Manjima Mohan

Manjima Mohan
Born (1993-03-11) 11 March 1993
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Residence Thiruvananthapuram
Nationality Indian
Occupation Actress.
Years active 1998 - 2002,2015 - present
Parent(s) Vipin Mohan
Kalamandalam Girija

Manjima Mohan is an Indian film actress, working predominantly in Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu films. Manjima, hailing from Thiruvanathapuram, Kerala, started her career as a child artiste in late 1990's and early 2000's Malayalam films. her first Malayalam film as a heroine Oru Vadakkan Selfie with Nivin Pauly second film in Tamil Achcham Enbadhu Madamaiyada she received Best Female Debut at 64th Filmfare Awards South 2017[1][2][3]

Personal Life

Manjima Mohan is the daughter of 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.[4]

Film career

Manjima was a leading child artist in Malayalam film industry in early 2000's later she also hosted a television call-in show for kids by the name ‘Hai Kids’ on Surya TV.

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.[2][3] Its director Gautham 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]

She is filming her next Tamil Film opposite to Udhayanidhi Stalin[9][10] and Sathriyan (2017 film) opposite to Vikram Prabhu.[11]

Filmography

Year Title Role Language Notes
1998KaliyoonjalYounger AmmuMalayalamChild artist
MayilpeelikkavuGayathri's relativeMalayalamChild artist
1999SaaphalyamSreethumolMalayalamChild artist
2000PriyamAnuMalayalamChild artist
Asianet Film Awards for Best child artist
ThenkasipattanamYounger DevoottyMalayalamChild artist
MadhuranombarakattuMayaMalayalamChild artist
Kerala State Film Award for Best Child Artist
2001Sundara PurushanSuryanarayanan's daughterMalayalamChild artist
2002ThandavamUncredited RoleMalayalamChild artist
2015Oru Vadakkan SelfieDaisy GeorgeMalayalam
2016Sahasam Swasaga SagipoLeelaTelugu
Achcham Yenbadhu MadamaiyadaTamilFilmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South
2017SathriyanNiranjanaTamil
Ippadai VellumBhargaviTamil
2018Zam ZamZama NazreemMalayalamFilming
2018N. T. R.Nara BhuvaneshwariTeluguFilming
2018DevarattamTBATamilFilming

References

  1. ↑ "64th Filmfare Awards South 2017: R Madhavan wins Best Actor, Suriya bags Critics Award". India Today.
  2. 1 2 "Manjima Mohan - Gijju". gijju. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
  3. 1 2 "Manjima is the new heroine for Simbu". 14 May 2015.
  4. ↑ "Manjima: From child actor to Daisy".
  5. ↑ "She is Back!".
  6. ↑ Krishnakumar, G. (5 April 2015). "Selfie clicks, becomes year's first super-hit" – via www.thehindu.com.
  7. ↑
  8. ↑ "Lady luck smiles on Manjima Mohan". 14 May 2015.
  9. ↑ "Udhayanidhi - Gaurav project titled as Ippadai Vellum". 5 January 2017.
  10. ↑
  11. ↑ "Manjima Mohan cast opposite Vikram Prabhu - Times of India".
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