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Saranya Ponvannan

Saranya Ponvannan

Acting

Biography

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 has received notable critical praise and several accolades, including three Filmfare Awards for Best Supporting Actress, while her performance in Thenmerku Paruvakaatru fetched her the National Film Award for Best Actress in 2011.Saranya is the daughter of Malayalam film director A. B. Raj. She is married to a fellow actor, Ponvannan.

Known For

Yavarum Nalam
6.3

Manohar and his family move into a new apartment on the 13th floor. However, their peace is disturbed by a spirit that uses the television set as a medium to communicate with them.

Yavarum Nalam

2009
Nilavuku En Mel Ennadi Kobam
6.4

Prabhu, a young chef, is ready to move forward with an arranged marriage when his past love, Nila, unexpectedly reenters his life, challenging his plans and emotions.

Nilavuku En Mel Ennadi Kobam

2025
Muthukku Muthaaga
6.2

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Muthukku Muthaaga

2011
Bha. Bha. Ba.
3.8

After the Chief Minister of Kerala is kidnapped, a determined investigator is brought in to track down the mysterious abductor, uncovering hidden motives and secrets behind the crime.

Bha. Bha. Ba.

2025
Varalaru Mukkiyam
5.3

Karthik is an aspiring YouTuber, who wants to be famous and his friend Adaikalam aspires to be a politician. Karthik falls in love with Yamuna, his new Malayali neighbour but Jamuna, sister of his love interest falls in love with Karthik.

Varalaru Mukkiyam

2022
Kushi
5.2

Worlds and families collide when the son of a prominent atheist falls head over heels for the daughter of his father’s nemesis, a revered Hindu leader.

Kushi

2023
Neerparavai
6.2

A skeleton is found at the home of Esther (Nandita Das), whose fisherman husband Arulappasamy (Vishnu) has been missing for the past 25 years. Esther confesses that it was she who murdered her husband but when Agnes (Varsha), the cop assigned to the case, lends a sympathetic ear, she narrates a heart wrenching tale of a loving family ruined by the politics of territorial waters.

Neerparavai

2012
24
7.2

Scientist turned Entrepreneur Dr. Sethuraman tries to safeguard his newly invented time travel device from falling into the hands of his Evil Twin Brother Aathreya.

24

2016
Nani's Gang Leader
7.1

A crime novelist is approached by a group of bereaved women to help them plot revenge against those responsible for the loss of their loved ones.

Nani's Gang Leader

2019
Bun Butter Jam
5.0

Two mothers, disillusioned by failed marriages, team up to orchestrate a master plan to unite their freshman kids, Chandru and Madhu. But things get muddied when their Gen Z kids have other plans, leading to a clash of wills and generational divide.

Bun Butter Jam

2025
Manam
7.2

A married couple die in an accident, leaving behind a son. As he grows up and becomes successful, he comes across reincarnations of his father and mother as youngsters, and vows to bring them back together.

Manam

2014
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7.0

Manasukkul Mathappu (English: Fireworks In My Heart) is a 1988 Tamil drama film starring Prabhu Ganesan, Saranya Ponvannan and Sarath Babu. The story is very loosely based on the English novel "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest". It is a remake of the blockbuster 1986 Mohanlal starrer Malayalam film "Thalavattam", which was directed by Priyadarshan.

Manasukkul Mathappu

1988
Velaiyilla Pattathari 2
5.7

A cool-headed crusader for the struggling engineers, Raghuvaran faces the powerful and arrogant owner of a construction company Vasundhara Parameswaran, as they engage in a battle to win the corporate game.

Velaiyilla Pattathari 2

2017
Chup
6.6

A series of bizarre and disturbing murders rock the city of Mumbai. Film critics are being killed week after week with the release of every new film. Arvind Mathur, Head of Crime Branch Mumbai, is tasked with solving the case. With the help of Zenobia, a criminal psychologist, he tries to understand the mind of the killer to trap him.

Chup

2022
Etharkkum Thunindhavan
5.8

A lawyer turns judge jury and executioner and goes after a gang, led by a minister's son, that threatens women with videos of them.

Etharkkum Thunindhavan

2022
Maha Samudram
4.8

Two men in Vizag are steadfast friends since years but what happens when one of them is forced out of the city and the other takes the responsibility of his mistakes.

Maha Samudram

2021
Velaiyilla Pattathari
7.5

Raghuvaran, who is unemployed for years, gets his dream job but a powerful rival is keen to put him down. Can he take on his adversary?

Velaiyilla Pattathari

2014
Nayakan
7.8

Velu Naicker, who witnesses the brutal murder of his father, kills a corrupt policeman and escapes to Mumbai, only to become a gangster.

Nayakan

1987
Vel
6.3

Two sons that are separated as children grow up in drastically different environments.

Vel

2007
Brahmotsavam
4.4

When a charming NRI girl falls in love with a wealthy businessman, she unwittingly sparks conflict within his large joint family. How will her lover find a way to marry her, while still ensuring that his large family remains happy and harmonious?

Brahmotsavam

2016