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{{Use Indian English|date=February 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| image =
| name = Saranya Mohan
| caption = Mohan in 2019
| birth_name = Saranya Mohan
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|02|19|df=y}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3674752/|title=Saranya Mohan}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Alappuzha]], [[Kerala]], India<ref name="mathrubhumi1"/>
| othername = Appu
| occupation = Actress, dancer, singer
| years_active = 1997–2015
}}

'''Saranya Mohan''' (born February 19, 1989) is an Indian film actress, who has acted in [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]], [[Kannada language|Kannada]] and [[Hindi language|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).<ref>[http://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies/interview/39887/ വെണ്ണിലാ പെണ്‍കൊടി]. mathrubhumi.com (28 April 2009)</ref>

==Early life==

Saranya is the eldest daughter of Mohan and Kalamandalam Devi.<ref name="mathrubhumi1">[http://archives.mathrubhumi.com/movies/interview/227886/ വേലായുധത്തിന്റെ കാവേരി]. mathrubhumi.com (6 November 2011)</ref> She has a younger sister named Sukanya who is also trained classical dancer.<ref name="mathrubhumi1"/> Both her parents are trained [[Ballet|classical dance]]rs and dance teachers, who together run a [[dance school]], Y.K.B Dance Academy <ref>[http://www.ykbinternationalacademy.com YKB International Academy]. YKB International Academy. Retrieved on 22 September 2016.</ref> in [[Alappuzha]], where Saranya herself also learnt dancing [[bharatanatyam]]. She studied at [[St. Joseph's College for Women, Alappuzha]],<ref>[http://www.stjosephscollegeforwomen.org St Joseph's College]. Stjosephscollegeforwomen.org (1 July 1954). Retrieved on 22 September 2016.</ref> completing her [[Bachelor of Arts|B. A. degree]] in [[English literature]].<ref>[http://www.cinegoer.com/telugu-cinema/interviews/interview-with-saranya-mohan-261009.html Interview With Saranya Mohan – Interviews]. CineGoer.com (26 October 2009). Retrieved on 22 September 2016.</ref> After completing MA in English Literature from [[Annamalai University]],<ref>[http://annamalaiuniversity.ac.in Annamalai University Staff Portal]. Annamalaiuniversity.ac.in. Retrieved on 22 September 2016.</ref> [[Chidambaram]] she completed MFA in Bharatanatyam from the same university.

==Career==

She was brought to light by Malayalam director [[Fazil (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,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100401120922/http://connect.in.com/saranya-mohan/biography-249011.html ]</ref> 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 (2009 Tamil film)|A Aa E Ee]] with [[Prabhu (actor)|Prabhu]] Sir & another Tamil movie was ''[[Arumugam (film)|Arumugham]]'' with [[Bharath (actor)|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 (2009 film)|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. Start of the year 2011 she did a Malayalam movie ''[[Ponnu Kondoru Aalroopam]]''. Next was yet another Malayalam movie ''[[Nadakame Ulakam]]'' along with [[Mukesh (actor)|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 (actor)|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 [[Silambarasan|Simbu]] in lead role. The year 2012 also she started off with a Malayalam movie ''Perinoru Makan''. Then she had an entry to Kannada same year with her debut Kannada movie Ee Bhoomi Aa Bhanu. Then she went on to do a Tamil movie ''Kolagalam''. In 2014 she did her 2nd Kannada movie [[Paramashiva]] starring [[V. Ravichandran]] Sir too. She continued her career with a Tamil movie ''Kadhalai Thavira Verondrum Illai''. Then the same year she made her Bollywood debut with ''[[Badlapur Boys]]'' opposite [[Nishan (actor)|Nishan]] which was the Hindi remake of her hit Tamil movie [[Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130403113050/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/130329/entertainment-mollywood/article/saranya-faints-sets ]</ref> Now in year 2015 she completed yet another Tamil movie ''Suyam'',<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVni1ZrYz5E Suyam Movie Trailer]. YouTube (13 October 2014). Retrieved on 22 September 2016.</ref> which is yet to be released.

