Priyamani

Priyamani
Priyamani at Filmfare Awards, 2015
Born	Priya Vasudev Mani Iyer (1984-06-04) 4 June 1984 (age 36)[1][2][3] Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Actress model
Years active	2003–present
Spouse(s)	Mustafa Raj (m. 2017)
Relatives	See Priyamani family

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Priya Vasudev Mani Iyer (born 4 June 1984), professionally credited as Priyamani, is an Indian film actress and former model, who works in Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi-language films. She is the recipient of a National Film Award for Best Actress and three Filmfare Awards in different-language films. Priyamani, born and raised in Bangalore, worked as a model before pursuing a career in films. In 2002, she made her acting debut with a leading role in the Telugu film Evare Atagaadu (2003), a box-office flop. She gained widespread recognition for her role as village girl Muththazhagu in the Tamil romantic drama Paruthiveeran in 2007, receiving a National Film Award for Best Actress and a Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil for her performance. During the same year, she achieved commercial success in Telugu cinema with S. S. Rajamouli-directed socio-fantasy film Yamadonga. In 2008, Priyamani received further critical acclaim for her role as Malavika in the Malayalam romance Thirakkatha–and won a Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Malayalam. Her first role in the Kannada film came the following year, with the romantic comedy Raam, which proved to be a major critical and commercial success. Priyamani made her Hindi film debut through Mani Ratnam's bilingual in Tamil and Hindi epic adventure films, titled Raavan and Raavanan respectively. In 2012, her portrayal of conjoined twins in the multilingual film Chaarulatha, based on the Thai film Alone, gained critical praise and a third Best Actress award at Filmfare. She received further success for her role in the Kannada / Telugu thriller film Idolle Ramayana (2016)/ Mana Oori Ramayanam (2016), which earned her a Best Supporting Actress nomination at Filmfare. Currently she is active on South Indian Television shows , she has judged several dance reality shows. She received acclaim for her role in the Amazon series 'The Family Man' which streamed in September 2019.

Early life

Priyamani was born in Bangalore, Karnataka. She modelled for Kancheepuram silks, Erode silks and Lakshmi silks during her school years. When she was in the 12th Standard, Tamil Director, Bharathiraja, introduced her to the film industry. Her father, Vasudev Mani, who hails from Palakkad from a Tamil family, owns a plantation business and her mother, former national level badminton player, Lathamani, who hails from Thiruvananthapuram, was a bank manager at Union Bank of India. She has an elder brother, Vishakh, who is in the plantation business with her father. While at school, she actively participated in extracurricular activities and in sports. She is the granddaughter of Carnatic vocalist, Kamala Kailas. She is the cousin of film actress, Vidya Balan and the niece of playback singer, Malgudi Shubha.After completing her schooling, Priyamani modeled for print advertisements. Priyamani pursued a degree in Bachelor of Arts in psychology through correspondence.

Early career

Priyamani made her debut with Telugu film, Evare Atagaadu. She then made her debut in the Malayalam Film Industry with Sathyam, but this film performed poorly at the box office. She was signed by Tamil film director and cinematographer Balu Mahendra to act in the 2005 drama Adhu Oru Kana Kaalam. Before release, Babith said "Priyamani has come up with an excellent performance in the movie. Her performance would be widely acclaimed." Adhu Oru Kana Kaalam was critically acclaimed but failed at the box office. However, she won acclaim for her performance in the film. In 2006, Priyamani starred in the Telugu film Pellaina Kothalo. The film was a super hit and got her three Telugu films.

