Kalpana Ranjani

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Kalpana Ranjini (1965-2016)

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A profile

The Hindu, January 26, 2016

Suresh Krishnamoorthy

Kalpana was the sister of Urvasi and Kalaranjini, both actors, has thus far acted in about 300 films in South Indian languages, but mainly in Malayalam, debuting in ‘Pokkuveyil’ by G. Aravindan in 1981. Her role in ‘Njaan Thanichalla’ of 2012 got her a national award. She was in Hyderabad for the shooting of ‘Oopiri’ that has among others, actors Nagarjuna and Karthi in the cast. Both of them were said to have rushed to the hospital on hearing the news.

The actor is best remembered in Tamil for her role in K. Bhagyaraj’s ‘Chinna Veedu’ in 1985 and with Kamal Haasan in the film ‘Sathi Leelavathy’ and ‘Pammal K. Sambandam’. She was last seen in the Tamil movie ‘Kakki Sattai’ in which she essayed the role of the mother of Siva Karthikeyan.