Saranya Ponvannan

Acting

Saranya Ponvannan

Born

1970-04-26 (56)

Place of birth

Alappuzha, Kerala, India

Known for

Acting

Credits

61 titles

Sheela better known by her stage name Saranya is an Indian film actress who has predominantly appeared in Tamil language films. Saranya made her debut in a lead role in Mani Ratnam's Nayagan and went on to play lead roles in a few films during the late 1980s. Following an eight-year sabbatical, she returned to feature films as a character artiste, essaying supporting roles, particularly playing mother characters to lead artists. For her performances in films including Raam (2005), Thavamai Thavamirundhu (2005), Em Magan (2006) and Kalavani (2010), she has received notable critical praise and several accolades, including three Filmfare Awards for Best Supporting Actress, while her performance…

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 11 titles

Nagabandham: The Secret Treasure poster
4.5

A chosen warrior protects a mystical, serpent-bound Himalayan temple from those seeking to steal the power of the Brahma Kamalam, a divine relic.

Nagabandham: The Secret Treasure

2026

Kushi poster
4.8

Worlds and families collide when the son of a prominent atheist falls head over heels for the daughter of his father’s nemesis, a revered Hindu leader.

Kushi

2023

Etharkkum Thunindhavan poster
5.8

A lawyer turns judge jury and executioner and goes after a gang, led by a minister's son, that threatens women with videos of them.

Etharkkum Thunindhavan

2022

Conjuring Kannappan poster
6.2

A man begins to have nightmares where he experiences things in sleep have an effect on him in real life, too. But as his derangement spreads across his family and friends, they decide to go to the root of the cause.

Conjuring Kannappan

2023

Nilavuku En Mel Ennadi Kobam poster
6.0

Prabhu, a young chef, is ready to move forward with an arranged marriage when his past love, Nila, unexpectedly reenters his life, challenging his plans and emotions.

Nilavuku En Mel Ennadi Kobam

2025

Chup poster
6.8

A series of bizarre and disturbing murders rock the city of Mumbai. Film critics are being killed week after week with the release of every new film. Arvind Mathur, Head of Crime Branch Mumbai, is tasked with solving the case. With the help of Zenobia, a criminal psychologist, he tries to understand the mind of the killer to trap him.

Chup

2022

Bha. Bha. Ba. poster
3.7

After the Chief Minister of Kerala is kidnapped, a determined investigator is brought in to track down the mysterious abductor, uncovering hidden motives and secrets behind the crime.

Bha. Bha. Ba.

2025

Varalaru Mukkiyam poster
5.3

Karthik is an aspiring YouTuber, who wants to be famous and his friend Adaikalam aspires to be a politician. Karthik falls in love with Yamuna, his new Malayali neighbour but Jamuna, sister of his love interest falls in love with Karthik.

Varalaru Mukkiyam

2022

Viruman poster
5.4

An intrepid and good-hearted son fights to make his arrogant father pay the price for his sins, which includes his mother's death, and save his brothers from the man's grip.

Viruman

2022

MGR Magan poster
2.7

The Normal life of a villager turns living hell when he starts to realizes that is family keeps boundaries to it's members and also discovers that his village is in danger by a man who tries to destroy a mountain in the village.

MGR Magan

2021

Bhoomi poster
4.5

Bhoominathan, a NASA scientist, returns to his drought-affected village in Tamil Nadu and decides to fight against the evil corporates and corrupt politicians responsible for the plight of his people.

Bhoomi

2021

2010s · 24 titles

Manam poster
7.1

A married couple die in an accident, leaving behind a son. As he grows up and becomes successful, he comes across reincarnations of his father and mother as youngsters, and vows to bring them back together.

Manam

2014

Vedam poster
7.3

Five people from varied strata of society – a slum dweller who works as a cable operator, a runaway prostitute, a desperate woman drowning in debt, a rising musician, and a grief-stricken Muslim man – end up together in the same hospital, at a time when it is attacked by terrorists.

Vedam

2010

24 poster
7.2

Scientist turned Entrepreneur Dr. Sethuraman tries to safeguard his newly invented time travel device from falling into the hands of his Evil Twin Brother Aathreya.

24

2016

All in All Azhagu Raja poster
3.7

The film is centered around Azhaguraja (Karthi), his friend and adviser Kalyanam (Santhanam) who runs a little known TV channel. He falls head over heels for at first sight with Devi Priya (Kajal Aggarwal) daughter of a rich businessman and the rest of the story is how he wins her in the end.

All in All Azhagu Raja

2013

Neerparavai poster
6.0

A skeleton is found at the home of Esther (Nandita Das), whose fisherman husband Arulappasamy (Vishnu) has been missing for the past 25 years. Esther confesses that it was she who murdered her husband but when Agnes (Varsha), the cop assigned to the case, lends a sympathetic ear, she narrates a heart wrenching tale of a loving family ruined by the politics of territorial waters.

Neerparavai

2012

Nani's Gang Leader poster
7.0

A crime novelist is approached by a group of bereaved women to help them plot revenge against those responsible for the loss of their loved ones.

