[2] Pranathi is born to Malayalam actor Jose and Ratnaprabha on 19 April 1987.
She is married to Dr.Sivarajan in September 2011[citation needed] Pranathi began her career as a model.
[3] Pranathi made her acting debut alongside Bharath in Jayaraj's successful Malayalam film 4 the People (2004).
In 2005, during the making of Gurudeva and Kaatru Ullavarai alongside actor Jai Akash, reports suggested that the pair were dating.
[4] Also during 2005, her most prolific year, she appeared in a Kannada film titled Santosha as well as in the Sathyaraj-starrer Vanakkam Thalaiva.