Kalaranjini

Kalaranjini
Kalaranjini
Born	Kollam
Occupation	Actress
Relatives	Sooranad Kunjan Pillai (grandfather); Kalpana (sister); Urvashi (sister);

Last updated December 05, 2024

Kalaranjini is an Indian actress who started her career in the early 1980s.

Personal life

Kalaranjini was born to popular drama actors Chavara V. P. Nair and Vijayalakshmi in Kollam district. She is the granddaughter of famous writer Sooranad Kunjan Pillai. Her sisters are actors Kalpana and Urvashi.^[1] Her two brothers, Kamal Roy and Prince had also acted in a few Malayalam movies. Prince (Nandu of Layanam fame) committed suicide at the age of 17.^[2]

Kalaranjini is divorced and has a son, Prince.^[3]

Partial filmography

Malayalam

List of Kalaranjini Malayalam film credits
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1978	Madanolsavam	Child artist
1979	Edavazhiyile Poocha Minda Poocha	College lecturer
1979	Sikharangal	Song role	Special appearance
1980	Swantham Enna Padam	Prabha
1981	Ammakkorumma	Sherly
1981	Nizhal Yudham	Shobha
1982	Aasha	Aasha
	Ente Mohangal Poovaninju	Baby	Dubbed into Telugu as Manasuna Neekai
	Gaanam	Ranjini
	Komaram	–
	Odukkam Thudakkam	–
	Oru Thira Pinneyum Thira	Latha
	Balloon	Chinnu
	Njan Onnu Parayatte	Thankamani
	Yagam
1983	Aashrayam	Amina
	Bhookambam	Susie
	Ee Vazhi Mathram	Sharada
	Eettillam	Kausalya
	Himavahini	Ponnu
	Nizhal Moodiya Nirangal	Daisy
	Passport	Sainabha
	Ee Yugam
1984	Ente Nandinikutty	Nandinikutty's mother
	Idavelakku Sesham	Sunitha
	Lakshmana Rekha	Sunitha
	Nishedi	Anitha
	Paavam Krooran	Sheela
	Raajavembaala	Maala
	Theere Pratheekshikkathe	Sreedevi
	Attahaasam	Uma
	Oru Thettinte Katha
	Swarna Gopuram
1985	Kaiyum Thlayum Purathidaruthe
1985	Suvarna Kshethram	–
1986	Ambili Ammavan	–
	Ashtabandham	Savithri
	Ithramathram	Anitha
	Yuvajanotsavam	Bhagaval Das's Wife
1987	Amme Bhagavathi	Saraswathi	Dubbed into Telugu as Devi Bhagavathi
	Ithrayum Kalam	Molly	Dubbed into Telugu as Manushulu Marali
	Jaithra Yaathra	Nurse/Minimol's mother
	Kathakku Pinnil	Malathi
	Ponnu	Santhamma
	Vamban	Kala
	Swantham Ennu Karuthi
1989	Crime Branch	Ambujam	Dubbed into Hindi as Crime Branch
1991	Koumara Swapnangal	Rajasekharan's wife
1991	Raagam Anuragam	Indu
1997	Katha Nayakan
1997	Swantham Makalkku Snehapoorvam
1998	Sreekrishnapurathe Nakshathrathilakkam	Aanathavalli	^[4]
2002	Kalyanaraman	Saraswathy	^[5]
	Nandanam	Janaki	^{[ citation needed ]}
	Vasanthamalika	Lakshmiyamma
2003	Swantham Malavika	Gomathi	Dubbed into Hindi as "Hamaari Madhuri"
2003	Swapnakoodu	Sophy	Dubbed into Tamil as "Moonram Pirai"
2004	Bunglavil Outha	Rosamma
2005	Hridayathil Sookshikkan	Nanditha's mother
	Iruvattam Manavaatti	Bhumika's mother
	Kochi Rajavu	Lakshmi
	Annorikkal
2007	Kangaroo	Cicily
	Sooryan	Sarasu	Dubbed into Tamil as Thozha
	Speed Track	Gouri's mother
	Ali Bhai
2008	Kerala Police	Maria Roy
2009	Banaras	Malathi
	Ivar Vivahitharayal	Kavya's mother
	Parayan Marannathu	Madhavi
	Puthiya Mukham	Mahi's wife	Dubbed into Tamil as Puthiya Mukham
	Swantham Lekhakan	Shantha
	Mounam
	Patham Nilayile Theevandi
2010	Patham Adhyayam	Lakshmikutty
	Pulliman	Kamakshi
	Ringtone	Thampuratti
2011	Ithu Nammude Katha	Sethulakshmi
	Bombay Mittayi	–
	Kalabha Mazha	Kamashi
	Mohabbath	Panchayat Member, Mariya
	Ninnishtam Ennishtam 2	Sreekuttan's mother
	Cocoon
2012	Kunjaliyan	Kanambaram
	Mr. Marumakan	Interview board member
	Spanish Masala	Theressa	^[6]
	The King & the Commissioner	Santha Krishnan Nair
2013	Aattakatha	Unni's mother
	God for Sale	Priyadarshini
	Jwalamukhikal	Sudha	Short film
	Mr. Bean
	Radio
	White Paper	Sumathi
2014	How Old Are You	Rajeev's mother
	Karnavar	Vijaya's mother
	Mizhi Thurakku
	Parankimala	Appu's mother	^[7]
2015	1000 – Oru Note Paranja Katha	Gypsy lady
	Chirakodinja Kinavukal	Sumathi's mother	^[8]
	Ennu Ninte Moideen	Kanchana's mother (Janaki)	^[9]
	Female Unnikrishnan	Unniyamma	^{[ citation needed ]}
	Jo and the Boy	Mary John	^{[ citation needed ]}
2017	Georgettan's Pooram	Mercy	^{[ citation needed ]}
2017	Kambhoji	Antharjanam, Uma's mother
2018	Lolans
2019	Manoharam	Sreeja's mother	^[10]
2020	Sufiyum Sujatayum	Kamala	^[11]^[12]
2024	Bharathanatyam	Saraswathi	^[13]