Nani's Gang Leader

2019

Kodi poster
6.1

A young politician finds himself in a position where he has to contest against his girlfriend, who is ambitious. Circumstances force his look-alike twin to also get involved in this political battle.

Kodi

2016

Chaarulatha poster
5.7

Chaarulatha (also spelled as Charulatha) is a 2012 Indian horror film simultaneously made in Kannada and Tamil languages. The film was directed by Pon Kumaran, a former associate to K. Bhagyaraj and K. S. Ravikumar, and features Priyamani in the lead role. The film was an adaptation of the Thai horror film Alone. Sundar C Babu composed the film's music.] The film’s story is about conjoined twins. Produced by Global One Studios and distributed by Hansraj Saxena's Sax Pictures, Charulatha released on 21 September 2012 with dubbed Malayalam and Telugu versions with the same title.

Chaarulatha

2012

Brahmotsavam poster
4.4

When a charming NRI girl falls in love with a wealthy businessman, she unwittingly sparks conflict within his large joint family. How will her lover find a way to marry her, while still ensuring that his large family remains happy and harmonious?

Brahmotsavam

2016

Brahmotsavam poster
4.4

When a charming NRI girl falls in love with a wealthy businessman, she unwittingly sparks conflict within his large joint family. How will her lover find a way to marry her, while still ensuring that his large family remains happy and harmonious?

Brahmotsavam

2016

Naan Sigappu Manithan poster
6.2

Indran suffers from narcolepsy, a sleep disorder that makes him fall asleep at the slightest excitement. He meets Meera and they fall in love but one night, they are attacked by unknown persons. Indran panics and goes into sleep, while Meera is raped. Indran must rely hard on his wits to find the assailants and overcome his condition get his revenge.

Naan Sigappu Manithan

2014

Velaiyilla Pattathari poster
7.5

Raghuvaran, who is unemployed for years, gets his dream job but a powerful rival is keen to put him down. Can he take on his adversary?

Velaiyilla Pattathari

2014

Muthukku Muthaaga poster
6.2

No synopsis available yet.

Muthukku Muthaaga

2011

Remo poster
5.7

An aspiring actor dresses up as a female nurse to bag a role in a film, and more importantly, woo the love of his life.

Remo

2016

Velaiyilla Pattathari 2 poster
5.7

A cool-headed crusader for the struggling engineers, Raghuvaran faces the powerful and arrogant owner of a construction company Vasundhara Parameswaran, as they engage in a battle to win the corporate game.

Velaiyilla Pattathari 2

2017

Oru Kuprasidha Payyan poster
6.8

It is a murder mystery which draws its inspiration from the real-life murders in Kerala and explores how a person can be framed and labelled a criminal, even if there is no solid proof of their guilt.

Oru Kuprasidha Payyan

2018

Junga poster
5.6

A simpleton has to turn into a quirky, albeit miserly, don to save his legacy and his ancestral property, a movie hall.

Junga

2018

Kalavani 2 poster
4.4

An irresponsible youngster locks horns with one of his relatives in a rural election.

Kalavani 2

2019

Marainthirunthu Paarkum Marmam Enna poster
6.1

A daring young man joins a gang that is behind chain-snatching crimes in the city. What's his game plan?

Marainthirunthu Paarkum Marmam Enna

2018

Tamilselvanum Thaniyar Anjalum poster
5.0

A criminal group wants to stop a courier that has damning evidence against them from reaching the hands of an activist, but they underestimate the young man who has to deliver the package

Tamilselvanum Thaniyar Anjalum

2016

Kolamavu Kokila poster
6.6

A young woman takes up drug peddling to make money for the treatment of her mom, who has cancer.

Kolamavu Kokila

2018

Bangalore Naatkal poster
5.7

Three cousins, Arjun, Divya and Kannan, relocate to Bangalore for various reasons. However, they face many challenges which change their lives forever.

Bangalore Naatkal

2016

Katha Nayagan poster
3.8

A coward has to prove that he can be brave to marry the girl he is in love with.

Katha Nayagan

2017

The Villain poster
5.1

Rama or Ravana, whose ideologies work better? Two shrewd minds battle it out in a one-upmanship game. Who will win?

The Villain

2018

2000s · 15 titles

Yavarum Nalam poster
6.4

Manohar and his family move into a new apartment on the 13th floor. However, their peace is disturbed by a spirit that uses the television set as a medium to communicate with them.

Yavarum Nalam

2009

Ready poster
6.0

A brave man decides to kidnap his friend's beloved from a forced marriage, but ends up abducting the wrong bride. Ironically, the bride he kidnapped is ecstatic because she was already planning an escape. On the run, they fall in love, but in order to get married, they must convince their families.

Ready

2008

Thirumagan poster
NR

A man has to chose between three women, His lady love, his uncle's daughter and the daughter of his father's friend for marriage.

Thirumagan

2007

Rakhi poster
5.6

An ambitious and young man named Rama Krishna avenges his sister's death after her in-laws burn her alive due to their greed for dowry. Thereafter, he starts killing every man that harasses a woman.

