Manya (actress)
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Manya | |
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Born | [1][2] | 17 October 1982
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1997–2010 |
Spouse(s) | Vikas Bajpai
(m. 2013) |
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]
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.[citation needed]
Career[]
She started modelling at the age of 14.[citation needed] 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] She is currently working as Assistant Vice President in Credit Suisse, New York.[8]
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 : Kanmani, 2002 (Malayalam) (Asianet)
Filmography[]
Year | Film | Role | Language | Notes |
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1989 | Swantham Ennu Karuthi | Malayalam | Child artist | |
1992 | Kizhakke Varum Paattu | Tamil | Child artist | |
1997 | Swantham Makalkku Snehapoorvam | Malayalam | Uncredited | |
1999 | Seetharama Raju | Suma | Telugu | Debut |
Devaa | ||||
Sahasabaludu - Vichitrakoti | Gunjala | |||
English Pellam East Godavari Mogudu | Gowri | |||
Bachelors | Preethi | |||
Sambiah | ||||
College | ||||
2000 | Joker | Kamala | Malayalam | |
Love | Madhumati | Telugu | ||
2001 | Sivana | Anusha | Telugu | |
Vakkalathu Narayanankutty | Kukkoo Kurien | Malayalam | Choreography also | |
Rakshasa Rajavu | Malathy | |||
One Man Show | Dr.Rasiya | |||
2002 | Kunjikoonan | Lakshmi | ||
Naina | Vaanathi | Tamil | ||
Ganapathi | Mahalakshmi | Telugu | ||
Premaku Swagatam | Nammi | Telugu | ||
2003 | Anjali | Malayalam | ||
Malavika | ||||
Swapnakoodu | Kurjeet | |||
2004 | Bramacharulu | Ganga | Telugu | |
Tamasha | ||||
Dobivala | Malayalam | |||
Devi | ||||
Udayam | Anitha | |||
2005 | Varsha | Varsha | Kannada | |
Shastri | Kanakambari | |||
2006 | Sahana | |||
Easwari | ||||
Pallavi | ||||
Suntaragaali | Actress | Special appearance | ||
Kusthi | Divya | Tamil | ||
2007 | Priyanka | Kannada | ||
Paranju Theeratha Visheshangal | Anjana Menon | Malayalam | ||
Enthavaaralaina | Telugu | |||
Aswathy | Malayalam | |||
2008 | Gerly Fernando | Malayalam | ||
2009 | Unnai Kann Theduthe | Sindhu | Tamil | |
2010 | Pathinonnil Vyazham | Meenakshi | Malayalam |
Television[]
Year | Serial | Language | Channel |
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2002 | Kanmani | Malayalam | Asianet |
References[]
- ^ "Profile of Manya". Kerala9.com. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
- ^ "Manya Profile". metromatinee. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
- ^ "Manya Biography". Filmibeat. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
- ^ "Manya Profile". NowRunning. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 May 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "- Malayalam Movie News - IndiaGlitz.com". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "The Tango, Bollywood—and a Career in Math". Borough of Manhattan Community College. 19 April 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
- ^ https://www.linkedin.com/in/manya-naidu-bajpai-2513a418/
External links[]
- Living people
- Actresses in Malayalam cinema
- Actresses in Tamil cinema
- Actresses in Telugu cinema
- Indian film actresses
- Actresses in Kannada cinema
- Indian emigrants to the United States
- 1982 births
- Columbia Business School alumni
- 20th-century Indian actresses
- 21st-century Indian actresses
- Actresses in Malayalam television