Sriranjani (Tamil actress)

For other people named Sriranjani, see Sriranjani (disambiguation).

Sriranjani is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Tamil language films. She has done mostly supporting roles in various Tamil films. Her notable works include Alai Payuthey (2000), Anniyan (2005) and Mozhi (2007).^[1]

Sriranjani
Born	Bombay, India
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1999-present
Spouse(s)	M. V. Rajasekar (2000-present)
Children	2

Career

Sriranjani was born into a Marathi Anglo-Indian family in Bombay,^[2] Maharashtra and began her career in acting playing a role in the television series Kasalavu Nesam directed by K. Balachander. She made the switch to films after being offered a role in Mani Ratnam's Alai Payuthey (2000) as Madhavan's sister-in-law.^[3] Her next role which won acclaim was her depiction of an Iyengar wife in Shankar's Anniyan (2005).

As of September 2013, Sriranjani has appeared in over 54 films.^[4][5]

Personal life

Her son Maithreya Rajasekar has starred in Thirumanam (2018-20) and Anbulla Ghilli (2022). ^[2][6]

Filmography

Tamil films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Alai Payuthey	Karthik's sister-in-law
2004	Udhaya	Udhaya's elder sister	Uncredited role
	Chellamae	Vaishnavi
	Neranja Manasu	Poochi's wife
2005	Anniyan	Nandhini's mother
	Priyasakhi	Sakhi's sister-in-law
	ABCD	Church mother
2006	Saravana	Saravana's mother
	Thimiru	Srimathy's mother
	Chennai Kadhal	Narmada's mother
2007	Pokkiri	Lakshmi
	Mozhi	Jaanu
	Ninaithaley	Anand's mother
	Thottal Poo Malarum	Ravi's mother
2008	Pirivom Santhippom	Ramalingam's wife
	Velli Thirai	Mythili's mother
	Abhiyum Naanum	Dhamu's wife
2009	Sarvam	Sandhya's mother
	Manjal Veiyil	Gayathri's mother
	Solla Solla Inikkum	Sathya's mother
2011	Appavi	Bharathi's mother
	Mappillai	Saravanan's mother
	Thambikottai	Sridevi
	Sabash Sariyana Potti	Gnana Guru's mother
2012	Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi	Vasanthi
	Marupadiyum Oru Kadhal	Jeeva's mother
	Neethaane En Ponvasantham	Nithya's mother
2013	Vathikuchi	Leena's mother
	Endrendrum Punnagai	Priya's mother
	Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru	Sanjana's mother
	Singam 2	Sathya's mother
	Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam	Dhanalakshmi
	All in All Azhagu Raja	Chitra Devi Priya's mother
2014	Nimirndhu Nil	Poomari's mother
	Oru Kanniyum Moonu Kalavaanikalum	Ponnamma
	Nanbenda	Satya's mother
	Nee Enge En Anbe	Parthasarathi's mother	Uncredited role
	Uyirukku Uyiraga	Lakshmi
	Vanmam	Nila
	Vingyani
2015	Vai Raja Vai	Raja's mother
	Maari	Sridevi's mother
	Thani Oruvan	Mrs. Raman
	Vaalu	Shakthi's mother
	Inimey Ippadithan	Akhila's mother
	Pallikoodam Pogamale	Church mother
	Vedalam	Swetha and Arjun's mother
2016	Bangalore Naatkal	Divya's mother
	Aagam	Sai's mother
	Vaaliba Raja	Karthik's mother
	Unnodu Ka	Vaanmathi
	Rekka	Shiva's mother
	Kavalai Vendam	Arjun's mother
2017	Vaigai Express	Karpagavalli
2018	Mohini	Vaishnavi's mother
	Maniyaar Kudumbam	Rasamma
	Seema Raja	Seema Raja's mother
	Koothan	Bharatanatyam teacher
	Adanga Maru	Subash's mother
	Silukkuvarupatti Singam	Raji's mother
2019	House Owner	Radha
	Aadai	Lakshmi
	Sixer	Aadhi's mother
	Sangathamizhan	Thenmozhi's mother
	50/50	Madhu's mother
2020	Nadodigal 2	Sengodi's mother
2021	Kalathil Santhippom	Anand's mother
	Calls	Nandhini's mother
	Vinodhaya Sitham	Eswari
	Annaatthe	Nattadurai's wife	Uncredited role
	Ainthu Unarvugal	Widow
	Theerpugal Virkapadum	Kishore's mother
	Velan	Amrutham
2022	Anbulla Ghilli	Vegetable shop owner
	Clap	Mithra's mother
	Thiruchitrambalam	Rajeshwari
	Driver Jamuna	Jamuna's mother
2023	Yaadhum Oore Yaavarum Kelir	Matilda's mother
	A Home Away from Home
2024	Unarvugal Thodarkadhai
	Oru Nodi	Sakunthala
	Hitler	Sara's aunty
	Meiyazhagan	Valli
	Aaragan	Valaralmadhi
2025	Nesippaya	Vaidehi
	The Door	Devika
	Paramasivan Fathima	Paramasivan's mother

Telugu films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Khaleja	Subhasini's mother
2012	Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu	Nithya's mother
2014	Anaamika	Parthasarathi's mother	Uncredited role
2015	Janda Pai Kapiraju	Indumathi's mother
2016	Brahmostavam	Kaashi's mother
2018	Touch Chesi Chudu	Karthik's mother
2021	A1 Express	Sundeep's mother
2022	Clap	Mithra's mother

Other language films

Year	Title	Role	Language
2010	Thathwamasi	Pandalam Maharani	Malayalam
2012	Ekk Deewana Tha	Mrs. Joseph	Hindi
2014	Mr. Fraud	Bhai Ji's mother	Malayalam

Television

Year	Title	Role	Channel	Language
1999	Kasalavu Nesam	Rathi[1]	Sun TV Raj TV	Tamil
	Jannal-Adutha Veetu Kavithai	Priya	Raj TV
1999–2000	Jeevana Sandhya		ETV	Telugu
2000	Pushpanjali	Anjali	Sun TV	Tamil
2001–2002	Aalu Magalu		Gemini TV	Telugu
2003–2004	Sahana		Jaya TV	Tamil
2020–2023	Magarasi	Shenbagam	Sun TV
2020	Chandralekha	Shenbagam (Special Appearance)
2021	Live Telecast	China's Mother	Disney Hotstar
2022	Priyamana Thozhi	Herself	Sun TV
	Mathappu Mamiyar Pattas Marumagal	Shenbagam
2023–2024	Meenakshi Ponnunga	Meenakshi	Zee Tamil
2023	Iniya	Rajalakshmi	Sun TV
2024–Present	Lakshmi Nivasam	Lakshmi	Zee Telugu	Telugu