Manimegalai is an Indian television presenter and video jockey who is working in Tamil television industry for almost 15 years.[1] Since 2010, she has regularly been a host for shows on Sun Network before joining Star Vijay in 2019.[2] She gained followers for her boldness in expressing her thoughts and for raising her voice against odds.[3]
Manimegalai was born in Tiruppur district, Tamil Nadu to businessman Ramaayyappan and Jothimani. She has a younger sibling, Gunamani, who is a Visual Communications graduate.[5] Until class 3, Manimegalai studied in Coimbatore, and then moved to Chennai with her family and continued her schooling at Shanthosh Vidyala Matriculation School. She completed her MBA(dual) in HR & Finance from SRM university (Vadapalani Campus).[6]
While at college she started performing as a video jockey on Sun Music.[7] She met assistant choreographer Hussain Shaik Kadhar in 2017, and the couple married the same year.[8]
Career
Television
Manimegalai debuted as a Video Jockey on 30 December 2009[9] at the age of 17 and hosted her first program called Super Hits on Sun Music. She then hosted live shows and reality shows on Sun Music, namely Franka Sollata, Black, Kollywood Diaries, etc.[10]
She rose to fame as a television anchor after hosting several live shows and celebrity interviews.[11]
In 2016, Manimegalai was awarded the Best Anchor by the World Human Integration Council. She received the award from the then governor of Tamil Nadu Dr.K.Rosaiah. She was nicknamed Anchor Superstar by her fans.[12][13]
She left Sun Network in January 2019 after working there for 9 years to participate in a reality show named Mr. And Mrs. Chinnathirai along with her husband on Vijay Television.[14]
Manimegalai and Hussain were awarded the 2nd runner up and were appreciated for their finale performance in Mr. and Mrs. Chinnathirai.[15] After which, she hosted some special shows and a reality show on Vijay Television. She also participated in the cooking reality show Cooku with Comali as a Comali for three seasons. Later, in season 5, she co-hosted the program alongside Rakshan.
Manimegalai quit as the host of Cooku with Comali following a disagreement with a contestant .[16]
Public shows/events
Manimegalai also host other events like college cultural, audio launches and award functions. She hosted her first audio launch of the movie Tik Tik Tik in Jan 2018, and continued hosting numerous other audio launches and success meets of Kollywood movies, including '96 success meet.
She also participates in comedy debate talk shows. Her first debate talk show was on 31 May 2019.[17]
Acting
Manimegalai was initially chosen for the serial Bharathi Kannamma by director Praveen Bennet for the role of Venba (now played by Farina) which she turned down.[18] On request by the director, she accepted to make a single shot appearance confronting the male lead's mother character.[19]
YouTube
Manimegalai and Hussain started the YouTube channel Hussain Manimegalai on 4 June 2020.[20] A short clip from one of the videos of Hussain Manimegalai channel was posted on YouTube India's social media handles.[21]
Hussain Manimegalai YouTube channel had gained over a million subscribers and over 100 million views in total within a year of its start.[22]
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