==Personal life==

Saranya married her longtime boyfriend Dr.Aravind Krishnan on 6 September 2015 at Kottamkulangara Devi Temple, [[Alappuzha]].<ref>http://kottamkulangara.com/</ref>
They have a son named Anantapadmanabhan Aravind and a daughter named Annapoorna Aravind.
<ref>http://english.manoramaonline.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/saranya-mohan-blessed-with-a-baby-boy.html ?</ref>

==Filmography==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#cccccf; text-align:center;"
! '''Year''' !! '''Film''' !! '''Role''' !! '''Language''' !! '''Notes'''
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1997 || ''[[Aniyathi Pravu]]'' ||Mini's niece || [[Malayalam]] || Debut movie<br/>Child artist
|-
| ''[[Kadhalukku Mariyadhai]]''|| Mini's niece|| Tamil || Child artist<br/> Remake of ''[[Aniyathi Pravu]]''
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1998 || ''[[Harikrishnans]]'' || Ammalu's friend|| Malayalam || Child artist
|-
| ''[[Rakthasakshikal Sindabad]]'' || || Malayalam || Child artist
|-
| 2001 || ''[[Dosth (2001 Tamil film)|Dosth]]'' || Child in cemetery || Tamil||Child artist
|-
| 2005 || ''[[Oru Naal Oru Kanavu]]'' || Meera || [[Tamil language|Tamil]] ||
|-
|2006|| ''[[Pachakuthira]]'' ||Actress|| [[Malayalam]] ||
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2008 || ''[[Yaaradi Nee Mohini]]''|| Pooja (Anandhavalli) || Tamil || Nominated, [[Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award (Tamil)|Filmfare Best Tamil Supporting Actress Award]]<br />Nominated, [[Vijay Award for Best Supporting Actress]]
|-
| ''[[Jayamkondaan]]''|| Archana Durairaj || Tamil ||
|-
| ''[[Mahesh, Saranya Matrum Palar]]'' || Keerthana || Tamil ||
|-
| ''[[Panchamirtham]]'' || Seetha || Tamil ||
|-
| rowspan="6" | 2009 || ''[[A Aa E Ee (2009 Tamil film)|A Aa E Ee]]'' || Eeswari || Tamil ||
|-
| ''[[Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu]]'' || Village girl || Tamil ||
|-
| ''[[Eeram]]'' || Divya Sreeriraman || Tamil ||
|-
| ''[[Arumugam (film)|Arumugam]]'' || Mallika || Tamil ||
|-
| ''[[Village Lo Vinayakudu]]'' || Kavya || [[Telugu language|Telugu]] ||
|-
| ''[[Chemistry (2009 film)|Chemistry]]'' || Parvathy || Malayalam ||
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2010 || ''[[Bheemili Kabaddi Jattu]]'' || Village girl || Telugu ||
|-
| ''[[Kalyanram Kathi]]'' || Haritha || Telugu ||
|-
| ''Happy Happy Gaa'' || Priya || Telugu ||
|-
| rowspan="6" | 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 ||
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2013 || ''Ee Bhoomi Aa Bhanu'' || Bhoomi || Kannada ||
|-
| ''Kolagalam'' || Ramya || Tamil ||
|-
| ''[[Pullipulikalum Aattinkuttiyum]]'' || {{n/a}} || Malayalam ||Dance trainer
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2014 || ''[[Paramashiva]]'' || Swathi || [[Kannada]] ||
|-
| ''Kadhalai Thavira Verondrum Illai'' || Kamali || Tamil ||
|-
| ''[[Badlapur Boys]]'' || Sapna || [[Hindi]] ||
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2015 || ''Suyam'' || Selvi || Tamil ||
|-
| ''Ennai Etho Seithu Vittai'' || || Tamil ||
|-
| ''Mudra'' || || Telugu ||
|}

==TV Serials==
*Meera ([[Asianet (TV channel)|Asianet]]) as Meera
* Swami Ayyappan ([[Asianet (TV channel)|Asianet]]) as Malikapurathamma
*Manassariyathe ([[Surya TV]])
*Krishnakripasagaram ([[Amrita TV]]) as Ambai Pennu
*Mounanombaram ([[Kairali TV]])
*Aa Amma ([[Kairali TV]])

==TV Shows==
*Nuvvu Nenu - Telugu game show
*Parayam Nedam - Malayalam game show

==Endorsements==
*''[[Kalyan Jewellers]]''
* Wedland Silks & Sareees
* AVR
* Pampers

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Facebook|SaranyaMohanOfficialPage}}
* {{Instagram|saranyaMohan1}}
* https://youtube.com/SaranyaMohanOfficial
* {{IMDb name|3674752}}
*[http://www.alllatestnews.com/2015/09/18/actress-saranya-mohan-wedding-photos.html Actress Saranya Mohan Wedding Photos]

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