Rachana Narayanankutty is an Indian actress,

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dancer, and

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who works prominently in

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and television. She became popular through the television series ''

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'' aired in

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Personal life

Rachana was born on 1 April 1983 in

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to Narayanankutty and Narayani. She is the youngest and has a brother. Rachana completed her schooling from G. G. H. S. Wadakanchery in 2005, and she completed her graduation from

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. She was a Communicative English teacher in Devamatha, CBSE School situated in

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district. She took dance classes before she was cast into the television series. Rachana married Arun Sadasivan in 2011. It was purely an arranged marriage and they had issues. As per Rachana, Arun has started abusing her mentally and physically, which caused her to leave her husband's house after 19 days of marriage.

Film career

She began her career in 2001 by acting in a small role as the heroine's friend in the film ''

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''. After her studies, she joined radio as an RJ, at Radio Mango,

, where a producer spotted her and cast her in ''Marimayam''. She hosted a comedy show ''Comedy Festival'' in

. She has also acted in few

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and served as judge in the

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''Comedy Express'' on Asianet. She participated in the reality show ''Star Challenge'' on

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. She has featured in short films also like ICU, Through Her Eyes, Inverse, Vazhuthana, Moonamidam etc.

Filmography

As an actress

Television

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Narayanankutty, Rachana 1985 births 21st-century Indian actresses Actresses from Thrissur Actresses in Malayalam cinema Actresses in Malayalam television Indian film actresses Indian television actresses Living people