Ranjini

Acting

Ranjini

Born 1970-07-29 · Singapore

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.

Acting credits

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

Ring Master poster
3.5

Prince, a dog trainer, faces an awkward situation when his pet dog Diana acts in a film alongside his ex-lover, an actress who shares the same name as the dog.

Ring Master

2014

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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

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

Kouthuka Varthakal poster
6.2

No synopsis available yet.

Kouthuka Varthakal

1990

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

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

Koothara poster
5.9

Three engineering students whose life takes a twist after meeting a mysterious man who teaches them the real meaning of life.

Koothara

2014

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pa.Va poster
4.4

Pa.Va or Pappanekkurichum Varkeyekkurichum focuses on existential aspects of life in two close octogenarian friends Pappen and Varkey. The movie narrates the love and friendship shared between two close friends - Pappen and Varkey, in the backdrop of Christian families in Central Travancore.

Pa.Va

2016

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Naalellam Pournami

1986

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

Phoenix poster
4.0

John and his family relocate to a far away island village with hopes of rebuilding their lives. But destiny has other plans for them as a series of horrifying events begin to unfold.

Phoenix

2023

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kudumbam Oru Koyil

1987

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

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

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

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

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