, Jayaram, Rahman | Viji Thampi | ||
7 | Kauthuka Varthakal ( เดเตเดคเตเด เดตเดพเตผเดคเตเดคเดเตพ ) |
1990 | Rose Mary | Mukesh, Suresh Gopi | Thulasidas | |
8 | Rajavazhcha ( เดฐเดพเดเดตเดพเดดเตเดเตเด ) |
1990 | Mini | Saikumar, Suresh Gopi | Sasikumar | |
9 | Anantha Vruthantham ( เด เดจเดจเตเดคเดตเตเดคเตเดคเดพเดจเตเดคเด ) |
1990 | Lateesha | Saikumar, Manoj K Jayan, Vijay Menon | P Anil | |
10 | Prosecution | 1990 | Manoj K Jayan | Thulasidas | ||
11 | Orukkam ( เดเดฐเตเดเตเดเด ) |
1990 | Radha | Suresh Gopi, Lalu Alex | K Madhu | |
12 | Mukham ( เดฎเตเดเด ) |
1990 | Usha | Mohanlal, Nassar | Mohan | |
13 | Nanma Niranjavan Srinivasan ( เดจเดจเตเดฎ เดจเดฟเดฑเดเตเดเดตเตป เดถเตเดฐเตเดจเดฟเดตเดพเดธเตป ) |
1990 | Jayaram, Mukesh | Viji Thampi | ||
14 | Pavakkoothu ( เดชเดพเดตเดเตเดเตเดคเตเดคเตเต ) |
1990 | Jayaram | K Sreekuttan | ||
15 | Thooval Sparsam ( เดคเตเดตเตฝเดธเตเดชเตผเดถเด ) |
1990 | Jayaram | Kamal | ||
16 | Kottayam Kunjachan ( เดเตเดเตเดเดฏเด เดเตเดเตเดเดเตเดเตป ) |
1990 | Mollykkutty | Mammootty, Innocent | T S Suresh Babu | Her last Malayalam film so far |