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Manya (actress)

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Manya
Born (1982-10-17) 17 October 1982 (age 42)
OccupationActor
Years active1997–2010
Spouses
Satya Patel
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(m. 2008, divorced)​
Vikas Bajpai
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(m. 2013)​

Manya (born 17 October 1982) is an Indian actress who mainly worked in Malayalam and Telugu films and a few Kannada movies.[1] 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.[2]

Personal life

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Manya was born on 17 October 1982[3] to Dr. Prahladan and Padmini in a Naidu family of Andhra Pradesh. She grew up in England and until her family moved back to India when she 9. She has a younger sister, Anjana.[4] Manya married Satya Patel on 31 May 2008 and later they got divorced.[citation needed] In 2013, Manya married Vikas Bajpai and they have a daughter who was born in 2016.[citation needed]

Career

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Manya started modelling at the age of 14. She soon started getting movie offers and went on to act in more than 40 movies in many South Indian languages.[5] Manya holds a dual degree in Maths and Statistics and an MBA from Columbia University[5] She has worked as Assistant Vice President in Credit Suisse, New York and currently works with Citi as Vice President.[6]

Awards

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2002: Drisya Television & Audio Awards: Best Actress (Special Jury) Award : Kanmani, 2002 (Malayalam) (Asianet)

Filmography

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Year Film Role Language Notes
1989 Swantham Ennu Karuthi Child artist Malayalam
1992 Kizhakke Varum Paattu Child artist Tamil
1997 Swantham Makalkku Snehapoorvam Uncredited Malayalam
1999 Seetharama Raju Suma Telugu Debut
Devaa Swathi
Sahasabaludu - Vichitrakoti Gunjala
English Pellam East Godavari Mogudu Gowri
Bachelors Preethi
Sambiah Unknown
College Unknown
2000 Joker Kamala Malayalam
Love Madhumati Telugu
2001 Sivana Anusha
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
2003 Shingari Bolona Anjali Malayalam
Swantham Malavika Malavika
Swapnakoodu Kurjeet
2004 Bramacharulu Ganga Telugu
Tamasha Unknown
Dobivala Unknown Malayalam
Aparichithan Devi
Udayam Anitha
2005 Varsha Varsha Kannada
Shastri Kanakambari
2006 Shambu Sahana
Belli Betta Easwari
Ambi Pallavi
Suntaragaali Actress Special appearance
Kusthi Divya Tamil
2007 Ee Preethi Onthara Priyanka Kannada
Paranju Theeratha Visheshangal Anjana Menon Malayalam
Enthavaaralaina Unknown Telugu
Rakshakan Aswathy Malayalam
2008 Kanal Kannaadi Gerly Fernando
2009 Unnai Kann Theduthe Sindhu Tamil
2010 Pathinonnil Vyazham Meenakshi Malayalam

Television

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Year Serial Language Channel
2002 Kanmani Malayalam Asianet

References

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  1. ^ "Male and Female beduts of 2005".
  2. ^ "Manya: I didn't recognize Dileep, the first time I walked into the sets of 'Kunjikoonan'". The Times of India. 13 September 2021. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Profile of Manya". Kerala9.com. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  4. ^ "CINIDIARY - A Complete Online Malayalam Cinema News Portal". Archived from the original on 5 May 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  5. ^ a b "The Tango, Bollywood—and a Career in Math". Borough of Manhattan Community College. 19 April 2011. Archived from the original on 28 May 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  6. ^ https://www.linkedin.com/in/manya-naidu-bajpai-2513a418/ [self-published source]
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