Komal Mahuvakar, better known by her stage name Rupini, is an Indian actress who has appeared in

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language films during the late 1980s and early 1990s. She started as a child artist in the

film '' Mili''. She acted in

and

films with stars including Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan,

Mohanlal Mohanlal Viswanathan (born 21 May 1960), known mononymously as Mohanlal, is an Indian actor, film producer, playback singer, film distributor, and director who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema besides also having sporadically app ...

, Mammootty, Venkatesh,

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, Sathyaraj,

Vijayakanth Narayanan Vijayaraj Alagarswami (born 25 August 1952), better known by his stage name Vijayakanth, is an Indian politician and former actor who has worked predominantly in Tamil cinema. He was the Leader of the Opposition in the Tamil Nadu Leg ...

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, V Ravichandran,

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, Mohan and

Ramarajan Ramarajan (born 18 October, 1960) is an Indian actor, writer, director and politician who specialised in acting and directing films on village-based subjects. He is also known as ''Makkal Nayagan'' in Tamil cinema. Career Ramarajan started his ...

. Rupini, originally from

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, moved to the south to act in films after the late 1980s. Earlier, she had acted under her real name in a few Hindi films, including ''Des Pardes'', ''Payal Ki Jhankaar'', ''Meri Adalat'', ''Sanch Ko Aanch Nahin'' and ''Nache Mayuri''. Beside acting, she is also an Indian classical dancer and has founded the Sparsha Foundation for special children.

Early life and debut

Mahuvakar was born in Mumbai into a well educated family. Her father was a lawyer and her mother was a dietitian. She was accidentally spotted by the film-maker

Hrishikesh Mukherjee Hrishikesh Mukherjee (30 September 1922 – 27 August 2006) was an Indian film director, editor and writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of Indian cinema. Popularly known as ''Hrishi-da'', he directed 42 films during his ca ...

who offered her child roles in his films such as '' Mili'', '' Kotwal Saab'' and ''

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''.

Filmography

Tamil

Malayalam

Hindi

Kannada

Telugu

Television

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rupini Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Indian film actresses Indian child actresses 20th-century Indian actresses Actresses from Mumbai Actresses in Hindi cinema Actresses in Kannada cinema Actresses in Malayalam cinema Actresses in Tamil cinema Actresses in Telugu cinema