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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.Template:Cn
Career
She started modelling at the age of 14.Template: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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Shingari Bolona | Anjali | Malayalam | |
| Swantham Malavika | Malavika | |||
| Swapnakoodu | Kurjeet | |||
| 2004 | Bramacharulu | Ganga | Telugu | |
| Tamasha | ||||
| Dobivala | 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 | Telugu | |||
| Rakshakan | Aswathy | Malayalam | ||
| 2008 | Kanal Kannaadi | Gerly Fernando | Malayalam | |
| 2009 | Unnai Kann Theduthe | Sindhu | Tamil | |
| 2010 | Pathinonnil Vyazham | Meenakshi | Malayalam |
Television
| Year | Serial | Language | Channel |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Kanmani | Malayalam | Asianet |
References
- ↑ Profile of Manya. Kerala9.com.
- ↑ Manya Profile. metromatinee.
- ↑ Manya Biography. Filmibeat.
- ↑ Manya Profile. NowRunning.
- ↑ Archived copy. Retrieved 2015-05-05.
- ↑ - Malayalam Movie News - IndiaGlitz.com. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 The Tango, Bollywood—and a Career in Math. Borough of Manhattan Community College(19 April 2011).
- ↑ https://www.linkedin.com/in/manya-naidu-bajpai-2513a418/