RUPINI LEGEND OF ALL INDIA STAR -BORN 1958 JANUARY 16

RUPINI

Rupini( Roopini, Rubini) was active as heroine in south Indian languages Tamil,Malayalam,Telugu and Kannada during the period 87-96 and acted opposite Kamal Hassan,Rajanikanth,Vijaykanth,Sathyaraj,Mammootty,Mohanlal,Vishnuvardhan etc in several hit films.

Rupini was born in a Gujarati family of Mumbai on january 16,1958 and her father was a Lawyer and mother a doctor.Her original name is Komal Mahuvakar.She was spotted byHrishikesh Mukherjee and she acted as a child artiste in his film  ' Mili' in 1975 and later acted in some other Hindi films in supporting roles.
She rose to fame in south India when she acted as heroine of Rajanikanth in the super hit film 'Manithan' in 1987 which was directed by S.P.Muthuraman.
Her role as 'Devaki', the heroine of the hit film 'Puthiya Vaanam' opposite Sathyaraj received accolades and she became a leading Tamil actress.
In the year 1988 Vijayakanth,Sarathkumar,Roopini and Ramyakrishnan were the lead actors of the Tamil film 'Captain Prabhakar'which was a big success.
In 1989 she acted opposite Kamal Hassan in the super hit film 'Apoorva Sahodharargal'as the ringmaster's daughter and rose to the heights of popularity.