Noted Malayalam film actress Kalpana Ranjani, known as Kalpana,
died in Hyderabad on Monday (January 25) morning, according to information
reaching here. She was 51.
Kalpana was in Hyderabad for the shooting of a Telugu film. She
was brought dead at Apollo Hospitals from her hotel room, where she was found
unconscious early morning today. According to Malayala Manorama, the actress
suffered a heart attack.
Kalpana, who had acted in 300-odd films in South Indian languages,
had won the Best Supporting Actress award for her performance in a Malayalam
film in 2012. Sister of film actresses Urvashi and Kalaranjini, Kalpana was
known as a comic actress in the industry.
She had made her debut in the film industry as a child artiste in
1983. Since then, she grew along with the South Indian film industry to become
a leading actress. She was last seen in Malayalam movie – Charlie !