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HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Urvashi (Actress/Producer)

Born : 25 Jan 1970

Birth Place : kerala

Urvashi Biography

Kavitha Ranjini, known by the stage name Urvashi, is an Indian film actress, Television host and producer.

Urvashi was born in Trivandrum, Kerala, to actor Chavara V. P. Nair and Vijayalakshmi. Her sisters, Kalaranjini and Kalpana, are also acclaimed actresses. She fell in love with Manoj K. Jayan and married him in 2000. On 11 October 2008, it was reported that Urvashi had obtained mutual separation from her husband.

The couple developed a difference of opinion and filed for a divorce at a court in Chennai. Later, they were separated by a court order. Their only daughter Kunjatta is now living with Manoj K. Jayan. Kavitha Ranjini, better known by her stage name Urvashi, is an Indian film actress and producer.

She was a prominent lead actress during the 1980s and 1990s in Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, and Telugu films. She has dubbed in her own voice in all these languages. And she produced the film Pidakkozhi Koovunna Noottandu (1994). She won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Achuvinte Amma (2005).

Acting Career

She started acting in films during the 1980s. Munthanai Mudichchu (Tamil, 1983), directed by K. Bhagyaraj, was her first film. Ethirppukal (Malayalam, 1984) was one of her earlier films in Malayalam. During the peak of her career, she starred in M. P. Sukumaran Nair’s award-winning film Kazhakam in 1995, without taking a single penny as remuneration.

She was awarded Best Actress for this role. She was a leading Malayalam actress in the late 1980s, giving performances in movies like Thalayanamanthram, Mazhavilkavadi, to name a few. She made her debut in Tamil films with Mundhanai Mudichu (1983) along with Bhagyaraj. The movie was a big hit and made Urvashi a sought-after actress in all the South Indian languages.

Urvashi has also acted in many Kannada movies with top heroes like Rajkumar, Vishnuvardhan, Ravichandran and Ramesh Aravind. Her Kannada movie, Rama Shama Bhama (2005) with Ramesh Arvind and Kamal Haasan, was a crowd-puller and her performance was well appreciated by the critics and audience.

Urvashi was also seen as the host of the game show ‘Thanga Vettai’, which aired on Sun TV. She served as the host for the show for a very short time, preceded by Ramya Krishnan and succeeded by Kanika Subramaniam.

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