Ranjini Malayalam Serial Actress

Kavitha Ranjini, known by the stage name Urvashi is an Indian film actress, dubbing artist, television host, script dialogue writer and producer known for her works in Malayalam and Tamil film industry. Urvashi was a prominent lead actress of the 1980s and 1990s, primarily in Malayalam.

• Ranjini has touted as the ‘Mother of Modern Malayalam’ because of her modern attire. She made her guest appearance in various shows like ‘Comedy Stars Season 2’, ‘Komedy Circus,’ ‘Onnum Onnum Moonu,’ ‘Badai Bungalow,’ ‘Comedy Super Nights,’ ‘Ashwamedham,’ etc. She is an avid animal lover.
• Ranjini Haridas, Actress: Entry. Ranjini Haridas is an actress, known for Entry (2013), Mera Naam Shaji (2019) and Bigg Boss (2018).
• Sasha Selvarajoo, better known as Ranjini, is a Singaporean actress known for her roles in Tamil, Malayalam And Telugu films of the mid-1980s and early 1990s. Ranjini made her debut in the 1985 Tamil film Muthal Mariyathai directed by Bharathiraja.

Sasha Selvaraj, better known by her stage name Ranjini, is a Singapore born Indian actress known for her roles in Tamil , Malayalam films. She also did few Telugu films. She was the leading actress from 1985 to 1992.

Ranjini made her debut in the 1985 Tamil film Muthal Mariyathai directed by Bharathiraja.^[1] In 1987, she acted in Lenin Rajendran's Swathi Thirunal, a biopic on the Travancore ruler of the same name. Her second Malayalam film Chithram (1988), written and directed by Priyadarshan, went on to become a huge box office success.

Mohanlal-Ranjini was considered a golden duo in Malaylam cinema as all their films were commercial successes.^[2]Koothara, directed by Srinath Rajendran, marked her comeback to acting after a hiatus of two decades.

Career[edit]

Ranjini was born in Singapore as Sasha to Selvaraj and Lilly, belonging to fourth generation residents of Singapore, with roots from Tirunelveli.^[3] She was introduced to films by famous director Bharathiraja, a friend of her father. Bharathiraja gave her the screen name of 'Ranjini' for his 1985 film Muthal Mariyathai. Ranjini, whose family was in Singapore then had flown down to Chennai taking a break from studies with the hope that the shooting would get over within two weeks.^[4]

Her first Malayalam film was Swathi Thirunal in 1987, directed by Lenin Rajendran. The film was a critical success and she won The Cinema Express Award for Best Actress. She went on to act in Malayalam films like Chithram, Mukunthetta Sumitra Vilikkunnu (1988) and Kottayam Kunjachan (1990).

Ranjini quit acting in films at the peak of her career to move to London, where she continued her studies.^[5] Her last film was Customs Diary (1993), directed by TS Suresh Babu. In London, she also did a degree in credit management and later acquired a law degree. She also worked for the BBC for a short time.^[4] She is a graduate lawyer and is currently working as a joint director in an overseas education institution in Kochi, Kerala. She is married to Malayali businessman Pierre Kombara.^[4]

Ranjini was in the committee of 'Nirbhaya-Kochi', an initiative of district administration under Ernakulam District Collector, MG Rajamanickam IAS (The Welfare for Women & Children Safety) in 2014. She was also in the founding committee of 'Stree', a project for Women and Health under Maradu municipality in 2016. She regularly appears as a panelist on TV debates for various social topics on National, Malayalam and Tamil Channels. In 2018, she was one of 12 elite panelists invited by The National Commission for Women to a discussion on sexual harassment in the workplace.

Ranjini is known for her voice against The Supreme Court verdict on women-entry at Sabarimala.She was also instrumental in stopping TV counselling shows ie. Nijangal & Solvathellam Unmai.

Filmography[edit]

Television[edit]

Beauty Pageants as Judge[edit]

• Miss India/Kerala 2010 (Miss World-Femina)
• Miss South India 2012 (Miss Asia-Manappuram)
• Mrs. Malayali 2019

Tamil films[edit]

Ranjini Malayalam Serial Actresses

Malayalam films[edit]

Telugu[edit]

Notes[edit]

1. ^'Interview with Ranjini'. Vanitha (in Malayalam).
2. ^'People still call me Kalyani: Ranjini'. The New Indian Express. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
3. ^'Ranjini - Mangalam Varika'. Mangalam. Archived from the original on 10 January 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
4. ^ ^abc'Will she? Won't she?'. Deccan Chronicle. 10 January 2012. Archived from the original on 10 January 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
5. ^People still call me Kalyani: Ranjini (Navamy Sudhish) 24 September 2013 [1]

External links[edit]

• Ranjini on IMDb

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Actress

Born: April 23, 1982 (age 38 years), Kochi, India

Parents: Sujatha Haridas

Record label: Manorama Music

Albums: Nammal Thammil – Thalappavu – Thirakadha, Ettuthikkum Madhayanai, Poppins

Ranjini Haridas born on 23rd April 1982 in Kochi, Kerala, is a popular television anchor, leading model and former Miss Kerala.

She was the winner of the Miss Kerala 2000 Pageant.

She achieved prominence in Malayalam television through the program Sasi annante Lokam broadcast by Aset.

She found further success when she started appearing as the host of the Malayalam reality show Idea Star Singer, and has remained on the show through all its seasons from 2007 till the present.

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In 2016, Ranjini Haridas and Santhosh Pandit voted as the most hated and trolled artists in Malayali social media related to entertainment fields.

She is an avid animal lover.

She has an Audi Q3 Dynamic car.

Red is her all-time favourite colour.

She loves to eat Pizza.

She likes to spend her free time writing poems or playing badminton.

Ranjini Haridas was born on 23-04-1980 in Kochi in the state of Kerala, India.

She is an Indian Television Actress, Television Presenter, Model, Film Actress, Singer & Radio Jockey who known for her work in Television Serials as well as in Malayalam films.

Ranjini Haridas is a household name in Kerala. She shot to fame after winning the Miss Kerala crown in the year 2000.

She is arguably one of the top anchors of Malayalam television shows. She was also heavily criticised for her poor Malayalam accent.

Her dressing sense has always been scrutinised but against all odds, she has risen from ranks and became one of the most decorated celebrities of Malayalam entertainment industry.

Ranjini began her career as a child artist in Geetham in 1986.

She then became a host and hosted several events like Amrita TV Film Awards, Asianet Film Awards, Flowers TV awards, Asiavision Awards, SIIMA, and Flowers TV awards among others.

In 2007, she was signed as a host of Idea Star Singer for season 2.

Through this show, she won everybody’s hearts and kept on hosting the show till season 6.

For hosting the show, she also won Asianet Television Best Anchor Award.

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In addition to hosting, she also performs and writes poems too.

She garnered huge publicity when the legendary Argentine Footballer Diego Maradona came to Alappuzha to inaugurate Chemmanur Jewelers.

She was the host of the event and invited the footballer to shake a leg with her.

While dancing, she kissed the footballer and it created a lot of controversies.

Few media report suggested that two are dating each other but she denied and said it’s a privilege for her to be linked with such an icon.

She recently roped in to host Asianet’s network’s new show called Run Baby Run wherein she interviews various celebrities.

She has made cameo roles in films like China Town and Thalsamayam Oru Penkutty.

She played her first lead role in the Malayalam film titled Entry in 2013.

She was last seen in Syam-Praveen’s film titled Otta Oruthiyum Shariyalla in 2013.

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