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{{Infobox person
| name = Ranjini
| image =
| caption =
| birth_name = Sasha Selvaraj
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1970|07|29}}
| birth_place = [[Singapore]]
|years_active = 1985–1992 2014–present
| nationality = Singaporean
| spouse = Pierre Kombara (m.2006-present)
| occupation = Film actress [[Lawyer]] [[Entrepreneur]] Social-Activist
| known_for =

}}

'''Sasha Selvaraj''', better known by her stage name '''Ranjini''', is a [[Singaporean]] born Indian actress known for her roles in [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Malayalam]] films. She also did few [[Telugu language|Telugu]] films. She was the leading actress from 1985 to 1992.

Ranjini made her debut in the 1985 Tamil film ''[[Muthal Mariyathai]]'' directed by [[Bharathiraja]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://indianterminal.com/forum/first-cut-first-show/71113-interview-with-chitram-fame-actress-ranjini.html|title=Interview with Ranjini|magazine=[[Vanitha]]|language=Malayalam}}</ref> In 1987, she acted in [[Lenin Rajendran]]'s ''[[Swathi Thirunal (1987 film)|Swathi Thirunal]]'', a biopic on the Travancore ruler of the same name. Her third Malayalam film ''[[Chithram]]'' (1988), written and directed by [[Priyadarshan]], went on to become a huge box office success which is still holding the records for numerous feats in the Malayalam movie industry.

[[Mohanlal]]-Ranjini was considered a golden duo in Malaylam cinema as all their films were commercial successes.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/2013/sep/24/People-still-call-me-Kalyani-Ranjini-521087.html|title=People still call me Kalyani: Ranjini|newspaper=The New Indian Express|access-date=2019-01-17}}</ref> ''[[Koothara]]'', directed by Srinath Rajendran, marked her comeback to acting after a hiatus of two decades.

==Career==
Ranjini was born in [[Singapore]] as Sasha to Selvaraj and Lilly, belonging to fourth generation residents of Singapore, with roots from Tirunelveli.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mangalam.com/mangalam-varika/136868 |title=Ranjini - Mangalam Varika |work=Mangalam |access-date=24 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110144639/http://www.mangalam.com/mangalam-varika/136868 |archive-date=10 January 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> She was introduced to films by famous director [[Bharathiraja]], a friend of her father. Bharathiraja gave her the screen name of "Ranjini" for his 1985 film ''[[Muthal Mariyathai]]''. Ranjini, whose family was in Singapore then had flown down to Chennai taking a break from studies with the hope that the shooting would get over within two weeks.<ref name="will won't">{{cite news |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/tabloid/glam-sham/will-she-won%E2%80%99t-she-287|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120110015644/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/tabloid/glam-sham/will-she-won%E2%80%99t-she-287|url-status=dead|title=Will she? Won't she? |newspaper=Deccan Chronicle|date=10 January 2012|archivedate=10 January 2012 |accessdate=17 January 2019}}</ref>

Her first Malayalam film was ''[[Swathi Thirunal (film)|Swathi Thirunal]]'' in 1987, a National Award feature directed by [[Lenin Rajendran]]. The film was a critical success and she won The Cinema Express Award for Best Actress. She went on to act in Malayalam films like ''[[Chithram]]'', ''[[Mukunthetta Sumitra Vilikkunnu]]'' (1988) and ''[[Kottayam Kunjachan]]'' (1990).
Ranjini quit acting in films at the peak of her career to move to London, where she continued her studies.<ref name="newindianexpress.com">''People still call me Kalyani: Ranjini'' (Navamy Sudhish) 24 September 2013 [http://newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/People-still-call-me-Kalyani-Ranjini/2013/09/24/article1799897.ece]</ref> Her last film was ''[[Customs Diary]]'' (1993), directed by TS Suresh Babu.

Ranjini was in the committee of "Nirbhaya-Kochi", an initiative of district administration under Ernakulam District Collector, MG Rajamanickam IAS (The Welfare for Women & Children Safety) in 2014. She was also in the founding committee of "Stree", a project for Women and Health under Maradu municipality in 2016. She regularly appears as a panelist on TV debates for various social topics on National, Malayalam and Tamil Channels. In 2018, she was one of 12 elite panelists invited by The National Commission for Women to a discussion on sexual harassment in the workplace.

Ranjini is known for her voice against The Supreme Court verdict on women-entry at Sabarimala.She was also instrumental in stopping TV counselling shows ie. Nijangal & Solvathellam Unmai.

==Personal life==
She married Malayali businessman Pierre Kombara in 2006.<ref name="will won't" />
In London, she also did a degree in credit management and later acquired a law degree. She also worked for the BBC for a short time.<ref name="will won't" /> She is a graduate lawyer and is currently working as a joint director in an overseas education institution in [[Kochi]], [[Kerala]].

