Suhasini Mani Ratnam (Tamil: சுஹாஸினி மணி ரத்னம்) (born Suhasini on August 15, 1961) is an award winning south Indian actress. She made her film debut in 1980 with the Tamil movie Nenjathai Killathe.
Suhasini was born in Chennai to actor Charuhasan, the elder brother of Kamal Hassan.
Suhasini is a trained costume designer, hair stylist and cinematographer. She is known as the first female student to graduate from the Madras Film institute. In 198...
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Suhasini Mani Ratnam (Tamil: சுஹாஸினி மணி ரத்னம்) (born Suhasini on August 15, 1961) is an award winning south Indian actress. She made her film debut in 1980 with the Tamil movie Nenjathai Killathe.
Suhasini was born in Chennai to actor Charuhasan, the elder brother of Kamal Hassan.
Suhasini is a trained costume designer, hair stylist and cinematographer. She is known as the first female student to graduate from the Madras Film institute. In 1988, she married Mani Ratnam and the couple have a son, born in 1992.
She has acted in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada as well as Malayalam films. She was introduced to Malayalam cinema through Padmarajan's Koodevide (1983), which also featured Mammootty. Her role in the AFI Fest nominated feature Vaanaprastham (1999), which starred Mohanlal was particularly well received.
She won the coveted National Film Award for Best Actress in 1986 for her role in the 1985 Tamil film Sindhu Bhairavi, directed by K. Balachander. In 1996, Suhasini stepped into...
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