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Rachana Narayanankutty
Rachana Narayanankutty
Born	Thrissur, Kerala, India
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	Sri Vyasa NSS College, Wadakkancherry
Occupations	Actor; Kuchipudi dancer; Television presenter;
Years active	2001–2003; 2011–present
Spouse	Arun Sadasivan (m. 2011; div. 2012)
Parents	Narayanankutty; Narayani;

Rachana Narayanankutty is an Indian actress, Kuchipudi dancer, and television presenter who works prominently in Malayalam film and television.^[1] She became popular through the television series Marimayam aired in Mazhavil Manorama.^[2]^[3]

Personal life

Rachana was born in Thrissur to Narayanankutty and Narayani. She is the youngest and has a brother.^[4] Rachana completed her schooling from Government Girls High School, Wadakkancherry in 2005, and she completed her graduation from Sri Vyasa NSS College, Wadakkancherry.^[5] 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.^{[citation needed]}

Rachana married Arun Sadasivan in 2011.^[6] 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.^[7]

Film career

She began her career in 2001 by acting in a small role as the heroine's friend in the film Theerthadanam.^[8] After her studies, she joined radio as an RJ, at Radio Mango, Thrissur, where a producer spotted her and cast her in Marimayam. 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 participated in the reality show Star Challenge on Flowers TV.

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

Filmography

As an actress

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Theerthadanam	Vinodini's friend	supporting role
2002	Nizhalkkuthu	Maid
2013	Lucky Star	Janaki	Her first female lead role
	Amen	Clara
	Vallatha Pahayan	Sumitra
	101 Chodyangal	Deepa Radhakrishnan
	Punyalan Agarbattis	Adv. Sai
2014	One Day Jokes	Unnamed	Silent movie
2015	You Too Brutus	Aparna
	Ain	Saira Banu
	Thinkal Muthal Velli Vare	Arundathi/Jalaja
	Thilothama	Rosy
	Kanthari	Rani
	Double Barrel	Kochumary
	Life of Josutty	Jessy
	Priyamanasam	Queen	Sanskrit movie
2016	Puthiya Niyamam	Kani
2017	Kambhoji	Ammini
	Varnyathil Aashanka	Keerthana
	Thrissivaperoor Kliptham	Crazy lady
2019	Mohabbathin Kunjabdulla	Rajani
2021	Black Coffee	Gayathri
2021	Thimiram	Anisha
2022	Aaraattu	Rugmini
2022	Kannadi	Aharya
2024	Panchayath Jetty	Ala	^[9]
2024	Paalum Pazhavum	Revathi	^[10]

As voice actor

Year	Title	Dubbed For	Character	Notes	Ref.
2023	Alone	Herself	Sreedevi, Neighbour	voice only	^[11]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Channel	Notes
2011-2013, 2015	Marimayam	Valsala Madam	Mazhavil Manorama	comedy serial
2012	Comedy festival season 1	Host	Mazhavil Manorama	comedy reality show
2014	Lunars Comedy Express	Judge	Asianet Plus	comedy reality show
2015-2016	Comedy Stars Season 2	Judge	Asianet	comedy reality show
2016	Run Baby Run (TV series)	Host	Asianet Plus	kids show Replaced Thesni Khan
2016	Comedy Super Night 2	Host	Flowers TV	comedy Talk show Replaced Vinay Forrt later replaced by Ansiba Hassan
2016	Raveendra Sangeetha Sandhya	Host/Dancer	Mazhavil Manorama
2016	Ambum Villum	Vilasini	Asianet	Telefilm
2016	Aluvayum Mathikuriyum	Herself	Mazhavil Manorama	Cameo in promo
2017	Music Mojo	Singer	Kappa TV
2018	Sthree Sakthi	Host	Asianet News
2018	Lalitham 50	Dancer	Mazhavil Manorama
2019	Sunday Funday	Host	Amrita TV
2020	Lalonam Nallonam	Various roles	Asianet	Onam Special show
2020	Comedy Stars Season 2	Judge	Asianet	comedy reality show
2021	Let's Rock And Roll	Mentor	Zee Keralam	Game Show
2021	Comedy Utsavam	Host	Flowers TV	comedy Talk show
2022	Super Kudumbam	Mentor	Mazhavil Manorama
2023	Bhavana	Herself	Mazhavil Manorama	TV Serial Guest appearance
2023	Comedy Masters	Judge	Amrita TV
2023	Red Carpet	Mentor	Amrita TV
2024–present	Funs Upon A Time 4.0	Judge	Amrita TV