Yuvarani (born 30 November 1974) is an Indian actress. She has appeared in several
Tamil
Tamil may refer to:
* Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia
**Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils
**Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia
* Tamil language, nativ ...
films in the female lead role while she has also featured in television serials.
She played
Rajinikanth
Shivaji Rao Gaikwad (born 12 December 1950), known professionally as Rajinikanth, is an Indian actor, producer and screenwriter. In a career spanning over five decades, he has done 160 films that includes films in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Kannad ...
's sister in ''
Baashha
''Baashha'' is a 1995 Indian Tamil-language gangster
action film written and directed by Suresh Krissna. The film stars Rajinikanth, Nagma and Raghuvaran, with Janagaraj, Devan, Shashi Kumar, Vijayakumar, Anandaraj, Charan Raj, Kitty, Sath ...
'', Prabhavathy in the Tamil Serial ''
Chithi'', and Sundari in ''
Thendral
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The show stars Shruthi Raj and Deepak Dinkar and revolves aro ...
''.
Controversy
In April 2010, Yuvarani won RM70,000 in damages in a defamation suit against two distributors and the publisher of popular monthly magazine Indian Movie News (IMN). She filed the civil suit in 2003 against Percetakan Kum, distributor of IMN in Peninsular Malaysia Mentakab Agency (M) Sdn Bhd, publisher Indian Movie News Publications (M) Sdn Bhd and IMN distributor in Singapore, Indian Movie News Publications P/L. The actress claimed she had been defamed by material printed and published in the Tamil language by the defendants in two issues of IMN, namely the April 1998 and August 1998 issues. She alleged that the materials published were false and done with malicious intent.
Filmography
Television
Awards and nominations
*2017 : Asianet television awards 2017 - Best Character Actress (Nominations) - ''
Bharya''
*2018 : Asianet television awards 2018 - Best Character Actress (Nominations) - ''Bharya''
References
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Living people
Actresses in Tamil cinema
Indian film actresses
1974 births
Actresses in Malayalam television
Actresses in Malayalam cinema
Actresses in Telugu cinema
Actresses in Tamil television