Manjima Mohan

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In this Indian name, the name Mohan is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Manjima.
Manjima Mohan
Manjima Mohan during an Interview
Born
Priyadarshini

(1993-03-11) 11 March 1993 (age 31)[1]
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Alma materStella Maris College, Chennai
Occupations
Years active1997–2001 (child artist);
2015–present
SpouseGautham Karthik (m. 28 November 2022)

Manjima Mohan is an Indian actress who primarily appears in Tamil films. She has also appeared as child artist in Malayalam films. She started her career as a child artist in Malayalam films. she made her debut as a lead actress with Oru Vadakkan Selfie (2015) in Malayalam and Achcham Enbadhu Madamaiyada (2016) in Tamil. She won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South in 2017.[2][3]

Personal life

Manjima is the daughter of veteran cinematographer Vipin Mohan and dancer Kalamandalam Girija. After completing her schooling at Nirmala Bhavan Higher Secondary School, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, she pursued a B.Sc. degree in mathematics from Stella Maris College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. She married Gautham Karthik on November 28, 2022. [4]

Career

Manjima was a leading child artist in Malayalam film industry in early 2000s later she also hosted a television call-in show for kids by the name ‘'Hai Kids'’ on Surya TV for three years which rose her fame among Malayali audience.

Despite having had acting experience, she said that she was "not at all confident" when she started shooting for the film and that the initial days were "terrifying".[5] Oru Vadakkan Selfie, which was directed by G. Prajith and scripted by Vineeth Sreenivasan, featured Manjima Mohan as the female lead.[6]

Upon the release of Oru Vadakkan Selfie, Manjima landed her first Tamil film, Achcham Enbadhu Madamaiyada.[3] Its director Gautham Vasudev Menon, who was impressed with her work in Oru Vadakkan Selfie,[7] cast Manjima as the female lead, after she had gone through an audition.[8]

In 2017 she had two Tamil films, one opposite Udhayanidhi Stalin - Ippadai Vellum[9][10] and the other, Sathriyan, opposite Vikram Prabhu.[11] In 2019, she made her come back to Malayalam with Mikhael opposite Nivin Pauly for the second time . She also has a few Tamil films in her career, including Tughlaq Durbar with Vijay Sethupathi, and Raashii Khanna.[12][13][14]

Filmography

† Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Title Role Language Notes Ref.
1997 Kaliyoonjal Younger Ammu Malayalam Child artist
1998 Mayilpeelikkavu Gayathri's relative Malayalam
1999 Saaphalyam Sreethumol Malayalam
2000 Priyam Anu Malayalam
Thenkasipattanam Younger Devootty Malayalam
Madhuranombarakattu Maya Malayalam
Kabulivaala Malayalam
2001 Sundara Purushan Suryanarayanan's daughter Malayalam
2015 Oru Vadakkan Selfie Daisy George Malayalam
2016 Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada Leela Raman Tamil
Sahasam Swasaga Sagipo Leela Telugu
2017 Sathriyan Niranjana Tamil
Ippadai Vellum Bhargavi Tamil
2019 NTR: Kathanayakudu Nara Bhuvaneshwari Telugu
NTR: Mahanayakudu Telugu
Mikhael Mary Malayalam
Devarattam Madhu Tamil
2021 Kalathil Sandhippom Kavya Tamil
Tughlaq Durbar Manimegalai Tamil [15]
2022 FIR Prarthana Tamil
October 31st Ladies Night † TBA Telugu
Tamil		 Filming [16]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Film Result
2001 Asianet Film Awards Best child artist Priyam Won
2001 Kerala State Film Award Kerala State Film Award for Best Child Artist Madhuranombarakattu Won
2001 Kerala State Television Award Kerala State Television Award for Best Child Artist Kabulivaala Won
2016 SIIMA Best Debut-Female (Malayalam) Oru Vadakkan Selfie Nominated
2017 Filmfare Award Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada Won
2017 6th South Indian International Movie Awards Best Debut-Female (Tamil) Nominated
2017 Edison Awards (India) Best debut actress Won

References

  1. ^ "Manjima mohan's birthday celebration plans". m.behindwoods.com. Archived from the original on 21 March 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  2. ^ "64th Filmfare Awards South 2017: R Madhavan wins Best Actor, Suriya bags Critics Award". India Today. Archived from the original on 11 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Manjima is the new heroine for Simbu". 14 May 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  4. ^ "Gautham Karthik and Manjima Mohan are now married, see first photos". New Indian Express.
  5. ^ "She is Back!". Archived from the original on 24 November 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  6. ^ Krishnakumar, G. (5 April 2015). "Selfie clicks, becomes year's first super-hit". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 5 December 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  7. ^ "Manjima Mohan is STR's heroine in Gautham Menon film!". Archived from the original on 16 May 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  8. ^ "Lady luck smiles on Manjima Mohan". 14 May 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  9. ^ "Udhayanidhi - Gaurav project titled as Ippadai Vellum". 5 January 2017. Archived from the original on 31 May 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  10. ^ "Lyca signs Udhayanidhi to be directed by Gaurav Narayanan". Archived from the original on 10 January 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  11. ^ "Manjima Mohan cast opposite Vikram Prabhu - Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 4 December 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  12. ^ "Vijay Sethupathi's Tughlaq Durbar to get a direct OTT release?". Times Now. Archived from the original on 4 May 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  13. ^ "Vijay Sethupathi announces release date for Laabam as Tughlaq Durbar goes the OTT way". The Indian Express. 22 April 2021. Archived from the original on 4 May 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  14. ^ "Vijay Sethupathi's 'Tughlaq Durbar' skips theatrical release". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 4 May 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  15. ^ "Manjima Mohan onboard for Vijay Sethupathi's Tughlaq Darbar". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  16. ^ "Rakul Preet Singh to topline AL Vijay's OTT film 'October 31st Ladies Night'". The New Indian Express. 26 June 2021.

External links

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