Manjari Phadnis

Manjari Fadnis

Fadnis at Special Screening of 99
Born July 10, 1984
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation Actor, Model
Years active 2004–present

Manjari Fadnis (born 10 July 1984) is an Indian film actress, who has appeared in Hindi, Telugu, Bengali, Malayalam, Kannada and Tamil language films. She is best known for her performance in the 2008 Hindi film Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na.[1]

Career

Manjari Fadnis was first seen on Indian Television on the Second Season of the Indian version of the International Reality show Popstars which was aired on Channel [v] India. She was one of the participants who was one of the final 8. Only 4 made it to form the band Aasma. Manjiri Fadnis started her career with Rok Sako To Rok Lo in 2004, but her big break was Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na (2008) as the lead actor's girlfriend. Earlier she was part of the National Film Award-winning Bengali feature film Faltu and the highly unsuccessful Mumbai Salsa.

In 2008, her Telugu debut film Siddu From Srikakulam released, following which her first Tamil film Muthirai got released. Both performed poorly at the box office. Notably, she had sung a song under the direction of Yuvan Shankar Raja for Muthirai.[2][3]

In September 2009 she signed to appear in a series of Onida television commercials. Her 2010 releases were the Telugu films Inkosaari and Shubhapradham. She then starred in the Walt Disney-produced superhero film Zokkomon, starring Darsheel Safary in the titular role. In 2011, she also appeared in an ad film for iball brand of pen drives. Her upcoming films are Mr. Fraud, which will mark her Malayalam debut and Wah Taj.[4]

Personal life

Manjari was born in Mumbai, but grew-up in Pune. She is from a completely non-filmy background — her father was in the Indian Army and she has traveled throughout the country because of his transferable job. She is a typical Maharashtrian girl from Pune who never expected to make a career in films.[5]

Filmography

Year Film Role Language Notes
2004 Rok Sako To Rok Lo Suhana Hindi
2006 Faltu Tuktuki Bengali
2007 Mumbai Salsa Maya Chandhok Hindi Credited as Manjari
2008 Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na Meghna Hindi Credited as Manjari
Winner, Stardust Award for Breakthrough Performance – Female
Siddu From Sikakulam Sailaja Reddy Telugu
2009 Muthirai Aarthi Tamil
2010 Inkosaari Shruthi Telugu Credited as Manjari
Shubhapradham Indu Telugu
I am 24 Kanak Hindi
2011 Shakti Telugu
Zokkomon Kittu Hindi
2012 Munjane Pavithra Kannada
2013 Grand Masti Tulsi Hindi
Warning Sabina Sanyal Hindi
2014 Mr. Fraud Priya Malayalam
Wah Taj Hindi
2015 Kis Kisko Pyar Karu[6] Hindi

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