Rupini

Komal Mahuvakar, better known by her stage name Rupini, is an Indian actress who has appeared in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and Telugu language films during the late 1980s and early 1990s. She started as a child artist in the Hindi film Mili. She acted in Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and Malayalam films with stars including Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan, Mohanlal, Mammootty, Venkatesh, Balakrishna, Jagadish, Sathyaraj, Vijayakanth, Dr. Vishnuvardhan, V Ravichandran, Mukesh, Mohan and Ramarajan. Rupini, originally from Mumbai, moved to the south to act in films after the late 1980s. Earlier, she had acted under her real name in a few Hindi films, including Des Pardes, Payal Ki Jhankaar, Meri Adalat, Sanch Ko Aanch Nahin and Nache Mayuri. Beside acting, she is also an Indian classical dancer and has founded the Sparsha Foundation for special children.