 In 1987, she acted in Lenin Rajendran's "Swathi Thirunal", a biopic on the Travancore ruler of the same name.Her second Malayalam film "Chithram" (1988), written and directed by Priyadarshan, went on to become a huge box office success.Mohanlal-Ranjini was considered a golden duo in Malaylam cinema as all their films were commercial successes.