Manya (actress)

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

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Personal life

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. [5]

Career

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. [6] Manya holds a dual degree in Maths and Statistics and an MBA from Columbia University [6] She has worked as Assistant Vice President in Credit Suisse, New York and currently works with Citi as Vice President. [7]

Filmography

YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
1989Swantham Ennu KaruthiChild artist Malayalam
1992 Kizhakke Varum Paattu Child artist Tamil
1997Swantham Makalkku SnehapoorvamUncreditedMalayalam
1999 Seetharama Raju Suma Telugu Debut
DevaaSwathi
Sahasabaludu - VichitrakotiGunjala
English Pellam East Godavari Mogudu Gowri
BachelorsPreethi
Sambayya Unknown
2000 College Lekha
2000 Joker KamalaMalayalam
LoveMadhumatiTelugu
2001SivanaAnusha
Vakkalathu Narayanankutty Kukkoo KurienMalayalamChoreography also
Rakshasa Rajavu Malathy
One Man Show Dr. Rasiya
2002 Kunjikoonan Lakshmi
Naina VaanathiTamil
GanapathiMahalakshmiTelugu
Premaku Swagatam Nammi
2003Shingari Bolona AnjaliMalayalam
Swantham Malavika Malavika
Swapnakoodu Kurjeet
2004BramacharuluGangaTelugu
TamashaUnknown
DobivalaUnknownMalayalam
Aparichithan Devi
UdayamAnitha
2005 Varsha Varsha Kannada
Shastri Kanakambari
2006 Shambu Sahana
Belli Betta Easwari
Ambi Pallavi
Suntaragaali ActressSpecial appearance
Kusthi DivyaTamil
2007Ee Preethi Onthara PriyankaKannada
Paranju Theeratha Visheshangal Anjana MenonMalayalam
EnthavaaralainaUnknownTelugu
Rakshakan AswathyMalayalam
2008 Kanal KannaadiGerly Fernando
2009 Unnai Kann Theduthe SindhuTamil
2010 Pathinonnil Vyazham MeenakshiMalayalam

Television

YearSerialLanguageChannel
2002KanmaniMalayalam Asianet

References

  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. "ഇംഗ്ലണ്ടിലെ ഡോക്ടറുടെ മകൾ, രണ്ടാം വിവാഹവും അമേരിക്കയിൽ ഫിനാന്‍ഷ്യല്‍ അനലിസ്റ്റായി ജോലിയും; ഓംഷികയുടെ ജന്മദിന ചിത്രങ്ങളുമായി മന്യ നായിഡു!". Samayam Malayalam (in Malayalam). Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  6. 1 2 "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.
  7. https://www.linkedin.com/in/manya-naidu-bajpai-2513a418/ [ self-published source ]