Have you ever met an actress who has some plum offers in hand, gets appreciated for her work, is hounded by the media and yet has her head intact to her shoulders? No. Then its time you meet one. To begin with, try meeting the petite Suman Ranganathan who seems to be least bothered by the rumours and scandals that chase her night and day and does whatever she feels like; in the open. But her attitude and love for films keeps her going.
Suman Ranganathan has this natural grace and charm which men find irresistible and appealing. Even before she had stepped into filmdom, she was in news because of her 'love' for Rahul Roy. She always considered him to be her true love but the actor had other things (like career in Hollywood) in mind. But as luck would have it, the lady in focus herself opted for a career in films and came out with her first venture "Fareb". The music and the film did well in its own special way and this beautiful Bangalore dame made every male heart go 'dhak dhak' (Madhuri Dixit had nothing to do here).There was this film "Ankhon Mein Ho Tum" of hers with Sharad Kapoor which went away as silently as it had come. But Suman was lucky the third time when Rishi Kapoor's directorial venture "Aa Ab Laut Chalen" saw this femme fatal in a literally fatal role. Akshaye Khanna was smitten by her in this film and made Aishwarya Rai chase him through out the film. What a refreshing change from regular crap where the only thing a Hindi film hero can do is run around the tree with the heroine. But sadly enough for her, Suman has been in news more because of the men 'around' her than her performances. Journalists love to write about her various affairs and the actress goes red in the face denying them all. That's the best part of being an actress - things get written first and they actually happen much, much later on.
Some of the films where this sexy actress can be seen again are "Mehbooba", "Mujhe Meri Biwi Se Bachhao" and "Hadh". Suman nowadays looks and behaves like a cat who got away with extra helping of cream. Things are certainly looking rosy for her work wise now. That's really cool for all of us.
Suman Ranganath debut came with the award winning Kannada film Santa Shishunala Shareefa, in which she played the wife of Shareefa played by Sridhar. She was much appreciated for her acting in that small role. She got the next big commercial break after the then Kannada superstar Shankar Nag cast her in his directorial venture C.B.I Shankar, in which he also acted in the title role. Opportunities knocked on her door after this.
She was praised by critics for her role in Fareb (1996), her first Bollywood film, which was an Indian adaptation of Unlawful Entry (1992) starring Kurt Russell, Ray Liotta, and Madeleine Stowe. She was also appreciated for her scene-stealing performance as a spoiled Indian-American socialite in Aa Ab Laut Chalen (1999). However, her most noteworthy accomplishment in film came in 2003 with the release of the hit film Baghban, which went on to be nominated for four Filmfare Awards including Best Film.
Ranganath also was a part of a team of judges for the Mr India World 2007.
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