Saranya Mohan

Saranya Mohan
Born	20 February 1989 Alappuzha, Kerala India
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1997–1998; 2005; 2008–present

Saranya Mohan (Malayalam: ശരണ്യ മോഹന്; born 20 February 1989) is an Indian film actress, who has acted in Malayalam and Tamil films. She is probably best known for her performances in Yaaradi Nee Mohini and Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu.

Early life

Saranya was born on 20 February 1989 in Alappuzha, Kerala as the eldest daughter to Malayali parents Mohan and Devika, and has a younger sister named Sukanya. Her mother, Devika, is a trained classical dancer, who runs a dance school in Alappuzha, where Saranya herself also learnt dancing bharatanatyam. She studied at St. Joseph's College in Alappuzha, completing her B. A. degree in English literature.

Career

She was brought to light by Malayalam director Fazil, who had seen Saranya dancing at her dancing school. After approaching and persuading her parents, he casted her for a child character in the 1997 Malayalam film Aniyathi Pravu and its Tamil remake, Kadhalukku Mariyadhai. Following two more roles as a child artiste, she took a break, concentrating on her studies, before enacting a supporting role in another Fazil directorial, Oru Naal Oru Kanavu (2005), in which she acted as a sister to the male lead character.

Her subsequent release, the Dhanush-Nayantara starrer Yaaradi Nee Mohini (2008), brought her into limelight. Her comedic performance as the younger sister to the lead female, who has a crush on her sister's love interest, won her fame and many accolades. She subsequently appeared in a number of Tamil films, which, however, were less successful. 2009, she had six releases, four of which being Tamil projects. Out of her Tamil releases, the tragedy sports film, Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu, directed by debutante Suseenthiran, and the supernatural thriller Eeram proved to be commercially as well as critically successful. Later that year, she made her Telugu debut with Village Lo Vinayakudu and made her comeback to Malayalam films, starring in Chemistry. In 2011 she acted in M.Raja's Velayudham which turned out to be a huge hit. Her role as Vijay's sister won her a lot of good reviews. She also acted in another film named Dharani's Osthi in 2011.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
1997	Aniyathi Pravu		Malayalam	Child artiste
1997	Kadhalukku Mariyadhai		Tamil	Child artiste
1998	Harikrishnans		Malayalam	Child artiste
1998	Rakthasakshigal Zindabad		Malayalam	Child artiste
2005	Oru Naal Oru Kanavu		Tamil
2008	Yaaradi Nee Mohini	Pooja (Anandhavalli)	Tamil	Nominated, Filmfare Best Tamil Supporting Actress Award Nominated, Vijay Award for Best Supporting Actress
2008	Jayamkondaan	Archana Durairaj	Tamil
2008	Mahesh, Saranya Matrum Palar	Keerthana	Tamil
2008	Panchamirtham	Seetha	Tamil
2009	A Aa E Ee	Eeswari	Tamil
2009	Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu	Village girl	Tamil
2009	Eeram	Divya Sreeriraman	Tamil
2009	Arumugam	Mallika	Tamil
2009	Village Lo Vinayakudu	Kavya	Telugu
2009	Chemistry	Parvathy	Malayalam
2010	Bheemli Kabadi Jattu	Village girl	Telugu
2010	Happy Happy Gaa	Priya	Telugu
2010	Kalyanram Kathi	Haritha	Telugu
2011	Nadakame Ulakam	Nandhana	Malayalam
2011	Azhagarsamiyin Kudhirai	Rani	Tamil
2011	Velayudham	Kaveri	Tamil
2012	Osthi	Nirmala	Tamil
2012	Mudra		Telugu	Filming
2012	Ennai Etho Seithu Vittai		Tamil	Filming
2012	Thuppakki	Vishalini	Tamil	Filming
2012	Innaanu Aa Kalyanam	Aisha	Malayalam	Filming
2012	Paramashiva		Kannada	Filming
2012	Ee Bhoomi Aa Baanu		Kannada	Filming
2012	Perinoru Makan		Malayalam	Filming

References

http://manoramanews.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/mmtvContentView.do?contentId=10618722&programId=9958865&tabId=0&BV_ID=%40%40%40

External links

• Official website
• Saranya Mohan at the Internet Movie Database