Biography

Ranjini, is a popular Indian actress known for her roles in Tamil and Malayalam films of the mid-1980s and early 1990s. She made her debut in the 1985 Tamil film Muthal Mariyathai directed by P Bharathiraja. 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.