Saranya Mohan is a former Indian actress, who predominantly appeared in

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films. She has also acted in a few

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films. She is best known for her performances in ''

Yaaradi Nee Mohini ''Yaaradi Nee Mohini'' () is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film directed by Mithran Jawahar. It is a remake of the 2007 Telugu hit Selvaraghavan's ''Aadavari Matalaku Arthale Verule'' and stars Dhanush, Selvaraghavan's brother, a ...

'' (2008), ''

Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu ''Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu'' () is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language sports drama film written and directed by newcomer Susindran, starring debutant Vishnu Vishal, Kishore, and Saranya Mohan along with numerous other newcomers. The music was composed ...

'' (2009), ''

Eeram ''Eeram'' () is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language supernatural crime thriller film written and directed by Arivazhagan in his directorial debut and produced by S. Shankar. The film stars Aadhi, Nandha, Sindhu Menon, and Saranya Mohan, while Srinath ...

'' (2009), ''

Velayudham ''Velayudham'' is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language superhero film written and directed by Mohan Raja. It stars Vijay in titular role with Genelia in the lead, while Hansika, Santhanam, Saranya Mohan, Soori, Abhimanyu Singh, and Vineet Kuma ...

'' (2011) and ''

Osthe ''Osthe'' (''The Best'') is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language action comedy film directed by S. Dharani, a remake of the 2010 Bollywood film ''Dabangg''. It starred Silambarasan, Richa Gangopadhyay, Sonu Sood, Jithan Ramesh, Santhanam, VTV Ganesh ...

'' (2011).

Early life

Saranya is the eldest daughter of Mohan and Kalamandalam Devi.വേലായുധത്തിന്റെ കാവേരി
mathrubhumi.com (6 November 2011) She has a younger sister named Sukanya who is also trained classical dancer. Both her parents are trained classical dancers and dance teachers, who together run a

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, Y.K.B Dance Academy in

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, where Saranya herself also learnt dancing

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. She studied at

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, completing her B. A. degree in

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. After completing MA in English Literature from

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she completed MFA in Bharatanatyam from the same university.

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 cast her for a child character in the 1997 Malayalam film '' Aniyathi Pravu'' and its Tamil remake, ''

Kadhalukku Mariyadhai ''Kadhalukku Mariyadhai'' () is a 1997 Indian Tamil-language musical romantic drama film directed by Fazil. It is the Tamil remake of Fazil's own Malayalam film '' Aniyathipraavu'' (1997). The film stars Vijay and Shalini (reprising her rol ...

''. Next she made appearance as a child artist in the hit Malayalam movie ''

Harikrishnans ''Harikrishnans'' is a 1998 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Fazil. The film was produced and distributed by Suchitra Mohanlal under the production company Pranavam Arts, starring Mammootty and Mohanlal in ...

'' with

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and

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in lead roles. Then she also was seen as a child artist in yet another Malayalam movie ''

Rakthasakshikal Sindabad ''Rakthasaakshikal Sindabad'' (English: Long live the martyrs) is a 1998 Indian Malayalam-language historical political thriller movie directed by Venu Nagavalli, featuring Mohanlal, Suresh Gopi and Sukanya in the lead roles. The revolt scene ...

'' with

and

Suresh Gopi Suresh Gopi (born 26 June 1958) is an Indian actor, politician, playback singer and television presenter. He works predominantly in Malayalam cinema and has also appeared in some Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Bollywood films. Suresh made his acti ...

. Then she took a break, concentrating on her studies, before enacting a supporting role in another Fazil directorial, ''

Oru Naal Oru Kanavu ''Oru Naal Oru Kanavu'' () is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Fazil. Srikanth and Sonia Agarwal play the lead roles, music was by Ilaiyaraaja and it was shot by Anandakuttan. The film released on 26 August 2005 ...

'' (2005), in which she acted as a sister to the male lead character. Her subsequent release, the

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starrer ''

'' (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 ''Jayam Kondaan'' ( The Victor) is a 2008 Tamil romantic action film directed and written by Kannan and produced by T. G. Thiyagarajan, Selvi Thiyagarajan,Sendhil Thyagarajan and T. Arjun. It stars Vinay, Bhavana and Lekha Washington while Vi ...

, next was Mahesh, Saranya Matrum Palar & finally

Panchamirtham ''Panchamirtham'' is 2008 Tamil-language fantasy comedy film scripted and directed by Raju Eswaran, it stars Jayaram, Prakash Raj and the director himself alongside an ensemble supporting cast including Nassar, Aravind Akash, Regina Cassandra, S ...

along with

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. In year 2009, she had six releases, four of which being Tamil projects. Out of her Tamil releases, the tragedy

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, ''

'', directed by debutante

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, and the

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thriller ''

'' proved to be commercially as well as critically successful. The other two Tamil movies were A Aa E Ee with

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Sir & another Tamil movie was '' Arumugham'' with Bharath and

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in lead roles. Later that year, she made her Telugu debut with ''

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'' and made her comeback to Malayalam films, starring in ''

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''. 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 ''Nadakame Ulakam'' ( ml, നാടകമേ ഉലകം) is a 2011 Malayalam-language comedy film directed by Viji Thampi and starring Mukesh, Vinu Mohan, Sarayu, and Saranya Mohan in the lead roles. Its songs are composed by veteran music dir ...

'' along with

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Vinu Mohan Vinu Mohan (born 12 May 1986) is an Indian actor who appears in Malayalam cinema. He made his debut with the 2007 film '' Nivedyam'', directed by A. K. Lohithadas. He is the grandson of the actor Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair, son of actors K. ...

and

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Mohan. Then she did a cameo role in the Tamil movie '' Azhagarsamiyin Kuthirai'' same year. In 2011 she also acted in M.Raja's ''

'', 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 ''Innanu Aa Kalyanam'' ( ml, ഇന്നാണു് ആ കല്യാണം) is a 2011 Malayalam drama film directed by Rajasenan, starring Rejith Menon, Malavika Wales and Saranya Mohan. Plot This film is about two friends – Neelima ...

''. She also acted in another film named

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in the end of 2011 with 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

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starring

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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 ''Badlapur Boys'' is a 2014 Hindi-language sports drama film directed by Shailesh Verma and produced by A. Muthu and Salim Tanwar. It stars Nishan (actor), Nishan, Saranya Mohan, Annu Kapoor and Puja Gupta (actress), Puja Gupta in lead roles. ...

'' opposite Nishan which was the Hindi remake of her hit Tamil movie

. Now in year 2015 she completed yet another Tamil movie ''Suyam'', which is yet to be released.

Personal life

Saranya married her longtime boyfriend Dr.Aravind Krishnan on 6 September 2015 at Kottamkulangara Devi Temple,

. They have a son named Anantapadmanabhan Aravind and a daughter named Annapoorna Aravind. http://english.manoramaonline.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/saranya-mohan-blessed-with-a-baby-boy.html ?

Filmography

TV Serials

*2008 Meera (

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) as Meera *2006 Swami Ayyappan (

) as Malikapurathamma *2007 Manassariyathe ( Surya TV) *2005 Krishnakripasagaram (

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) as Ambai Pennu *2007 Mounanombaram (

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) *2007 Aa Amma (

)

TV Shows

*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

External links

* * * https://youtube.com/SaranyaMohanOfficial *
Actress Saranya Mohan Wedding Photos
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