Rachana Narayanankutty

Rachana Narayanankutty
Born	(1983-04-04) 4 April 1983 Thrissur, Kerala, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Actress, Kuchipudi dancer, Television anchor
Years active	2001- present
Spouse(s)	Arun Sadasivan (m. 2011; div. 2012)
Parent(s)	Narayanankutty (father) Narayani (mother)

Rachana Narayanankutty is an Indian actress, Kuchipudi dancer, and television anchor from Kerala, India. She became popular through the television series Marimaayam aired in Mazhavil Manorama.

Personal life

Rachana was born on April 4, 1983 in Thrissur City to Narayanankutty and Narayani. She is the youngest and has a brother. Rachana completed her schooling from G. G. H. S. Wadakanchery in 1998, and she completed her graduation from Sri Vyasa NSS College, Wadakanchery. She was a Communicative English teacher in Devamatha, CBSE School situated in Thrissur district. She took dance classes before she was cast into the television series.

She married in February 2011, and divorced in 2012.

Career

She began her career in 2001 by acting in a small role as the heroine's friend in the film Theerthadanam. Though it was a small role, Rachana considers it as a gratifying experience to have begun her career through a film scripted by M. T. Vasudevan Nair. After her studies, she joined radio as an RJ, at Radio Mango, Thrissur, where a producer spotted her and cast her in Marimayam. Rachana had only intended to act in a single episode of Marimayam, but was taken aback by the overwhelming response her character got, and decided to continue.

She hosted a comedy show Comedy Festival in Mazhavil Manorama. She has also acted in few advertisements and served as judge in the reality show Comedy Express on Asianet. She is currently participating in the reality show Star Challenge on Flowers TV.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
2001	Theerthadanam	Vinodini's friend	B. Kannan
2002	Kalachakram		Sonu Sisupal
2003	Nizhalkkuthu		Adoor Gopalakrishnan
2012	ICU			Short film
2013	Lucky Star	Janaki	Deepu Anthikkad	Her first female lead role
2013	Amen	Clara	Lijo Jose Pellissery
2013	Vallatha Pahayan	Sumitra	Razaq-Niyas
2013	101 Chodyangal	Radhakrishnan's wife	Sidhartha Siva
2013	Punyalan Agarbattis	Advocate Sai	Ranjith Sankar
2014	One Day Jokes	Lady	Santhosh G.
2015	You Too Brutus	Aparna	Roopesh Peethambaran
2015	Ain	Saira Banu	Sidhartha Siva
2015	Moonamidam	Prabha	Antony Sony	Short film
2015	Thinkal Muthal Velli Vare	Arundathi/Jalaja	Kannan Thamarakulam
2015	Kanthari	Rani	Ajmal
2015	Double Barrel	Kochumary	Lijo Jose Pellissery
2015	Life of Josutty	Jessy	Jeethu Joseph
2015	Thilothama	Rosy	Preethi Panikkar
2016	Puthiya Niyamam	Kani	A. K. Sajan
2016	Adoorum Thoppilum Allatha Oru Bhasi	Lekha	Vinod Vijayan	Filming

External links

• Rachana Narayanankutty at the Internet Movie Database