urvasi

 

Biography

Kavitha Ranjini, better known by her stage name Urvashi (Malayalam: ഉർവശി), 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).

Urvashi was born in Trivandrum, Kerala to actor Chavara V. P. Nair and Vijayalakshmi. Her sisters, Kalaranjini and Kalpana, are also acclaimed actresses.^[1]

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 difference of opinion and filed for 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.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Director	Cast
2010	Best of Luck		M. A. Nishadh	Prabhu Rima Kallingal, Archana Kavi
2010	Sakudumbam Shyamala	M. L. A. Shyamala	Radhakrishnan Mangalath	Kunchako Boban Bhama, Sai Kumar
2010	Mummy & Me	Clara	Jithu Joseph	Mukesh Kunchacko Boban, Archana Kavi
2009	Bharya Swantham Suhruthu	Molly	Venu Nagavally	Mukesh
2006	Madhuchandralekha	Chandramathi	Rajasenan	Jayaram, Mamta Mohandas
2005	Achuvinte Amma	K. P. Vanaja	Sathyan Anthikkad	Meera Jasmine, Narain
1999	Aayiram Meni	Alice	I. V. Sasi	Manoj K. Jayan, Ganesh Kumar, Lalu Alex
1999	Varnatheru	Alice	Antony Eastman	Mukesh
1997	Janadhipathyam	Indira Menon	K. Madhu	Suresh Gopi, Balachandra Menon, Devan, Vani Viswanath, Saikumar
1997	Kottapurathe Koottukudumbam	Radha	Pappan Naripatta	Vijayaraghavan, Kalabhavan Mani
1995	Kazhakam	Radha	M. P. Sukumaran Nair	Valsala Menon, Master Mohan
1995	Simhavalan Menon		Viji Thampi	Jagadeesh, Jagathy, Siddique, Madhu
1995	Spadikam	Thulasi	Bhadran	Mohanlal, Thilakan, Rajan P. Dev, Karamana Janardanan Nair
1995	Thovalapookkal		Suresh Unnithan	Jagathy, Thilakan, Indrans, Kollam Thulasi
1994	Bharya		V. R. Gopalakrishnan	Jagadeesh
1994	The City		I. V. Sasi	Suresh Gopi, Ratheesh, Lalu Alex, Kitty, Anand Raj, Ahana
1994	Kudumba Visesham		Anil Babu	Jagadeesh, Thilakan, Kaviyoor Ponnamma
1994	Pidakkozhi Koovunna Noottandu		Viji Thampi	Manoj K. Jayan, Vinaya Prasad, K. P. A. C. Lalitha, Jagathy
1994	Sukham Sukhakaram		Balachandra Menon	Balachandra Menon, Geetha
1993	Palayam		T. S. Suresh Babu	Manoj K. Jayan, Jagadeesh, Mammootty, Ratheesh, Rajan P. Dev
1993	Aayirappara		Venu Nagavalli	Mammootty, Narendra Prasad
1993	Ethu Manju Kaalam	Aswathy & Revathy (double role)	Thulasidas	Suresh Gopi, Manoj K. Jayan
1993	Injakkadan Mathai & Sons	Sherley	Anil, Babu Pisharadi	Jagadeesh, Suresh Gopi, Innocent