Rakhi

2006

Sivakasi poster
5.6

Muthappa is forced to leave his house at a young age for a crime that his older brother, Udayappa, committed. When he returns home, he learns about his brother's antics and decides to punish him.

Sivakasi

2005

Chatrapathy poster
5.0

Chatrapathy movie tells the story of Saravanan(Sarathkumar) who works as the bus driver for a ladies college and Nikitha, one of the college students, has fallen for him. When four goondas belonging to a caste-based political party get off easy after causing the death of a young woman, Saravanan takes justice into his own hands and kills them.Eventually we learn of his past as Chatrapathi, a decorated major in the army and the reason behind his enmity with Chakravarthy(Mahadevan), the leader of the same political party.

Chatrapathy

2004

Arul poster
6.5

Arul, who works in a mill, is the youngest of four brothers in a family of goldsmiths. Once, Arul's brother stole a chain due to financial circumstances. As Arul had taken the blame for it, he was labelled as a "thief" and seen as a black sheep by his father. Thus, he vows never to make a gold ornament ever again. Kanmani, who moves into the opposite house, begins by playing tricks on him, but eventually falls for his character. Arul doesn't believe in love, and keeps his distance from her. One day, when Arul's father scolds him in the temple,

Arul

2004

Thiruvilaiyaadal Aarambam poster
6.1

Guru hatches several plans to separate Priya and her lover Thirukumaran. However, Thirukumaran successfully manages to escape from Guru's evil plans and traps him in another problem.

Thiruvilaiyaadal Aarambam

2006

Vel poster
6.2

Two sons that are separated as children grow up in drastically different environments.

Vel

2007

No artwork available
NR

Singakutty is a drama Tamil film starring Sivaji, Gauri Munjal and Malavika, released in 2008.stunt master Anal arasu was acting as a negative role named as Muthu pandi.

Singakutty

2008

Raju Bhai poster
5.0

A man saves the son of a local don from rivals, and gets a job in the don's gang. Things change when he falls in love with a girl who wants him to quit the gang.

Raju Bhai

2007

Alai poster
4.5

Aadhi and Meera are in love. During their friend's marriage in his village, they intervene and help him marry the girl he loves, against the wishes of his parents, resulting in dire consequences.

Alai

2003

Dindigul Sarathy poster
6.2

The story revolves around an insecure teetotaler Sarathy (Karunas) who feels bad due to his dark skin (his wife Karthika is fairer than him) who is often the brunt of many jokes. Because he feels inferior to his wife, he begins to suspect her of infidelity and to think that she will one day elope with a lover. After a misunderstanding, Sarathy and his mother are estranged which further weakens the bond between Sarathy and Karthika. How Sarathy resolves his issues and gets back together with Karthika forms the rest of the story.

Dindigul Sarathy

2008

Meesai Madhavan poster
NR

A doctor fails to save the life of a street vendor's son, so the distraught father, who is also a musician, kidnaps the doctor's son and flees the city.

Meesai Madhavan

2004

Jagadam poster
5.8

Seenu dreams of becoming a thug and grows up to be a member of a local gangster's group. Things take an unexpected turn when Seenu's younger brother is killed due to Seenu's lifestyle.

Jagadam

2007

1990s · 6 titles

Meendum Savithri poster
NR

Manju is an outspoken woman. She lives with her father, who tries to socially reform people. Belonging to a middle class family, she cannot provide a dowry for potential grooms. One day, Manju comes across an innovative advertisement where a groom is looking for a bride without any dowry. His family shocks Manju's father, but she is determined to make a life with them. Will she succeed?

Meendum Savithri

1996

No artwork available
1.0

Kottai Vaasal is a 1992 Indian Tamil film, directed by Selva Vinayagam and produced by Mohan Natarajan and Tharangai V. Shanmugam. The film stars Arun Pandian, Sukanya, Saranya and Goundamani in lead roles. The film had musical score by Deva.

Kottai Vaasal

1992

No artwork available
4.0

Dasarathan is a 1993 Tamil language film directed by Kitty. The film features Sarathkumar and Heera in lead roles whilst Sivakumar, Saranya and Gandhimathi play supporting roles.

Dasarathan

1993

No artwork available
7.3

Seevalaperi Pandi is a 1994 Tamil drama film directed by Prathap K. Pothan. The film features Napoleon in lead role making his debut as hero. The film, produced by P. G. Srikanth, had musical score by Adithyan and was released on 23 June 1994. The film is based on the life of 'Seevalaperi' Pandi.

Seevalaperi Pandi

1994

No artwork available
6.3

Thangapandi stays with his grandfather after the birth of his stepbrother Sellasamy. He is jealous of him and leaves his mother after an unexpected incident leaves him feeling unwanted.

Pasumpon

1995

No artwork available
9.0

Raja, a police officer, faces challenges when he gets promoted to a higher post. Raja challenges Inbasekharan that he will fulfil Shanthi's dream of marrying Sundar.

Agni Paarvai

1992

1980s · 3 titles

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