Ranjini

Acting

Ranjini

Born

1970-07-29 (56)

Place of birth

Singapore

Known for

Acting

Credits

32 titles

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. Koothara, directed by Srinath Rajendran, will marked her comeback to acting after a hiatus of two decades.

Known for

Film credits

1990s · 10 titles

Mukham poster
7.3

A police officer tries to uncover and stop an unknown serial killer who sniped three victims and plans for a fourth one.

Mukham

1990

No artwork available
NR

Lalitha, a mischievous student, falls in love with Arun, her college professor. However, she is unaware that Arun is her mother's former lover.

Sir... I Love You

1991

No artwork available
NR

Sulochana dislikes military men but falls in love with Murali, a soldier, when he rescues her from a thug. Meanwhile, Sulochana's father fixes the marriage of his second daughter with Murali.

Kalyana Rasi

1990

Pavakkoothu poster
8.0

Prakash, a married man, falls in love with another woman. His wife and girlfriend become pregnant at the same time and he tries to keep it under wraps.

Pavakkoothu

1990

Agni Nilavu poster
10.0

Agni Nilavu is a 1991 Indian Malayalam Horror film, directed by N Sankaran Nair and produced by Chakravarthy Production. The film stars Jagadish, Mala Aravindan, Ranjini and Risabava in lead roles. The film had musical score by Usha Khanna.

Agni Nilavu

1991

Kottayam Kunjachan poster
7.1

Kottayam Kunjachan, a small-time thug, gets out of jail after serving a term of seven years for killing a person. Once out, he tries to lead a good life but gets embroiled with a family feud.

Kottayam Kunjachan

1990

Kouthuka Varthakal poster
6.2

No synopsis available yet.

Kouthuka Varthakal

1990

Nanma Niranjavan Sreenivasan poster
7.3

Nanma Niranjavan Sreenivasan is a 1990 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Viji Thampi and produced by Kalliyoor Sasi. The film stars Jayaram, Urvashi, Mukesh and Ranjini in lead roles. The film had musical score by Johnson.

Nanma Niranjavan Sreenivasan

1990

Thoovalsparsham poster
6.5

Three bachelor roommates Unni Krishnan, Vinod and Boney spend time drinking and dating. Their brahmin neighbour complains about the noise. The lives of the three roommates change when they find an abandoned baby girl at their door step one day. When their attempt to find the baby's father fails, they decide to bring up the baby and name it Kingini.

Thoovalsparsham

1990

No artwork available
9.0

Govindankutty struggles to make his younger brother Vijayaraghavan an IAS officer. But they have a major fallout because of their rich uncle's wicked tricks.

Rajavazhcha

1990

1980s · 18 titles

Chithram poster
7.9

A young woman is dumped by her boyfriend just before the wedding as she will not be inheriting any wealth from her father. When the girl's father pays her a visit, she hires a man to act like her husband.

Chithram

1988

No artwork available
NR

A woman vows to seek revenge against those who murdered her husband. Later, she murders Veerababu, an evil landlord, and seeks refuge in a woman's house with her son.

Neethana Antha Kuyil

1986

Mukunthetta Sumitra Vilikkunnu poster
6.7

Mukundan loves Sumithra and starts building his career with a decent job. But when Viswanath, his old college classmate and a conman, comes to meet him, things start going downhill.

Mukunthetta Sumitra Vilikkunnu

1988

Aayiram Pookkal Malarattum poster
NR

Chakravarthy is a conman who marries women for their money and jewels and later kills them. Seetha falls in love with him and looks forward to marrying him. But then she learns the truth about him.

Aayiram Pookkal Malarattum

1986

Kadalora Kavithaigal poster
7.5

A schoolteacher falls in love with an uneducated rowdy villager in order to prove that love can change the heart of even the most despicable person alive.

Kadalora Kavithaigal

1986

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Naalellam Pournami

1986

Paru Paru Pattanam Paru poster
9.0

Directed by Manobala.

Paru Paru Pattanam Paru

1986

Mudhal Mariyathai poster
7.7

A middle-aged upper-caste man, Malaichami, leads an unhappy married life but seeks comfort in a new friendship with a low-caste woman. However, their friendship leads to many rumours in their village.

Mudhal Mariyathai

1985

Mannukkul Vairam poster
7.0

Mannukkul Vairam is a 1986 Indian Tamil film directed by Manoj Kumar and produced by Motherland Pictures.

Mannukkul Vairam

1986

Oru Ponnu Nenacha poster
NR

Directed by Chozha Rajan.

Oru Ponnu Nenacha

1989

Swathi Thirunal poster
9.0

Swathi Thirunal takes over the throne of Travancore from his aunt Gowri Parvati Bayi at the age of sixteen. He goes on to becomes the legendary composer of Carnatic and Hindustani music.

Swathi Thirunal

1987

Varnam poster
8.5

Haridas (Jayaram) moves to Trivandrum for a government job arranged by a local politician. He is provided accommodation by a retired major (Thilakan), a friend of his father, at his house. Haridas gets cheated by the politician and ends up working odd jobs to make ends meet. He initially shares his situation only with the major's daughter (Ranjini) towards whom he starts to grow romantic feelings. Eventually the major comes to know about his job and helps him out to get an alternate one. Meanwhile, Haridas realises that his original government job is now occupied by an old-time adversary Manu (Suresh Gopi), with whom he gets into multiple altercations.

Varnam

1989

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kudumbam Oru Koyil

1987

Sakalakala Sammandi poster
6.0

Sakalakala Sammandi is a 1989 Indian Tamil film, directed by Visu and produced by K.R.G. The film stars Visu, Saranya, Delhi Ganesh and Manorama in lead roles. The film had musical score by Sankar Ganesh.

Sakalakala Sammandi

1989

Thaimel Aanai poster
6.0

Raja, a young man, is determined to avenge the death of his mother and sister. But, his friend, a law abiding police officer, does not want Raja to take law into his own hands.

Thaimel Aanai

1988

News poster
7.0

After getting turned down to become a police inspector, Rishi Menon starts his own detective agency. He is handed an assignment to investigate the murder of a woman and the disappearance of a college student.

News

1989

No artwork available
NR

Boominathan is an honest politician who is killed in a function by Thyagu. But, he denies the charges of killing him. Boomi's son is set out to find out the real murderer.

Urimai Geetham

1988

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Muthukkal Moondru

1987