Priyamani

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Priyamani

Born

Priyamani
June 4, 1984 (age 24)

Other name(s)

Priya

Awards won
National Film Awards
Best Actress 2007 Paruthi Veeran

Priyamani is a South Indian actress mainly concentrating in Kollywood. She won the prestigious National Film Award for Best Actress for her successful role "Muthazaghu" in film Paruthiveeran. She started her career with the film Kangalal Kaithu Sei, which was a flop at the box-office. Afterwards, she was paired with Dhanush in Balu Mahendra's Adhu Oru Kana Kaalam, which flopped at the box-office as well.

Priya Mani is also a textile designer, working with grass root textile development projects in south India. She works with textiles as a versitile medium and applies it a diverse range of product and interior design needs. As a textile designer she works on fabric design for clothing, upholstery and interior spaces.

1 Background
2 Filmography
3 External links
4 References

[edit] Background

Priya Mani was born in Palakkad in 1984. She was brought up in Banglore. She started her film career with her debut film in Kollywood called Kangalal Kaithu Sei alongside actor Vaseegaran. The film was a flop at the box-office and she moved on to Malayalam and Telugu films owing to a lack of offers in Tamil films. She made her Telugu debut in Pellaina Kothalo with Jagapati Babu. Priyamani rose to fame with this film. Priyamani has made her Tamil comeback with her film Paruthiveeran starring debutant Karthik Sivakumar. She has also signed on for another Tamil film in which she plays the lead role with actor Jeevan.

Priyamani was born in Palakkad to Vasudeva Mani Iyer and Latha ManiIyer . She is the most notorious one in her school days and she has done modeling for Kancheepuram silks, Erode silks and Lakshmi silks. After her 12 th standard it was the famous Tamil Director, Bharathiraja who introduced her into this marvelous Film Industry. Priyamani has a great craze for acting and her favorite actors include Mammooty, Mohanlal and Dilip. Being as very smart talkative girl, she loves chatting with people and her hobbies include music and dance.

Priya Mani made her debut in Tamil as heroine in Kangalal kaithu sei. Though directed by Bharathiraja the film did not do well and Priya Mani shifted over to Malayalam films. She is currently acting opposite Prithiviraj in Sathyam directed by Vinayan. Her second Tamil film is with Balu Mahendra `Oru kana kalam with Dhanush as hero. Finally, She becomes the Best Actress of the Year 2006!

Awarded National Award for Best actress for portraying the role of MUTHAZHAGU in film PARUTHIVEERAN.

[edit] Filmography

Year	Film	Co-Stars	Language	Role	Notes
2008	Ninaithale Inikkum	Prithviraj, Sakthi	Tamil		Announced
2008	Thotta	Jeevan	Tamil	Nalina
2007	Malaikottai	Vishal	Tamil	Malar
2007	Nava Vasantham	Tarun	Telugu
2007	Yamadonga	Jr. NTR, Mamta Mohandas	Telugu	Maheswari
2007	Toss	Raja, Upendra	Telugu
2007	Paruthiveeran	Karthik Sivakumar	Tamil	Muthazhagu	Winner: National Film Award for Best Actress
2006	Madhu	Githan Ramesh	Tamil	Mercy
2006	Pellaina Kothalo	Jagapati Babu	Telugu	Lakshmi
2005	Otta Nanayam	Dinu Dennis	Malayalam
2005	Adhu Oru Kana Kaalam	Dhanush	Tamil	Thulasi
2004	Satyam	Prithviraj	Malayalam	Sona	Dubbed into Tamil as Sathya
2004	Evare Atagaadu	Vallabha	Telugu	Priya
2002	Kangalal Kaithu Sei	Vaseegaran	Tamil	Vidya