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Saranya Ponvannan | |
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 Saranya at Saivam Audio Launch | |
| Born | Sheela Christina |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1987–1996 (films) 2000 (television) 2003–present (films) |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent | A. B. Raj (Father) |
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Saranya Ponvannan (born Sheela Christina[1]) is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam and a few Kannada language films. She also acted in one Hindi movie Chup: Revenge of the Artist in 2022. Saranya made her acting debut in a lead role in Mani Ratnam's Nayakan (1987) and went on to play lead roles from 1987 to 1996. Following an eight-year sabbatical, she returned to films in 2003 as a character actor roles. In her career spanning around over 25 years she had won a number of accolades including one National Film Award, two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards and five Filmfare Award South.
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