Tamil

List of Kalaranjini Tamil film credits
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1981	Andru Muthal Indru Varai	Lakshmi
1981	Aradhanai	Lilly
1982	Manjal Nila	Vasantha
1982	Oorum Uravum	Roopa
1987	Kavalan Avan Kovalan	Kumari Shari
1987	Paadu Nilave	Lalitha	^{[ citation needed ]}
1987	Sirai Paravai	Ponnusamy's wife
1989	Vaai Kozhuppu	Kalpana
1991	Mookuthi Poomele	Bhuvana
1995	Chandralekha	Easwari (Chandralekha's mother)
1995	Murai Mappillai	Raja's mother
1995	Vishnu	Nirmala	Dubbed into Telugu as "Mr.Hari Krishna" and in Hindi as "Jeeta"
1996	Mettukudi	Sivakami
1997	Periya Idathu Mappillai	Chinnavar's wife
1997	Thaali Pudhusu	Kala
1998	Iniyavale	Ramanathan's wife
2012	Ithanai Naalai Engirunthai
2015	36 Vayadhinile	Tamizhselvan's mother	Dubbed into Malayalam as 36 Vayadhinile^{[ citation needed ]}
2023	Yosi		^[14]

Telugu

List of Kalaranjini Telugu film credits
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1981	Vaadani Malli	Aruma	Credited as Kala Rani ^{[ citation needed ]}
1983	Simham Navvindi	Radha/Latha
1984	Marchandi Mana Chattalu	Damayanthi
1985	Kalaranjani	Ranjani

