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Saranya Ponvannan

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: Acting

Born: Alappuzha, Kerala, India, 1970-04-26

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1988	Sigappu Thali		0
2	2021	Maha Samudram	Arjun's mother	48
3	2024	Mazhai Pidikatha Manithan	Burma's Mother	20
4		Kallapart		0
5	1987	Nayakan	Neela	79
6	1988	En Jeevan Paaduthu	Narmada	0
7	1988	Manasukkul Mathappu	Seema	70
8	1988	Dhayam Onnu	Rita	60
9	1988	Melangottu Thalikattu		0
10	1989	Andru Peytha Mazhaiyil	Preethy	0
11	1989	Sakalakala Sammandi		60
12	1989	Artham	Manasa	62
13	1990	Ulagam Pirandhadhu Enakkaga		0
14	1990	Anjali	Dr. Sheela	71
15	1991	Aakasha Kottayile Sultan	Mallika	85
16	1991	Vanakkam Vathiyare		0
17	1991	Ennum Nanmakal	Indu	0
18	1991	Aanaval Mothiram	Annie	65
19	1991	Cheppukilukkana Changathi	Manikutty	60
20	1992	Kottai Vaasal		10
21	1993	Ente Sreekuttikku	Nandini	0
22	1993	Dasarathan		40
23	1993	Injakkadan Mathai & Sons	Beena	40
24	1993	Dollar	Lucy	0
25	1994	Seevalaperi Pandi	Velammal	60
26	1994	Karuththamma	Periyakanni	63
27	1995	Pasumpon	Malar	60
28	1996	Meendum Savithri	Uma	0
29	2003	Alai		45
30	2004	Chatrapathy	Saravanan's Sister	50
31	2004	Arul		65
32	2004	Adhu	Meera's Mother	0
33	2005	Raam	Saradha	77
34	2005	Thavamai Thavamiruntu	Sarada	67
35	2005	Sivakasi	Udayappa's wife	56
36	2006	Em Magan	Krishna's Mother	75
37	2006	Thiruvilaiyaadal Aarambam	Thiru's Mother	62
38	2006	Rakhi	Gowri's Mother	61
39	2006	Adaikalam	Kasthuri	0
40	2007	Thirumagan	Jayakodi	0
41	2007	Jagadam		60
42	2007	Pirappu	Kaliammal, Kannan's adoptive mother	0
43	2007	Rakshakan		10
44	2007	Kireedam	Shakti's Mother	58
45	2007	Vel	Vasu and Vel's mother	61
46	2007	Puli Varudhu		0
47	2008	Pidichirukku		0
48	2008	Nenjathai Killadhe		0
49	2008	Singakutty		0
50	2008	Kuruvi	Koccha's Wife	44
51	2008	Paandi	Sivakami	52
52	2008	Ready		57
53	2008	Thenavattu		70
54	2008	Dindigul Sarathy	Sarathy's Mother	62
55	2009	Colors	Lt.col.Dr Rajalakshmi	25
56	2009	Yavarum Nalam	Manohar's Mother	62
57	2010	Thambikku Indha Ooru		33
58	2010	Bayam Ariyan	Vinoth's Mother	0
59	2010	Guru Sishyan		35
60	2010	Magane En Marumagane	Jameendar's wife	0
61	2010	Vedam	Padma	74
62	2010	Kalavani	Lakshmi	62
63	2010	Komaram Puli	Puli's Mother	40
64	2010	Thenmerku Paruvakatru	Veerayi	77
65	2011	Muthukku Muthaaga	Pechi	67
66	2011	Vaanam	Lakshmi	60
67	2011	Sadhurangam		49
68	2012	Mazhaikaalam		0
69	2012	Oru Kal Oru Kannadi	Shenbagam Saravanan's mother	55
70	2012	Chaarulatha	Charu and Latha's mother	58
71	2012	Neerparavai	Mary	63
72	2013	Vatthikuchi	Sakthi's mother	65
73	2013	Kutti Puli	Dheivaanai	48
74	2013	Naiyaandi		32
75	2013	All in All Azhagu Raja	Meenakshi Muthukrishnan	37
76	2014	Idhu Kathirvelan Kadhal	Yasothammal	53
77	2014	Naan Sigappu Manithan	Sumathi	62
78	2014	Ennamo Nadakkudhu		70
79	2014	Manam	Seetharamudu's Mother	70
80	2014	Amma Ammamma		0
81	2014	Pappali		35
82	2014	Velaiyilla Pattathari	Bhuvana	75
83	2016	Bangalore Naatkal	Kannan's mother	56
84	2016	24	Sathyabama	72
85	2016	Brahmotsavam		47
86	2016	Brahmotsavam	Ajay's Relative	47
87	2016	Tamilselvanum Thaniyar Anjalum		50
88	2016	Remo	Arun's Mother	55
89	2016	Kodi	Kodi and Anbu's Mother	61
90	2016	Achamindri		70
91	2017	Katha Nayagan	Thambidurai's Mother	35
92	2018	Mannar Vagaiyara	Ilaiyarani's mother	53
93	2018	The Villain	Vishalavva	51
94	2018	Oru Kuprasidha Payyan	Chembammal	68
95	2019	Nani's Gang Leader	Varalakshmi	72
96	2021	Sashi		70
97	2022	Etharkkum Thunindhavan	Kosalai	59
98	2022	Aruva Sanda		0
99		Bha. Bha. Ba.		0
100		Jeyikkira Kuthira		0
101	2017	Velaiyilla Pattathari 2	Bhuvana	57
102	2017	Magalir Mattum	Subbu	68
103	2018	Inba Twinkle Lilly	Inbaa	0
104	2018	Junga	Junga's mother	58
105	2018	Marainthirunthu Paarkum Marmam Enna	Aiyappan's Mother	61
106	2018	Kolamavu Kokila	Kokila's Mother	67
107	2019	Kalavani 2		44
108	2021	Bhoomi	Bhoominathan's Mother	44
109	2021	MGR Magan	Rasaathi	27
110	2022	Viruman	Muthulakshmi	55
111	2022	Chup	Mrs. Menon	65
112	2022	Varalaru Mukkiyam		45
113	2023	Kushi		52
114	2023	Conjuring Kannappan	Lakshmi	62
115	2024	Brother	Hemamalini	65
116	2025	Nilavuku En Mel Ennadi Kobam	Ponni	58
117	2025	Bun Butter Jam		0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	No Data	No Data	No Data	No Data