Manya (actress)

Manya is an Indian actress who mainly acted in Malayalam and Telugu films along with a few Kannada movies. She began her acting career in Telugu cinema. In 2000, she was introduced to Malayalam films by director Lohithadas and acted in Joker opposite Dileep.[3] The success of the movie led to a series of more Malayalam movies films outside her mother language, Telugu.[4]

Manya
Born (1982-10-07) 7 October 1982[1][2]
OccupationFilm actress
Years active1997-2010
Spouse(s)
    Vikas Bajpai
    ​
    (
    m. 2013)

    Personal life

    Manya born to Prahladan who was a doctor in England and Padmini in Naidu family of Andhra Pradesh, grew up in England and moved to South India at the age of 9. She has a younger sister, Anjana.[5] Manya married Satya Patel on 31 May 2008.[6] Later they got divorced. In 2013 Manya married Vikas Bajpai, they have a daughter born in 2016.

    Career

    She started modeling at the age of 14. She soon started acting and went on to act in more than 40 movies in many South Indian languages.[7] She holds a dual degree in maths and statistics, minoring in quantitative finance; she also pursued an MBA from Columbia University.[7]

    Film awards
    • 2000: Ballem Venumadhav Best Debut Actress of 1999. Film: Devaa, 1999 (Telugu)
    • 2001: 24th Kerala Film Critics Award for Best Actress of 2000. Film: Joker, 2000 (Malayalam)
    • 2006: Sun Feast Udaya Film Awards. Best Debut Actress. Film: Varsha, 2005 (Kannada)
    • 2006: Sun Feast Udaya Film Awards. Best Debut Actress. Film: Shastri, 2005 (Kannada)

    Other awards
    • 2002: Drisya Television & Audio Awards: Best Actress (Special Jury) Award. Tele-film: Kanmani, 2002 (Malayalam)

    Filmography
    YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
    1989Swantham Ennu KaruthiMalayalamChild artist
    1992Kizhakke Varum PaattuTamilChild artist
    1997Swantham Makalkku SnehapoorvamMalayalamUncredited
    1999Seetharama RajuSumaTeluguDebut
    DevaaTelugu
    Sahasabaludu - VichitrakotiGunjalaTelugu
    English Pellam East Godavari MoguduGowriTelugu
    BachelorsPreethiTelugu
    SambiahTelugu
    CollegeTelugu
    2000JokerKamalaMalayalam
    2001SivanaAnushaTelugu
    Vakkalathu NarayanankuttyKukkoo KurienMalayalam
    Rakshasa RajavuMalathyMalayalam
    One Man ShowDr.RasiyaMalayalam
    2002KunjikoonanPriya LakshmiMalayalam
    NainaVaanathiTamil
    GanapathiTelugu
    2003Shingari BolonaAnjaliMalayalam
    Swantham MalavikaMalavikaMalayalam
    SwapnakooduKurjeetMalayalam
    2004BramacharuluGangaTelugu
    TamashaTelugu
    DobivalaMalayalam
    AparichithanDeviMalayalam
    UdayamAnithaMalayalam
    2005VarshaVarshaKannada
    ShastriKanakambariKannada
    2006ShambuKannada
    Belli BettaKannada
    AmbiKannada
    KusthiDivyaTamil
    RakshakanAswathyMalayalam
    2007Paranju Theeratha VisheshangalAnjana MenonMalayalam
    EnthavaaralainaTelugu
    Ee Preethi OntharaKannada
    2008Kanal KannadiGerly FernandoMalayalam
    2009Unnai Kann ThedutheSindhuTamil
    2010Pathinonnil VyazhamMeenakshiMalayalam

    Television
    YearSerialRoleLanguageNotes
    2002KanmaniDouble roleMalayalam[Asianet Channel- TeleFilm]

    References
    1. "Profile of Manya". Kerala9.com. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
    2. "Manya Profile". metromatinee. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
    3. "Manya Biography". Filmibeat. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
    4. "Manya Profile". NowRunning. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
    5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 May 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
    6. "- Malayalam Movie News - IndiaGlitz.com". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
    7. "The Tango, Bollywood—and a Career in Math". Borough of Manhattan Community College. 19 April 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
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