Kannada

List of Kalaranjini Kannada film credits
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983	Aasha	Prameela	Dubbed into Telugu as "Chattaniki Kallunte" ^{[ citation needed ]}
	Mukhi		^{[ citation needed ]}

Television career

List of Kalaranjini television credits
Year	Title	Channel	Language	Role/Notes
	Kanimuthu	Jaihind TV	Malayalam	Won – Drishya TV award for Best Actress (Telefilm)^{[ citation needed ]}
	Thennaliraman	Amrita TV	Malayalam
	Vismayam	Surya TV	Malayalam	Telefilm
1997	Smarakashilakal		Malayalam
1997	Doctors	Sun TV	Tamil	as Saranya
1999	Chinna Chinna Aasai : Bandham	Sun TV	Tamil	as Sasi
2003–04	Manasaputhri	Surya TV	Malayalam	as Giri's aunt
2004	Black and White Season 2	Asianet	Malayalam	as Alice
2004	Megham	Asianet	Malayalam
2005	Sindoorarekha	Asianet	Malayalam
2005–06	Thulabharam	Surya TV	Malayalam	as Subhadraamma
2005–06	Vikramadithyan	Asianet	Malayalam	as Maharani
2006	Lakshyam	Asianet	Malayalam
2007	Prayanam	Surya TV	Malayalam
2007	Daya	Kairali TV	Malayalam
2007	Makal Old	Asianet	Malayalam
2007	Mandaram	Kairali TV	Malayalam	as Shameer's umma
2007	Velankanni Mathavu	Surya TV	Malayalam	as Rachelamma
2007–08	Sree Guruvayoorappan	Surya TV	Malayalam	as Marathakamma
2008	Ammakkayi	Surya TV	Malayalam
2008	Chilluvilakku	Surya TV	Malayalam
2008	Kanakuyil	Asianet	Malayalam	as Geetha
2008	Sreekrishnaleela	Asianet	Malayalam
2009	Chandrettanum Shobedathiyum	Asianet	Malayalam	as Shobha
2009	Devimahatymam	Asianet	Malayalam	as Savithri
2009	Sreemahabhagavatham	Asianet	Malayalam
2009–10	Vasantham	Sun TV	Tamil	as Thillainayagi (Mangalam's eldest daughter in law)
2009–12	Vilakku Vacha Nerathula	Kalaignar TV	Tamil	as Saradhamma^{[ citation needed ]}
2009–12	Chakkara Bharani	Surya TV	Malayalam	as Indiramma
2011–14	Kumkumapoovu	Asianet	Malayalam	as Subhadramma (Mahesh's mother)
2012–15	Sondha Bandham	Sun TV	Tamil	as Prem's mother, Rajalakshmi
2013–14	Mama Mappilai	Sun TV	Tamil
2014	Crime Branch	Kairali TV	Malayalam
2014–18	Kalyana Parisu	Sun TV	Tamil	as Gajalakshmi (Antagonist)
2015–17	Moonnumani	Flowers TV)	Malayalam	as Sharadhamma Dubbed into Tamil as Moondram Pirai^[15]
2016	Manathe Kottaram	Kairali TV	Malayalam	as Kottarathil Komalavalli

Reality shows

Lunars Comedy Express (Asianet Plus) as Special judge
Comedy Stars (Asianet) as Judge

Shows / Other works

JB Junction (Kairali TV)
Shoot N Show (Kairali TV)
Star Family (Amrita TV)
Varthakkappuram (Asianet News)
Ennile Njan (ACV)
Asianet Film Awards 2016
Flowers Awards Night
Malayalam Super Star Nite
Rim Showtime
Nana
Celespot Media
Mahilaratnam
Vanitha
The Hindu
Grihalakshmi

