[2] She was named the best actress for her part in the locally made Tamil language film Theivam thantha Veedu in 1978.
[2] Local newspapers also reported that Selvarajah also produced the SLBC program Ithaya Veenai, a program known for criticizing the main rebel group LTTE, and allegedly funded by the opposition Tamil political party, the Eelam People's Democratic Party.
[3] Relangi and her husband, a political activist, were killed by unidentified gunmen in Colombo on the same day that Lakshman Kadirgamar, Sri Lanka's foreign minister, was assassinated.
Sri Lanka's The Sunday Times reported that the LTTE had criticized Selvarajah for broadcasting anti-LTTE programs.
[3] Selvarajah's husband was affiliated with the formerly militant and now mainstream group, the People's Liberation Organization of Tamil Eelam PLOTE, according to local news reports and sources.