==Filmography ==
===Television ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- bgcolor="red" align="center"
|-
!Year
! Program
! Role
! Channel
!language
|-
|rowspan=5|2014||[[Lunars Comedy Express]]||ROWSPAN =7|Judge ||[[Asianet Plus]] ||rowspan =7|Malayalam
|-
|Comedy stars season 2||[[Asianet (TV channel)|Asianet]]
|-
|Gruhalakshmi||[[Jaihind TV]]
|-
|Patturumaal ||[[Kairali TV]]
|-
|Veruthey Alla Bharya
|[[Mazhavil Manorama]]
|-
|2015
|Yuvatharam||Jaihind tv
|-
|2017
|Malayali Veettamma
|Flowers TV
|-
|2018
| Makkal Mandram ||[[Panelist]]|| [[Thanthi TV]] ||Tamil
|-
|2019-2020
|Sharp Shoot
|Debate Moderator
|[[Jaihind TV]]
|Malayalam
|-
|}

===Beauty Pageants as Judge ===
*Miss India/Kerala 2010 (Miss World-Femina)
*Miss South India 2012 (Miss Asia-Manappuram)
*Mrs. Malayali 2019

===Tamil films===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- bgcolor="red" align="center"
|-
! Year
!No:
! Film
! Character
! Director
!Notes
|-
| rowspan ="1"|1985||1
| ''[[Mudhal Mariyathai]]''
| Sevuli
| [[Bharathiraja]]
|Debut Movie
|-
| rowspan ="7"|1986||2
|''[[Avalai Cholli Kutramillai]]''
|
|A. A. Soman
|
|-
|3
|''[[Kadalora Kavithaigal]]''
|Gangamma
||[[Bharathiraja]]
|
|-
|4
|''[[Aayiram Pookkal Malarattum]]''
|Saras
|E. Ramdoss
|
|-
|5
|''[[Paru Paru Pattanam Paru]]''
|
|[[Manobala]]
|
|
|-
|6
|''[[Needhana Andha Kuyil]]''
|
|
|-
|7
|''[[Nalellam Pournami]]''
|
|
|-
|8
|''[[Mannukkul Vairam]]''
| Chitte
|[[Manoj Kumar (Tamil film director)|Manoj kumar]]
|
|-
| rowspan ="7"|1987||9
|''[[Kudumbam Oru Koyil]]''
|
|[[A. C. Tirulokchandar]]
|
|-
|10
|''[[Aayusu Nooru]]''
|
|[[Ponmani Rajan]]
|
|-
|11
|''[[Paasam Oru Vesham]]''
|
|
|-
|12
|''[[Muthukkal Moondru]]''
|
|[[A. Jagannathan]]
|
|-
|13
|''[[Parisam Pottachu]]''
|
|K. Shozharajan
|
|-
|14
|''[[Arul Tharum Ayyappan]]''
|
|Dasarathan
|
|-
|15
|''[[Velicham]]''
|
|Sundar. K. Vijayan
|-
| rowspan ="2"|1988||16
|''[[Thaimel Aanai]]''
|Meena
|L.Raja
|-
|17
|''[[Urimai Geetham]]''
| Ganga
|[[R. V. Udayakumar]]
|
|-
| rowspan ="8"|1989||18
|''[[Puthu Mappillai]]''
|
|B. S. Subramaniyan
|
|-
|19
|''[[Poruthadhu Podhum]]''
|
|[[P. Kalaimani]]
|
|-
|20
|''[[Neruppu Nila]]''
|
|
|-
|21
|''[[Sariyana Jodi]]''
|
|
||[[Bharathiraja]]
|
|-
|22
|''[[Dilli Babu]]''
|
|[[Pandiarajan]]
|
|-
|23
|''[[Sakalakala Sammandhi]]''
| Jhansi
|[[Visu]]
|-
|24
|''[[Ellame En Thangachi]]''
|
|[[Visu]]
|-
|25
|''[[Samsarame Saranam]]''
|
| Jeevabalan
|
|-
|1990
|26
|''[[Kalyana Rasi]]''
|
| K. Sivaprasad
|'''50 th Movie'''
|
|-
|1991
|27
|''[[Sir...I Love You]]''
|Lalitha
|G. N. Rangarajan
|
|-
|1991
|28
|''En Mamanukku Nalla Manasu ''
|
|
|
|
|-
|}

