Suman Ranganathan

Indian actress

Bunty Walia^{[citation needed]}

(m. 2005; div. 2007)

Sajan Chinnappa^[2]

(m. 2019)

Suman Ranganathan or Ranganath^[3] (born 26 July 1974) is an Indian model and actress. She has starred in Kannada, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi films.

Personal life

Suman Ranganathan was born in Tumakuru, Karnataka.^[4]

She was married to Bunty Walia, an Indian film producer. The couple split in 2007.^{[citation needed]} She married Sajan Chinnappa, a businessman from Kodugu district, Karnataka on 3 June 2019.^[5]

Career

She made her acting debut with the Kannada movie C.B.I. Shankar (1989) along with Shankar Nag. After the success of that movie, she starred in various movies like Bala Hombale (1989), Doctor Krishna (1989) Santha Shishunala Sharifa (1990) and Nammoora Hammera (1990).

In the year 1990, she made her Tamil debut with Pudhu Paattu.^[6] Then, she has acted in many Tamil movies like Perum Pulli (1991), Maanagara Kaaval (1991), Kurumbukkaran (1991), Unnai Vaazhthi Paadugiren (1992), Mettupatti Mirasu (1994) and Mudhal Udhayam (1995).

She appeared in Fareb (1996), her first Bollywood film, which was an Indian adaptation of Unlawful Entry. She appeared as an Indian-American socialite in Aa Ab Laut Chalen (1999). In 2003 she appeared in Baghban. The same year, Suman claimed that she had been impersonated by a body double in some shots of the film Ek Stree.^[7]

Ranganath was also in a team of judges for the Mr India World 2007. She is the judge of Kannada reality show Thakadimitha, which airs on Colors Kannada.^[8]

After that part of the time, she was completely into acting in the Kannada industries. Post the long break, she acted back in the Tamil industry as a comeback in the movie Arrambam (2013). Making a comeback to Tamil nearly after 18 years, Suman essays the role of a tough journalist.^[9]

Suman Ranganathan acted in many successful projects, and she contributed to the success of many movies such as Neer Dose (2016) and Kavaludaari (2019).^[10]^[11]

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role	Language	Notes
1989	C.B.I. Shankar	Asha	Kannada
	Doctor Krishna	Swati
	Bala Hombale	Radha
1990	Santha Shishunala Sharifa	Fatima
	Nammoora Hammera	Radha
	Kempu Surya	Triveni
	20va Sathabdam		Telugu
	Pudhu Paattu	Raji	Tamil
	Padmavathi Kalyanam	Padmavathi	Telugu
1991	Perum Pulli		Tamil
	Maanagara Kaaval	Vidya
	Kurumbukkaran
1992	Unnai Vaazhthi Paadugiren	Priya
1992	Ellarum Chollanu	Archana	Malayalam
1994	Mettupatti Mirasu	Radha	Tamil
1995	Mudhal Udhayam	Geetha
1995	Udhavum Karangal
1996	Fareb	Suman Varma	Hindi
1997	Ankhon Mein Tum Ho	Pooja	Hindi
1997	Achena Atithi	Pooja	Bengali
1998	O Gandasare Neevestu Oleyavaru	Janaki	Kannada
1998	Hatyara	Suman	Hindi
1999	Aa Ab Laut Chalen	Loveleen
2000	Ek Stree	Vaishali
2000	Badal	Herself		Special appearance
2001	Bava Nachadu	Suma	Telugu
	Aaghaaz	Pushpa	Hindi
	Kurukshetra	Herself		Special appearance
	Hadh
	Mujhe Meri Biwi Se Bachaao	Anuradha
	Hum Ho Gaye Aapke	Nikki
2002	Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam	Nita
2003	Market	Lisa
2003	Baghban	Kiran Malhotra
2004	Ishq Qayamat	Suman
2004	Rasikan	Karishma
2005	Sauda
2006	Devaki	Devaki
2006	Purab Aur Paschim		Bhojpuri
2008	Bindaas	Herself	Kannada	Special appearance in song Kalu Mama
	Mehbooba		Hindi
	Budhivanta	Monika	Kannada
	Gumnaam – The Mystery	Remon	Hindi
	Mast Maja Maadi	Herself	Kannada	Special appearance
2009	Anjadiru
	Savaari			Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Kannada
	Kalaakaar
	Harikathe
	IPC Section 300	Sheela
2012	Sidlingu	Aandalamma		Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Kannada^[12]
	Shiva	Herself		Special appearance
	Katari Veera Surasundarangi	Herself		Special appearance
2013	Galaate
	Myna	Geetha
	Jinkemari	Herself		Special appearance
	Arrambam	Ramya	Tamil
2016	Deal Raja		Kannada
2016	Neer Dose	Sharada Mani		Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Kannada Nominated—SIIMA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
2018	Double Engine	Suma
2019	Kavaludaari	Madhuri
	Dandupalya 4	Sundri
	Ladies Tailor
2021	Kabadadaari	Ramya	Tamil
2021	Kapatadhaari	Ramya	Telugu
2022	Home Minister		Kannada
	Petromax	Subbalakshmi		^[13]
	Thotapuri	Victoria		^[14]
2023	Thothapuri: Chapter 2	Victoria		^[15]

References

^ https://m.whosdatedwho.com/dating/suman-ranganathan
^ "Suman ties the knot with businessman Sajan". The Times of India. 6 June 2019.
^ "Gorgeous Suman Ranganath Reveals her Remuneration for #Kavaludaari on #Scrapbook with RJ Nethra". YouTube. Archived from the original on 13 December 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
^ "Best of Bollywood, South Cinema, Celebrity Photos & Videos | MSN India". MSN. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
^ "Suman ties the knot with businessman Sajan". The Times of India. 6 June 2019.
^ "Pudhu Pattu (1990) - Review, Star Cast, News, Photos". Archived from the original on 5 August 2020.
^ "Now Suman Ranganathan gets into body-double trouble". The Times of India.
^ "Suman Ranganath back on small screen to judge dance reality show". 29 January 2019.
^ "'Aarambam' is Suman Ranganathan's comeback vehicle - Tamil News". 26 October 2013.
^ "Neer Dose: Serving up a heavy dose of misogyny". The Hindu. 3 September 2016.
^ "'Kavaludaari' review: A brilliant neo-noir film that keeps you hooked to your seat". 12 April 2019.
^ "And the Filmfare Award for Kannada goes to... - Times of India". The Times of India.
^ "Suman Ranganath deglams for a cameo in Petromax - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
^ Anjanappa, Bharath (23 January 2022). "'Thotapuri' first glimpse tomorrow". thehansindia.com. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
^ "Dhananjaya and Suman Ranganath are shooting in Alleppey - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 7 April 2022.