Manya (actress)

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

    Personal life

    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]

    Career

    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]

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

    Filmography
    YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
    1989Swantham Ennu KaruthiUnknownMalayalamChild artist
    1992Kizhakke Varum PaattuUnknownTamilChild artist
    1997Swantham Makalkku SnehapoorvamUnknownMalayalamUncredited
    1999Seetharama RajuSumaTeluguDebut
    DevaaSwathi
    Sahasabaludu - VichitrakotiGunjala
    English Pellam East Godavari MoguduGowri
    BachelorsPreethi
    SambiahUnknown
    CollegeUnknown
    2000JokerKamalaMalayalam
    LoveMadhumatiTelugu
    2001SivanaAnushaTelugu
    Vakkalathu NarayanankuttyKukkoo KurienMalayalamChoreography also
    Rakshasa RajavuMalathy
    One Man ShowDr.Rasiya
    2002KunjikoonanLakshmi
    NainaVaanathiTamil
    GanapathiMahalakshmiTelugu
    Premaku Swagatam NammiTelugu
    2003Shingari Bolona AnjaliMalayalam
    Swantham Malavika Malavika
    SwapnakooduKurjeet
    2004BramacharuluGangaTelugu
    TamashaUnknown
    DobivalaUnknownMalayalam
    AparichithanDevi
    UdayamAnitha
    2005VarshaVarshaKannada
    ShastriKanakambari
    2006ShambuSahana
    Belli Betta Easwari
    Ambi Pallavi
    SuntaragaaliActressSpecial appearance
    KusthiDivyaTamil
    2007Ee Preethi Onthara PriyankaKannada
    Paranju Theeratha VisheshangalAnjana MenonMalayalam
    EnthavaaralainaUnknownTelugu
    RakshakanAswathyMalayalam
    2008 Kanal KannaadiGerly FernandoMalayalam
    2009Unnai Kann ThedutheSindhuTamil
    2010Pathinonnil VyazhamMeenakshiMalayalam

    Television
    YearSerialLanguageChannel
    2002KanmaniMalayalamAsianet

    References
    1. http://www.viggy.com/english/current_2005_debuts.asp
    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. "- Malayalam Movie News - IndiaGlitz.com". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
    6. https://m.timesofindia.com/topic/Manya
    7. "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.
    8. https://www.linkedin.com/in/manya-naidu-bajpai-2513a418/
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