Manya (actress)

Manya
Manya
Born	17 October 1982 (age 41)
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 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]

Personal life

Manya was born on 17 October 1982^[3] to Doctor Prahladan and Padmini in a Naidu family of Andhra Pradesh. She grew up in England and until her family moved back to South 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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^[5] Manya holds a dual degree in Maths and Statistics and an MBA from Columbia University^[5] She has worked as Assistant Vice President in Credit Suisse, New York and currently works with Citi as Vice President.^[6]

Awards

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

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
1989	Swantham Ennu Karuthi	Child artist	Malayalam
1992	Kizhakke Varum Paattu	Child artist	Tamil
1997	Swantham Makalkku Snehapoorvam	Uncredited	Malayalam
1999	Seetharama Raju	Suma	Telugu	Debut
	Devaa	Swathi	Telugu
	Sahasabaludu - Vichitrakoti	Gunjala	Telugu
	English Pellam East Godavari Mogudu	Gowri	Telugu
	Bachelors	Preethi	Telugu
	Sambiah	Unknown	Telugu
	College	Unknown	Telugu
2000	Joker	Kamala	Malayalam
2000	Love	Madhumati	Telugu
2001	Sivana	Anusha	Telugu
	Vakkalathu Narayanankutty	Kukkoo Kurien	Malayalam	Choreography also
	Rakshasa Rajavu	Malathy	Malayalam
	One Man Show	Dr.Rasiya	Malayalam
2002	Kunjikoonan	Lakshmi	Malayalam
	Naina	Vaanathi	Tamil
	Ganapathi	Mahalakshmi	Telugu
	Premaku Swagatam	Nammi	Telugu
2003	Shingari Bolona	Anjali	Malayalam
	Swantham Malavika	Malavika	Malayalam
	Swapnakoodu	Kurjeet	Malayalam
2004	Bramacharulu	Ganga	Telugu
	Tamasha	Unknown	Telugu
	Dobivala	Unknown	Malayalam
	Aparichithan	Devi	Malayalam
	Udayam	Anitha	Malayalam
2005	Varsha	Varsha	Kannada
2005	Shastri	Kanakambari	Kannada
2006	Shambu	Sahana	Kannada
	Belli Betta	Easwari	Kannada
	Ambi	Pallavi	Kannada
	Suntaragaali	Actress	Kannada	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

Television

Year	Serial	Language	Channel
2002	Kanmani	Malayalam	Asianet

References

^ "Male and Female beduts of 2005".
^ "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.
^ "Profile of Manya". Kerala9.com. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
^ "CINIDIARY - A Complete Online Malayalam Cinema News Portal". Archived from the original on 5 May 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
^ ^a ^b "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.
^ https://www.linkedin.com/in/manya-naidu-bajpai-2513a418/ ^{[self-published source]}

External links

Manya at IMDb
Manya's Official Page

[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.

[cuny-5] "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.

[6] ttps://www.linkedin.com/in/manya-naidu-bajpai-2513a418/ ^{[self-published source]}

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