1993	Kalippattam	Saroja	Venu Nagavalli	Mohanlal, Vineeth, Jagathy
1993	Koushalam		T. S. Mohan	Siddique
1993	Midhunam	Sulochana	Priyadarshan	Mohanlal, Sreenivasan, Innocent, Jagathi Sreekumar, Janardhanan
1993	Narayam		Sasi Shanker	Jagadeesh, Murali, Vijayaraghavan
1993	Sthreedhanam	Vidhya	Anil, Babu Pisharadi	Jagadeesh, Oduvil Unnikrishnan
1993	Venkalam	Thankamani	Bharathan	Murali, Manoj K. Jayan, Philomina, KPAC Lalitha
1992	Kizhakkan Pathrose		T. S. Suresh Babu	Mammootty, Parvathi, Raghuvaran, Rajan P. Dev, Bheeman Raghu, Innocent
1992	Yodha		Mohanlal, Jagathi Sreekumar, Madhoo, Puneeth Issar
1992	Aham	Renjini	T. Rajeevnath	Mohanlal, Suresh Gopi, Nedumudi Venu, Ramya Krishnan
1992	Ente Ponnu Thampuran	Kavitha	A. T. Abu	Suresh Gopi, Siddique, Innocent
1992	Malootty	Raji	Bharathan	Jayaram, Baby Shyamili, Innocent, KPAC Lalitha
1992	My Dear Muthachan	Clara	Sathyan Anthikkad	Thilakan, Jayaram, Sreenivasan, Innocent, KPAC Lalitha
1992	Ponnurukkum Pakshi		Adoor Vaisakhan	Suresh Gopi, Vijayaraghavan
1992	Simhadhwani		K. G. Rajasekharan	Suresh Gopi, Captain Raju
1992	Snehasagaram		Sathyan Anthikkad	Murali, Manoj K. Jayan, Innocent
1992	Surya Gayathri	Rugmini	Anil	Mohanlal, Nedumudi Venu, Parvathi
1992	Thiruthalvadhi	Lathika	K. G. Rajasekharan	Siddique, Jagadeesh, Jagathi Sreekumar
1992	Utsava Melam		Suresh Unnithan	Suresh Gopi, Narendra Prasad, Innocent
1991	Kanalkkattu		Sathyan Anthikkad	Mammootty, Jayaram, KPAC Lalitha
1991	Bharatham	Devi	Sibi Malayil	Mohanlal, Nedumudi Venu, Lakshmi, Lalu Alex
1991	Chanchattam	Yamuna	Thulasidas	Jayaram, Jagathi Sreekumar, Manoj K. Jayan
1991	Kadinjool Kalyanam	Hrudayakumari	Rajasenan	Jayaram, Innocent, Jagadeesh, Rajan P. Dev
1991	Kakkathollayiram	Revathy	V. R. Gopalakrishnan	Mukesh, Saikumar, Oduvil Unnikrishnan, Mamukkoya
1991	Mukha Chithram	Savithrikutty/Lakshmikutty	Suresh Unnithan	Jayaram, Siddique, Sunitha, Jagathi Sreekumar, KPAC Lalitha
1991	Souhridham		Shaji Kailas	Mukesh, Saikumar, Parvathi, Jagathi Sreekumar
1991	Vishnulokam		Kamal	Mohanlal, Shanthikrishna, Balan K. Nair, Jagadeesh, Nedumudi Venu
1990	Arhatha		I. V. Sasi	Mohanlal, Suresh Gopi, Rekha
1990	Varthamanakalam	Arundhathi Menon	I. V. Sasi	Balachandra Menon, Suresh Gopi, Jayaram
