Manjima Mohan

Manjima Mohan is an Indian actress who primarily appears in Malayalam and Tamil 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]

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

(1993-03-01) 1 March 1993[1]
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Alma materStella Maris College, Chennai
Occupation
Years active1997-2001(Child artist),
2015 – present

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.

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".[4] Oru Vadakkan Selfie, which was directed by G. Prajith and scripted by Vineeth Sreenivasan, featured Manjima Mohan as the female lead.[5]

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,[6] cast Manjima as the female lead, after she had gone through an audition.[7]

In 2017 she had two Tamil films, one opposite Udhayanidhi Stalin - Ippadai Vellum[8][9] and the other, Sathriyan, opposite Vikram Prabhu.[10] In 2019, she made her come back to Malayalam with Mikhael opposite Nivin Pauly for the second time. She has replaced Amala Paul in Zam Zam, the official remake of Queen. She also has a few Tamil films in her career, including Tughlaq Durbar with Vijay Sethupathi, and Nikki Galrani.

Filmography
Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Title Role Language Notes Ref.
1997KaliyoonjalYounger AmmuMalayalamChild artiste
1998MayilpeelikkavuGayathri's relativeMalayalam
1999SaaphalyamSreethumolMalayalam
2000PriyamAnuMalayalam
ThenkasipattanamYounger DevoottyMalayalam
MadhuranombarakattuMayaMalayalam
KabulivaalaMalayalam
2001Sundara PurushanSuryanarayanan's daughterMalayalam
2015Oru Vadakkan SelfieDaisy GeorgeMalayalamDebut film as lead
2016Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada/ Sahasam Swasaga SagipoLeelaTamil/ Telugu Bilingual film,
Tamil debut and Telugu debut
2017SathriyanNiranjanaTamil
Ippadai VellumBhargaviTamil
2019NTR: KathanayakuduNara BhuvaneshwariTelugu
NTR: MahanayakuduTelugu
MikhaelMaryMalayalam
DevarattamMadhuTamil
2021Kalathil SandhippomKavyaTamil
Tughlaq DurbarManimegalaiTamil[11]
2022 FIRPrarthanaTamil
Zam ZamZama NazreenMalayalamRemake of 2013 Hindi film QueenDelayed
October 31st Ladies Night TBATelugu
Tamil		Filming[12]

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Film Result
2001Asianet Film AwardsBest child artistPriyamWon
2001Kerala State Film Award Kerala State Film Award for Best Child ArtistMadhuranombarakattuWon
2001Kerala State Television AwardKerala State Television Award for Best Child ArtistKabulivaalaWon
2016SIIMABest Debut-Female (Malayalam)Oru Vadakkan SelfieNominated
2017Filmfare AwardFilmfare Award for Best Female Debut – SouthAchcham Yenbadhu MadamaiyadaWon
20176th South Indian International Movie AwardsBest Debut-Female (Tamil)Nominated
2017Edison Awards (India)Best debut actressWon
2017 Filmfare Awards Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut Sahasam Swasaga Sagipo 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. "Manjima is the new heroine for Simbu". 14 May 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  4. "She is Back!". Archived from the original on 24 November 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  5. Krishnakumar, G. (5 April 2015). "Selfie clicks, becomes year's first super-hit". Archived from the original on 5 December 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2018 – via www.thehindu.com.
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 May 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "Lady luck smiles on Manjima Mohan". 14 May 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  8. "Udhayanidhi - Gaurav project titled as Ippadai Vellum". 5 January 2017. Archived from the original on 31 May 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  9. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 10 January 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. "Manjima Mohan cast opposite Vikram Prabhu - Times of India". Archived from the original on 4 December 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  11. "Manjima Mohan onboard for Vijay Sethupathi's Tughlaq Darbar". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  12. "Rakul Preet Singh to topline AL Vijay's OTT film 'October 31st Ladies Night'". The New Indian Express. 26 June 2021.
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