Born in Alappuzha, Kerala, India — Apr 26 1970

Sheela better known by her stage name Saranya is an Indian film actress who has predominantly appeared in Tamil language films. Saranya made her debut in a lead role in Mani Ratnam's Nayagan and went on to play lead roles in a few films during the late 1980s. Following an eight-year sabbatical, she returned to feature films as a character artiste, essaying supporting roles, particularly playing mother characters to lead artists. For her performances in films including Raam (2005), Thavamai Thavamirundhu (2005), Em Magan (2006) and Kalavani (2010), she ha…
Browse acting and crew credits across movies and TV — filter and sort to find specific roles.

Manohar's Mother

Vaavamani

Ponni

Sathyabama


Bhuvana

Neela

Seetharamudu's Mother


Muthulakshmi


Gowri's Mother

Koccha's Wife

Hemamalini

Mary

Mrs. Menon


Vasu and Vel's mother

Udayappa's wife


Padma

Meera's Mother


Lakshmi

Varalakshmi

Sumathi

Bhuvana

Subbu
Velammal

Kosalai

Kodi and Anbu's Mother

Jayakodi


Dheivaanai

Meenakshi Muthukrishnan

Saravanan's Sister
Malar

Shakti's Mother

Burma's Mother

Vishalavva

Saradha

Rasaathi
Seema

Arun's Mother

Charu and Latha's mother

Uma

Bhoominathan's Mother
Narmada

Kannan's mother

Ilaiyarani's mother

Lakshmi



Dr. Sheela

Thiru's Mother

Krishna's Mother

Kokila's Mother


Puli's Mother

Sarathy's Mother


Yasothammal

Beena

Annie

Shenbagam Saravanan's mother

Lakshmi

Arjun's mother

Vinoth's Mother

Jameendar's wife

Junga's mother


Periyakanni

Lt.col.Dr Rajalakshmi

Lalitha

Manasa


Sarada
Rita

Sivakami

Veerayi


Kaliammal, Kannan's adoptive mother

Kasthuri


Thambidurai's Mother

Mallika



Sakthi's mother

Chembammal

Aiyappan's Mother

Lucy


Indu

Manikutty

Inbaa




Pechi

Preethy


Devi, Vignesh's mother
Nandini