1990	Kouthuka Varthakal	Aswathy	Thulasidas	Suresh Gopi, Mukesh, Siddique, Ranjini
1990	Nanma Niranjavan Srinivasan		Viji Thampi	Jayaram, Mukesh, Thilakan
1990	Thalayanamanthram	Kanchana	Sathyan Anthikkad	Sreenivasan, Jayaram, Parvathi, Innocent, Mamukkoya, Sukumari, Philomina, KPAC Lalitha
1990	Thooval Sparsam		Kamal	Suresh Gopi, Jayaram, Mukesh, Saikumar
1990	Veena Meettiya Vilangukal		Cochin Haneefa	Rahman, Madhu
1990	Vyuham	Lakshmi	Sangeeth Sivan	Raghuvaran, Captain Raju, Rajan P. Dev, Sukumaran, Parvathi
1989	Mrigaya		I. V. Sasi	Mammootty, Lalu Alex, Thilakan, Bheeman Raghu
1989	Adikkurippu	Geetha	K. Madhu	Mammootty, Jagathy, Vijayaraghavan
1989	Chakkikotha Chankaran	Roshney	Krishnakumar	Jayaram, Jagathi Sreekumar, Thilakan, Nedumudi Venu, Geetha, Sukumari
1989	Mazhavil Kavadi	Anandavalli	Sathyan Anthikkad	Jayaram, Sithara, Innocent, Mamukkoya
1989	Swagatham	Philomina Francis	Venu Nagavalli	Jayaram, Parvathi, Nedumudi Venu
1988	Thanthram	Susanna	Joshi	Mammootty, Jagannatha Varma, Ratheesh
1988	1921	Thulasi	I. V. Sasi	Mammootty, Parvathi, Suresh Gopi, Janardhanan, M.G. Soman
1988	August 1	Valsala	Sibi Malayil	Mammootty, Captain Raju, Innocent, Janardhanan, Srinath, Sukumaran
1988	Abkari	Sridevi	I. V. Sasi	Mammootty, Ratheesh, Parvathy Jayaram, Janardhanan
1988	Oru CBI Diary Kurippu	Annie	K.Madhu	Mammootty, Suresh Gopi, Lizzy, Srinath, Jagathi Sreekumar, Suresh Gopi
1988	Antima Theerpu		Joshi	Krishnamraju, Sumalatha
1988	Ponn Muttyidunna Tharavu	Snehalatha	Sathyan Anthikkad	Sreenivasan, Jayaram, Parvathy Jayaram, Mamukkoya, Innocent
1987	New Delhi	Uma	Joshi	Mammootty, Sumalatha
1986	Nandi Veendum Varika	Devayani	P. G. Viswambaran	Mammootty, Sreenivasan, Suresh Gopi
1986	Desatanakkili Karayarilla		Padmarajan	Mohanlal, Shaari, Karthika
1986	Manasilloru Manimuthu			Mohanlal, Suresh Gopi
1986	Kshamichu Ennoru Vakku	Rajani	Joshi	Mammootty, Geetha, Shobhana, Mukesh
1986	Sukhamo Devi	Devi	Venu Nagavalli	Shankar, Mohanlal, Jagathi Sreekumar, Geetha
1986	Sunil Vayassu 20	Premalatha	K. S. Sethumadhavan	Rahman, Venu Nagavalli
1986	Nirakkoottu	Sasikala	Joshi	Mammootty, Sumalatha, Lizy
1985	Karimpin Poovinakkare	Chandrika	I. V. Sasi	Mohanlal, Mammootty, Seema, Lalu Alex, Captain Raju
1985	Pathamudayam	Valsala	Sasikumar	Mohanlal, M. G. Soman
1984	Ethirppukal			Adoor Bhasi, Mammoott

