Manya (born 17 October 1982) is an Indian actress who mainly worked in Malayalam and Telugu films and a few Kannada and Tamil 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.
Personal life
Manya was born on 17 October 1982 to Dr. Prahladan and Padmini in a Naidu family of Andhra Pradesh. She grew up in England and until her family moved back to India when she 9. She has a younger sister, Anjana. Manya married Satya Patel on 31 May 2008 and later they got divorced. In 2013, Manya married Vikas Bajpai and they have a daughter who was born in 2016.
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. Manya holds a dual degree in Maths and Statistics and an MBA from Columbia University She has worked as Assistant Vice President in Credit Suisse, New York and currently works with Citi as Vice President.https://www.linkedin.com/in/manya-naidu-bajpai-2513a418/
Filmography Year Film Role Language Notes1989Swantham Ennu Karuthi MalayalamChild artist1992Kizhakke Varum Paattu TamilChild artist; uncredited1997Swantham Makalkku Snehapoorvam Malayalam Uncredited 1999 Seetharama Raju Suma Telugu DebutDevaa Swathi Sahasabaludu - Vichitrakoti Gunjala English Pellam East Godavari Mogudu Gowri BachelorsPreethi Sambayya Unknown 2000College Lekha 2000Joker KamalaMalayalamLoveMadhumati Telugu2001 Sivana Anusha Vakkalathu Narayanankutty Kukkoo Kurien Malayalam Choreography alsoRakshasa Rajavu Malathy One Man Show Dr. Rasiya 2002Kunjikoonan Lakshmi NainaVaanathiTamilGanapathiMahalakshmi TeluguPremaku Swagatam Nammi 2003Shingari Bolona Anjali Malayalam Swantham Malavika Malavika Swapnakoodu Kurjeet 2004Bramacharulu Ganga Telugu Tamasha Unknown Dobivala Unknown Malayalam Aparichithan Devi Udayam Anitha 2005Varsha Veena Kannada Shastri Kanakambari 2006 Shambu Sahana Belli Betta Easwari Ambi Pallavi Suntaragaali Actress Special appearanceKusthi Divya Tamil 2007 Ee Preethi Onthara Priyanka Kannada Paranju Theeratha Visheshangal Anjana Menon MalayalamEnthavaaralaina Unknown Telugu Rakshakan Aswathy Malayalam 2008 Kanal Kannaadi Gerly Fernando 2009Unnai Kann Theduthe Sindhu Tamil 2010Pathinonnil Vyazham Meenakshi Malayalam
Television Year Serial Language Channel2002KanmaniMalayalamAsianet
References
External links
Manya's Official Page