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Manya | |
|---|---|
| Born | 17 October 1982 |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1997–2010 |
| Spouses | Satya Patel (m. 2008,divorced)Vikas Bajpai (m. 2013) |
Manya is an Indian actress who mainly acted in Malayalam and Telugu films along with 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]
Manya was born 17 October 1982 [3] 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 Naidu. [4] Manya married Satya Patel on 31 May 2008. [5] Later they got divorced. In 2013 Manya married Vikas Bajpai, they have a daughter born in 2016. [6]
She started modelling at the age of 14, as a child artist. 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 worked as Assistant Vice President in Credit Suisse, New York. Currently working with Citi as Vice President. [8]
| Year | Film | Role | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Swantham Ennu Karuthi | Unknown | Malayalam | Child artist |
| 1992 | Kizhakke Varum Paattu | Unknown | Tamil | Child artist |
| 1997 | Swantham Makalkku Snehapoorvam | Unknown | Malayalam | Uncredited |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | Malayalam | |
| 2009 | Unnai Kann Theduthe | Sindhu | Tamil | |
| 2010 | Pathinonnil Vyazham | Meenakshi | Malayalam |
| Year | Serial | Language | Channel |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Kanmani | Malayalam | Asianet |
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