===Malayalam films===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! No:
!Year
! Film
! Character
! Director
!Notes
|-
| 1
|1987
| ''[[Swathi Thirunal (1987 film)|Swathi Thirunal]]''
| Sugandhavalli
| [[Lenin Rajendran]]
| Her debut film in Malayalam
|-
| 2
| rowspan="3"|1988
| ''[[Chithram]]''
| Kalyani
| [[Priyadarshan]]
|
|-
| 3
| ''[[Mukunthetta Sumitra Vilikkunnu]]''
| Sumitra
| [[Priyadarshan]]
|
|-
| 4
| ''[[Adholokam]]''
|
| ''[[Thevalakkara Chellappan]]''
|
|-
| 5
| rowspan='3'|1989
| ''[[Varnam (1989 film)|Varnam]]''
| Ammu
| Ashokan
|
|-
| 6
| ''[[News (1989 film)|News]]''
| Megha
| [[Shaji Kailas]]
|
|-
| 7
| ''[[Kaalal Pada]]''
|Maya Menon
| Viji Thampi
|
|-
| 8
| rowspan="14"|1990
| ''[[Kauthuka Varthakal]]''
| Rose Mary
| Thulasidas
|
|-
| 9
| ''[[Rajavazhcha]]''
| Mini
| Sasikumar
|
|-
| 10
| ''[[Anantha Vruthantham]]''
| Lateesha
| P. Anil
|
|-
| 11
| ''[[Prosecution (film)|Prosecution]]''
|Jyothi
| Thulasidas
|
|-
| 12
| ''[[Orukkam (film)|Orukkam]]''
| Radha
| K. Madhu
|
|-
| 13
| ''[[Mukham]]''
| Usha
| Mohan
|
|-
| 14
| ''Nanma Niranjavan Srinivasan''
| Mary
| Viji Thampi
|
|-
| 15
| ''[[Pavakkooth]]''
|Krishna
| K. Sreekuttan
|
|-
| 16
| ''[[Thooval Sparsam]]''
| Sujatha
| [[Kamaluddin Mohammed|Kamal]]
|
|-
| 17
| ''[[Khandakavyam]]''
|
| Vasan
|
|-
| 18
| ''[[Sandram]]''
| Police Officer's wife
| Thaha
|
|-
| 19
| ''[[Sunday 7 PM]]''
|Dilip's step moter/Dilip's lover
|Shaji Kailas
|
|-
| 20
| ''[[Kottayam Kunjachan]]''
| Mollykkutty
| T. S. Suresh Babu
|
|-
| 21
| ''[[Vembanad (film)|Vembanad]]''
|Abused/Lead role
|Prof. Sivaprasad
|
|-
| 22
|1991
| ''Agni Nilavu''
| Rekha
| N. Sankaran Nair
|
|-
| 23
|1992
| ''[[Kingini]]''
| Nandhini
|A. N. Thampi
|
|-
| 24
|1993
| ''[[Customs Diary]]''
| Priya
|''[[T. S. Suresh Babu]]''
|
|-
| 25
|2008
| ''[[Twenty:20 (film)]]''
| Ranjini
|Joshiy
|Archive footage
|-
| 26
| 2014
| ''[[Ring Master]]''
|Elizabeth
|Rafi
|Comeback film
|-
| 27
|2014
| ''[[Koothara]]''
|Ram's mother
|Srinath Rajendran
|
|-
|28
|2016
|''[[Pa Va]]''
|Lillykutty
|Sooraj Tom
|
|-
|29
|2018
|''[[Mohanlal]]''
|Herself
|Sajid Yahiya
|Photo only /Archive footage/Uncredited role
|-
|30
|2019
|''Thankabhasmakuriyittu Thampuratti''
|Herself
|Sujan Aromal
|Photo only /Archive footage/Uncredited role
|-
|}

===Telugu===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- bgcolor="red" align="center"
|-
!Year
! No:
! Film
! Character
! Director
|-
| rowspan ="1"|1987||1
| ''[[Brahma Rudrulu]]''
|Jyothi
|
|-
| rowspan ="1"|1988||2
| ''[[August 15 Rathri]]''
| Sheela
| [[P. N. Ramachandra Rao]]
|-
| rowspan ="1"|1989||3
| ''[[Police Report]]''
|Lakshmi
|
|-
| rowspan ="1"|1989||4
| ''[[Maa Inte Maharajalu]]''
|
|
|-
| rowspan ="1"|1989||5
| ''Paape Maa Pranam''
|Mary
|
|-
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=0719562|name=Ranjini}}

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[[Category:Actresses in Malayalam cinema]]
[[Category:People from Singapore]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1970 births]]
[[Category:Actresses in Tamil cinema]]
[[Category:Actresses in Malayalam television]]
[[Category:Actresses in Telugu cinema]]
[[Category:Actresses in Tamil television]]

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