Sriranjani Jr.


Sriranjani was an Indian actress active in Telugu and Tamil films. She was the younger sister of Sriranjani. She is known mainly for her tragedy roles particularly her frequent portrayal of the long-suffering wife.

Life

Sriranjani was born in Murikipudi village of Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh. Her elder sister, Senior Sriranjani was also an actress and is the first Sita of the Telugu screen. Her birth name is Mahalakshmi. She had grown up with her elder sister and developed interest in movies and acting. Chitrapu Narayana Murthy encouraged her and gave her chance to act in the film Bhishma in 1944. She subsequently acted in Gollabhama, Brahmachari, Gitanjali, Madalasa, Laila Majnu etc., Her life turned brighter as a heroine character in Gunasundari Katha in 1949, directed by famous K. V. Reddy. In this film her Gunasundari character established her in the industry. She acted as heroine in the magnum opus Chandraharam. Though she acted in many films like Mantradandam, Sankranthi, Prema, Bratuku Teruvu, Svayamprabha, Ramanjaneya Yuddham her best portrayal was the all-time hit of Gunasundari Katha.
In her Tamil film Parasakthi, Sriranjani portrayed the male ideal of virtuous Hindu womanhood. In the same year, she also starred with MGR in the movie Kumari. Another serious role of Sriranjani was as Chandra in Ratha Kanneer, a 1954 Tamil movie. Sriranjani played Rajee in the Tamil film Rajee En Kanmani. The film is based on the City Lights of Charlie Chaplin.
She retired from films in 1960, but returned for a few guest roles. She died in 1974.

Partial filmography

Telugu

Bhishma Gruhapravesam Brahma Ratham Gollabhama Madalasa Gitanjali Gunasundari Katha Laila Majnu Vali Sugriva Mantra Dandam Sankranti Rajeswari Prema Manavati Bratuku Teruvu Peddamanushulu Amarasandesam Chandraharam Sri Krishna Tulabharam Santhanam Uma Sundari Penki Pellam Preme Daivam Vaddante Pelli as GowriKrishna Leelalu as DevakiMahakavi Kalidasu Sri Krishnarjuna Yudham Bangaru Panjaram Nenante Nene Aggi Meeda Guggilam Bhale Tammudu Ukku Pidugu as Maharani Shanthimathi Devi of KalingaRaja Simha as RatanavaliJeevitha Chakram Sampoorna Ramayanam as SumitraBhakta Tukaram Jeevana Tarangalu Galipatalu
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Tamil

Parasakthi Kumari Kaadhal Manavathi Chandraharam Rajee En Kanmani Ratha Kanneer Anbe Deivam Orey Vazhi

Kannada