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↑ "The Hindu : Friday Review Thiruvananthapuram : The Urvashi formula". Archived from the original on 24 March 2009.
↑ Kalaranjini. സിനിമ എനിക്ക് സാന്ത്വനമായി [The film has been a relief for me.]. Mathrubhumi (Interview) (in Malayalam). Archived from the original on 5 July 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
↑ ശ്രീകൃഷ്ണപുരത്തെ നക്ഷത്രത്തിളക്കത്തിൽ നഗ്മയ്ക്ക് ശബ്ദം നൽകിയ നായിക ആരെന്നറിയുമോ? [Do you know who is the heroine who gave voice to Nagma in the starlight in Sreekrishnapuram?]. The Indian Express (in Malayalam). 5 October 2021. Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
↑ "#FilmyFriday! Kalyanaraman: A wedding that reshaped the fate". The Times of India . 24 June 2022. Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
↑ "I could not participate in the La Tomatino festival". Rediff . 16 November 2011. Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
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↑ Sudhish, Navamy (17 September 2015). "Redefining Love Through Ennu Ninte Moideen". The New Indian Express . Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
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↑ Yosi | നടി ഉർവശിയുടെ കുടുംബത്തിൽ നിന്നും അഭയ് ശങ്കർ സിനിമയിലേക്ക്; 'യോസി' ട്രെയ്‌ലർ [Yosi | Abhay Shankar from actress Urvashi's family to make his film debut; 'Yosi' Trailer]. News 18 Malayalam (in Malayalam). 27 March 2023. Archived from the original on 27 March 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
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[1] "Popular siblings from the Malayalam film industry". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 18 November 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.

[2] "The Hindu : Friday Review Thiruvananthapuram : The Urvashi formula". Archived from the original on 24 March 2009.

[3] Kalaranjini. സിനിമ എനിക്ക് സാന്ത്വനമായി [The film has been a relief for me.]. Mathrubhumi (Interview) (in Malayalam). Archived from the original on 5 July 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2014.

[4] ശ്രീകൃഷ്ണപുരത്തെ നക്ഷത്രത്തിളക്കത്തിൽ നഗ്മയ്ക്ക് ശബ്ദം നൽകിയ നായിക ആരെന്നറിയുമോ? [Do you know who is the heroine who gave voice to Nagma in the starlight in Sreekrishnapuram?]. The Indian Express (in Malayalam). 5 October 2021. Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2023.

[5] "#FilmyFriday! Kalyanaraman: A wedding that reshaped the fate". The Times of India . 24 June 2022. Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2023.

[6] "I could not participate in the La Tomatino festival". Rediff . 16 November 2011. Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2023.

[7] Nambidi, Parvathy (28 November 2013). "Parankimala: Revisiting An Intense Romance". The New Indian Express . Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2023.

[8] "In experimental mode". The Hindu . 23 April 2015. Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2023.

[9] Sudhish, Navamy (17 September 2015). "Redefining Love Through Ennu Ninte Moideen". The New Indian Express . Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2023.

[10] "Vineeth Sreenivasan's next is 'Manoharam'". The News Minute. 5 March 2019. Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2023.

[11] "Soofiyum Sujathayum Movie |". Moviekoop. Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2023.

[12] "'Sufiyum Sujatayum': Of plastic passions". Mangalorean. 4 July 2020. Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2023.

[13] Features, C. E. (26 July 2024). "Saiju Kurup's Bharathanatyam announces release date with first look". Cinema Express. Retrieved 26 July 2024.

[14] Yosi | നടി ഉർവശിയുടെ കുടുംബത്തിൽ നിന്നും അഭയ് ശങ്കർ സിനിമയിലേക്ക്; 'യോസി' ട്രെയ്‌ലർ [Yosi | Abhay Shankar from actress Urvashi's family to make his film debut; 'Yosi' Trailer]. News 18 Malayalam (in Malayalam). 27 March 2023. Archived from the original on 27 March 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2023.

[15] Vinodadarshan (September 2015). "Moonnumani Serial Cast and Crew | Actor/actress of Moonnumani -Flowers TV Serial". Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2023.

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