 Tamil films

Year	Title	Role	Director	Cast
1984	Mundanai Mudichu	Parimalam	K. Bhagyaraj	Thavakalai
1984	Vamsa Vilakku			Sivaji Ganesan, Prabhu
1984	Vellai Pura Ondru		Gangai Amaran	Vijayakanth, Manorama
1984	Komberi Moogan		A. Jagannathan	Thyagarajan, Saritha
1984	Shanthi Mugurtham		Sripriya	Mohan, Chitti Babu, Manorama
1985	Andha Oru Nimdham			Kamal Haasan
1985	Aduthathu Albert		G. N. Rangarajan	Prabhu
1988	Patti Solla Thattathey		Rajasekar	Pandiarajan, Manorama, S. S. Chandran
1991	Michael Madana Kama Rajan	Tiruppura Sundari	Singeetam Srinivasa Rao	Kamal Hassan, Kushboo, Rupini
1994	Magalir Mattum		Singeetam Srinivasa Rao	Kamal Haasan, Nassar, Revathy, Rohini
1994	Vanaja Girija			Ramki, Kushboo, Napolean
1995	Naan Petha Magane		V.Sekar	Ravi, Manorama, Kovai Sarala
1995	Antha Oru Nimidam		Major Sundarrajan	Kamal Haasan, Pandari Bai
1995	Maaya Bajaar	Sujatha	Kayar	Ramki, Visu
1995	Veera Padhakkam			Sathyaraj
1999	Thaikulame Thaikulame		N. Murugesh	Pandiarajan, Vinaya Prasad, Vadivelu
1999	Suyamvaram		P. Vasu, K.S. Ravikumar	Sathyaraj, Prabhu Ganesan, Karthik Muthuraman, Prabhu Deva, Abbas
1999	Viralukketha Veekkam		V. Sekhar	Livingston, Vivek, Vadivelu, Kushboo, Kanaka, Kovai Sarala, Nassar
1999	Kummi Pattu		Kasthuri Raja	Prabhu, Sivakumar, Devayani, Radhika
2002	Panchatanthiram		K. S. Ravikumar	Kamal Haasan, Simran, Ramya Krishnan, Jayaram
2002	Thamizh		Hari	Prashanth, Simran, Nassar
2003	Thennavan		M. Nandakumaran	Vijayakanth, Nassar, Kiran
2005	Ah Aah: Anbe Aaruyire	Dr.Tiripurasundari	S. J. Suryaah	S. J. Suryaah, Meera Chopra
2007	Malaikottai	Kamala	Boopathy Pandian	Vishal, Priyamani
	Ayudha Ezhuthu			Arjun
	3 Roses			Jyothika, Rambha, Laila
	Sigamani Ramamani			S.V.Shekar
	Rettai Roja		Ramki	Kushboo
	Nangal			Sivaji Ganesan, Prabhu
	Ettupatti Rasa			Naepolean, Kushboo
	Aravinthan			Sarathkumar
	Vengaiyin Mainthan		Pandian	Vijayakanth, Radhika
2009	Siva Manasula Sakthi	Kalyani	Rajesh M.	Jiiva, Anuya Bhagvath
	Peranmai		jananathan	Jayam Ravi
2011	Doo		Mother Character
	Venghai

 Kannada films

Year	Title	Role	Director	Cast
2009	Iniya		Mahesh	Balaji, Pooja Gandhi
2005	Rama Shama Bhama		Ramesh Arvind	Ramesh Arvind, Shruti, Daisy Bopanna
2000	Yaruge Salathe Sambhale		Rajshekar	Anant Nag, Anu Prabhakar, Shashi kumar, Suhasini, Umashree
2001	Kothigalu Saar Kothigalu	Alamelu
1997	Jeevanadi			Dr. Vishnuvardhan, Khushboo
1987	Premaloka	Rohini	V. Ravichandran	V. Ravichandran, Juhi Chawla, Srinath
1986	Ee Jeeva Ninagagi	Rohini	V. Somashekar	Dr. Vishnuvardhan
1985	Naanu Nanna Hendathi		Dr. Rajendrababu	V. Ravichandran
1984	Shravana Banthu	Urvashi/Mary/Saraswathi	Singeetham Srinivasa Rao	Dr. Rajkumar

[edit] Telugu films

Year	Title	Role	Director	Cast
2010	Maro Charitra		Ravi Yadav	Varun Sandesh, Shraddha Das
2004	Swarabhishekam		K.Viswanath	Srikanth, K.Viswanath, Laya
2005	Chakram	Lakshmi	Krishna Vamsi	Prabhas, Prakash Raj,
2003	Intlo Sreemathi Veedhilo Kumari			Srikanth, Prakash Raj, Aarti Chhabria
2002	Sandade Sandadi	Lakshmi	Muppalaneni Siva	Jagapati Babu, Rajendraprasad, Raasi
1989	Chettu Kinda Pleader	Sujatha	Vamsi	Rajendraprasad, Kinnera
1984	Rustum		A. Kodandarami Reddy	Chiranjeevi, Rao Gopal Rao