Manya (actress)

Manya
Manya
Born	17 October 1982 (age 43)
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1997–2010
Spouse(s)	; Vikas Bajpai; (m. 2013)

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[edit | edit source]

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.^{[citation needed]}

Career[edit | edit source]

She started modelling at the age of 14.^{[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[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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

Filmography[edit | edit source]

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
2000	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		Telugu
	Dobivala		Malayalam
	Aparichithan	Devi
	Udayam	Anitha
2005	Varsha	Varsha	Kannada
2005	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[edit | edit source]

Year	Serial	Language	Channel
2002	Kanmani	Malayalam	Asianet

References[edit | edit source]

↑ "Profile of Manya". Kerala9.com. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
↑ "Manya Profile". metromatinee. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
↑ "Manya Biography". Filmibeat. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
↑ "Manya Profile". NowRunning. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 May 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
↑ "- Malayalam Movie News - IndiaGlitz.com". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 "The Tango, Bollywood—and a Career in Math". Borough of Manhattan Community College. 19 April 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
↑ https://www.linkedin.com/in/manya-naidu-bajpai-2513a418/

External links[edit | edit source]

Manya on IMDb
Manya's Official Page

[1] "Profile of Manya". Kerala9.com. Retrieved 14 August 2014.

[2] "Manya Profile". metromatinee. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2014.

[3] "Manya Biography". Filmibeat. Retrieved 16 September 2014.

[4] "Manya Profile". NowRunning. Retrieved 16 September 2014.

[5] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 May 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[indiaglitz.com-6] "- Malayalam Movie News - IndiaGlitz.com". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2014.

[cuny-7] 7.0 ^7.1 "The Tango, Bollywood—and a Career in Math". Borough of Manhattan Community College. 19 April 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2014.

[8] ttps://www.linkedin.com/in/manya-naidu-bajpai-2513a418/

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