Rani Moorthy is a Malaysian-born playwright

Playwright

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, actress, and artistic director of Rasa Productions. Following the race riots

May 13 Incident

The 13 May Incident is a term for the Sino-Malay sectarian violences in Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia, which began on 13 May 1969...

 of 1969 her family tried to emigrate to Singapore

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

, but were unsuccessful for a time. When they eventually made it, Moorthy began her acting career, appearing in theatre and hosting The Ra Ra Show, a television comedy. In 1996, she emigrated to the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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Radio

• Whose Sari Now (2007)
• Broadcast between 1 and 5 October 2007 as part of BBC Radio 4
  BBC Radio 4
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  's Woman's Hour Drama strand.

Stage

• Pooja (2002)
• Manchester United and the Malay Warrior (2002)
• Curry Tales (2004)
• Too Close to Home (2006)
• Shades of Brown (2007)

Television

• Doctors
  Doctors (BBC Soap Opera)
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• Episode "Martial Arts" (aired 6 March 2002 on BBC One
  BBC One
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External links

• Rani Moorthy at the British Film Institute
  British Film Institute
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