A biography for Suhasini Maniratnamhasn’t been written yet.
“I stay in Chennai but my heart is beating for Kannada films.”
“'Hasini Pesum Padam' was about reviewing Tamil movies that released every week. I felt it is more of an international platform and hence used trendy trousers and different kinds of tops.”
“After 40, every day is a bonus. We should know how to live our lives to the fullest.”
“In Queen Mary's, which was an all-girls' college, I learned discipline, hard work and to be competitive. But at Madras Film Institute, I learned about the world, being free and knowledgeable, and thinking beyond oneself.”
“Though I read and speak Malayalam, Malayalis won't accept outsiders speaking their language.”
“For me, going to the gym for an hour is important not because I appear on screen, but because I am healthy.”
“I got a Best Actress award from the Kerala government when I was 24, and I got another one when I was 42. I was more thrilled when I got it for the second time.”
“People who are close me know I have a funny side.”
“Throughout school I studied in Tamil medium schools but it was only when I got to college that I realized that not learning English was a great disadvantage as I didn't understand even the simplest of sentences.”
“I have been acting for more than 25 years and have worked in all the four Southern languages. But it is in the Kannada films that I got huge recognition and variety of roles.”
“I have got lot of appreciation for my performances in many Kannada films. In fact, I got the best roles of my career in Kannada films.”
“If you are making a film for the first time, you have all the problems and fears. Yet, you have the freedom that you will never get in life.”
“It is difficult to accept failure when you are a student. It is also difficult to succeed because everyone is so competitive!”
“I have a great sense of humour. I am teasing, taunting and authoritative.”
“I don't believe in God, in prayer, in going to temples begging God to give me and my family happiness. I am not asking everyone to be an atheist, but good thoughts are not spent in a temple.”
“I think as film actors we are comfortable on stage because we know what the audience expects. The only tricky part is to remember the lines and that body language is key, which is something we tend to forget after years of acting in front of a camera.”
“I am a humble speaker, I speak very well.”
“My love is music... I do not give too much importance to love and romance.”
“Kannada was easy for me to learn because it's casual and easy; no frills, unlike Tamil.”
“Hasn't everyone written a leave letter while at school? Or sent a text message? There is a writer in all of us.”