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Saranya Mohan

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Saranya Mohan
Born
Saranya Mohan

Alappuzha, Kerala, India[1]
Occupations
  • Actress
  • dancer
  • singer
Years active1997–2015

Saranya Mohan is an Indian former actress, who predominantly appeared in Malayalam and Tamil films. She has also acted in a few Telugu, Kannada and Hindi films. She is best known for her performances in Yaaradi Nee Mohini (2008), Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu (2009), Eeram (2009), Velayudham (2011) and Osthe (2011).[2]

Early life

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Saranya is the eldest daughter of Mohan and Kalamandalam Devi.[1] She has a younger sister named Sukanya who is also trained classical dancer.[1] Both her parents are trained classical dancers and dance teachers, who together run a dance school, Y.K.B Dance Academy [3] in Alappuzha, where Saranya herself also learnt dancing bharatanatyam. She studied at St. Joseph's College for Women, Alappuzha,[4] completing her B. A. degree in English literature.[5] After completing MA in English Literature from Annamalai University,[6] Chidambaram she completed MFA in Bharatanatyam from the same university.

Career

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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 cast her for a child character in the 1997 Malayalam film Aniyathi Pravu and its Tamil remake, Kadhalukku Mariyadhai. Next she made appearance as a child artist in the hit Malayalam movie Harikrishnans with Mammootty, Mohanlal and Juhi Chawla in lead roles. Then she also was seen as a child artist in yet another Malayalam movie Rakthasakshikal Sindabad with Mohanlal and Suresh Gopi. Then she took a break, concentrating on her studies,[7] 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 3 more Tamil films in 2008, which, however, were less successful. These included the 1st one Jayamkondaan, next was Mahesh, Saranya Matrum Palar & finally Panchamirtham along with Jayaram . In year 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. The other two Tamil movies were A Aa E Ee with Prabhu and another Tamil movie was Arumugham with Bharath and Priyamani in lead roles. Later that year, she made her Telugu debut with Village Lo Vinayakudu and made her comeback to Malayalam films, starring in Chemistry. She also did the Telugu remake of her Tamil movie titled Bheemili Kabaddi Jattu in 2010, which also did well in the box office. Then she did one more Telugu movie Happy Happy Ga the same year. In 2011 was yet another Malayalam movie Nadakame Ulakam along with Mukesh, Vinu Mohan and Sarayu Mohan. Then she did a cameo role in the Tamil movie Azhagarsamiyin Kuthirai same year. In 2011 she also 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. Same year later she did a Malayalam movie Innanu Aa Kalyanam. She also acted in another film named Dharani's Osthe in the end of 2011 with Simbu in lead role. The year 2012 she had an entry to Kannada same year with her debut Kannada movie Ee Bhoomi Aa Bhanu. In 2014 she did her 2nd Kannada movie Paramashiva starring V. Ravichandran Sir too. Then the same year she made her Bollywood debut with Badlapur Boys opposite Nishan which was the Hindi remake of her hit Tamil movie Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu.[8]

Personal Life

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Saranya married her longtime boyfriend Dr. Aravind Krishnan on 6 September 2015 at Kottamkulangara Devi Temple, Alappuzha.[9] They have a son named Anantapadmanabhan Aravind and a daughter named Annapoorna Aravind. [10]

Filmography

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Year Film Role Language Notes
1997 Aniyathi Pravu Mini's niece Malayalam Debut movie
Child artist
Kadhalukku Mariyadhai Mini's niece Tamil Child artist
Remake of Aniyathi Pravu
1998 Harikrishnans Ammalu's friend Malayalam Child artist
Rakthasakshikal Sindabad Malayalam Child artist
2001 Dosth Child in cemetery Tamil Child artist
2005 Oru Naal Oru Kanavu Meera Tamil
2006 Pachakuthira Actress Malayalam
2008 Yaaradi Nee Mohini Pooja (Anandhavalli) Tamil Nominated, Filmfare Best Tamil Supporting Actress Award
Nominated, Vijay Award for Best Supporting Actress
Jayamkondaan Archana Durairaj Tamil
Mahesh, Saranya Matrum Palar Keerthana Tamil
Panchamirtham Seetha Tamil
2009 A Aa E Ee Eeswari Tamil
Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu Village girl Tamil
Eeram Divya Sreeriraman Tamil
Arumugam Mallika Tamil
Village Lo Vinayakudu Kavya Telugu
Chemistry Parvathy Malayalam
2010 Bheemili Kabaddi Jattu Village girl Telugu Remake of Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu
Kalyanram Kathi Haritha Telugu
Happy Happy Ga Priya Telugu
2011 Ponnu Kondoru Aalroopam Malayalam
Nadakame Ulakam Nandhana Malayalam
Azhagarsamiyin Kudhirai Rani Tamil
Velayudham Kaveri Tamil
Innanu Aa Kalyanam Aisha Malayalam
Osthe Nirmala Tamil
2012 Perinoru Makan Bhama Malayalam
2013 Ee Bhoomi Aa Bhanu Bhoomi Kannada
Kolagalam Ramya Tamil
2014 Paramashiva Swathi Kannada
Kadhalai Thavira Verondrum Illai Kamali Tamil
Badlapur Boys Sapna Hindi Remake of Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu

TV serials

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TV shows

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  • Nuvvu Nenu - Telugu game show
  • Parayam Nedam - Malayalam game show
  • Celebrity Taste - Malayalam cookery show
  • Vivel Big Break - Malayalam reality show
  • Red Carpet - Malayalam reality show
  • Panam Tharum Padam - Malayalam game show

Endorsements

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References

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  1. ^ a b c വേലായുധത്തിന്റെ കാവേരി Archived 22 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine. mathrubhumi.com (6 November 2011)
  2. ^ വെണ്ണിലാ പെണ്‍കൊടി Archived 19 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine. mathrubhumi.com (28 April 2009)
  3. ^ YKB International Academy. YKB International Academy. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  4. ^ St Joseph's College. Stjosephscollegeforwomen.org (1 July 1954). Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  5. ^ Interview With Saranya Mohan – Interviews. CineGoer.com (26 October 2009). Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  6. ^ Annamalai University Staff Portal. Annamalaiuniversity.ac.in. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  7. ^ "Saranya Mohan Biography, Saranya Mohan Bio". connect.in.com. Archived from the original on 1 April 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Saranya faints on sets". Deccan Chronicle. Archived from the original on 3 April 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  9. ^ "Pt老虎机平台免费游戏--注册入口". Archived from the original on 6 May 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  10. ^ http://english.manoramaonline.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/saranya-mohan-blessed-with-a-baby-boy.html ?
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