Yuvarani (born 30 November 1974) is an Indian film actress. She has appeared in several Tamil films in the female lead role while she has also featured in television serials. She is notable for her roles as Rajnikanth's sister in Baasha and for her role as Prabhavathy in the Tamil Serial Chithi and Sundari in Thendral. In April 2010, Yuvarani won RM70,000 in damages in a defamation suit against two distributors and the publisher of popular monthly magazine Indian Movie News (IMN). She filed the civil suit in 2003 against Percetakan Kum, distributor of IMN in Peninsular Malaysia Mentakab Agency (M) Sdn Bhd, publisher Indian Movie News Publications (M) Sdn Bhd and IMN distributor in Singapore, Indian Movie News Publications P/L. The actress claimed she had been defamed by material printed and published in the Tamil language by the defendants in two issues of IMN, namely the April 1998 and August 1998 issues.