2007–present

Priyamani managed to prove her acting credentials and commercial appeal with 2007's Paruthiveeran, directed by Ameer Sultan, in which she was co-starred with debutant Karthi Sivakumar. A rural subject which told the story of a notorious young villager in Madurai, the film won critical acclaim and became a surprise box-office blockbuster. Priyamani's performance was unanimously praised by the critics. She went on to win the National Film Award, followed by South Filmfare Award, Tamil Nadu State Film Award and an award at the Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema.She had another commercially successful film in Telugu, in the 2007 film Yamadonga and in the Tamil film Malaikottai. She again received critical acclaim in 2008 for her role in the Malayalam film Thirakkatha, in which she played a role based on the turbulent real-life story of late film actress Srividya. She won another Filmfare Award for her performance. In Tamil, she had a single release in 2008: Thotta. In 2009 she had two Tamil releases, the masala film Arumugam and the remake of the Malayalam blockbuster Classmates, titled Ninaithale Inikkum. The former was a commercial failure: Her Kannada debut film Raam was also a commercial success. All three of her Telugu releases that year, however, (Drona, Mitrudu, Pravarakhyudu) did not do well at the box office. In 2010 she acted in the satirical film Pranchiyettan & the Saint which became the longest-running Malayalam film since 2005. She won a Filmfare nomination for her role as a Mumbai-based interior decorator in the film. She was subsequently signed by director Mani Ratnam for his bilingual film, titled Raavanan and Raavan in Tamil and Hindi respectively. Soon after, she was roped in by Bollywood director-producer Ram Gopal Varma for his trilingual film Rakht Charitra. Varma decided to cast her after seeing her National Award-winning performance in Paruthiveeran. Her Kannada film Vishnuvardhana became a blockbuster hit and later she starred in Anna Bond. Although the film was poorly received by critics and featured on Rediff's "Most Disappointing Kannada Films of 2012" list, it went on to become a successful venture at the box office. She appeared in an item number in the Bollywood film Chennai Express. She has completed shooting for a Malayalam film, The True Story and the Telugu film, Chandee, in which she plays Ganga the granddaughter of a freedom fighter, who seeks revenge for the problems her family had to face. She was cast opposite Darshan in the Kannada film Ambareesha in (2014).In 2014, she posed for a PETA ad campaign, asking the public to boycott zoos that feature caged tigers. Her foray into the world of web series as the smart, beautiful and accomplished wife of a super spy played by Manoj Bajpai in The Family Man.

Personal life

Priyamani married Mustafa Raj, an events organizer, in a private ceremony on 23 August 2017. She can speak Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, English and Telugu fluently.

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Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2003	Evare Atagaadu	Priyamani	Telugu
2004	Kangalal Kaidhu Sei	Vidya Sadagoppan	Tamil
	Satyam	Sona	Malayalam
2005	Adhu Oru Kana Kaalam	Thulasi	Tamil
	Otta Nanayam	Reshma	Malayalam
2006	Pellaina Kothalo	Lakshmi	Telugu
	Madhu	Mercy	Tamil
2007	Paruthiveeran	Muthazhagu		National Film Award for Best Actress (2006)
	Toss	Naina	Telugu
	Yamadonga	Maheswari
	Nava Vasantham	Anjali
	Malaikottai	Malar	Tamil
2008	Thotta	Nalina
	Thirakkatha	Malavika	Malayalam
	Hare Ram	Anjali	Telugu
	King	Unknown		Special appearance in song "Nuvvu Ready Nenu Ready"
2009	Drona	Indhu
	Mitrudu	Indu
	Puthiya Mukham	Anjana	Malayalam
	Arumugam	Yamini	Tamil
	Ninaithale Inikkum	Meera
	Pravarakhyudu	Sailaja	Telugu
	Raam	Pooja	Kannada
2010	Shambo Shiva Shambo	Munimma	Telugu
	Sadhyam	Suhani
	Golimaar	Pavithra
	Raavanan	Vennila	Tamil
	Raavan	Jamuni	Hindi
	Pranchiyettan and the Saint	Padmashree	Malayalam
	Eno Onthara	Madhumathi	Kannada
	Rakta Charitra II	Bhawani	Hindi
	Rakta Charitra II	Bhavani	Telugu
	Ragada	Priya/ Ashtalakshmi
2011	Raaj	Mythili
	Kshetram	Naga Penchalamma/ Sohini Aggarwal
	Vishnuvardhana	Meera	Kannada
2012	Ko Ko	Cauvery
	Ullam	Kavitha	Tamil	First film; Direct-to-television
	Anna Bond	Meera	Kannada
	Grandmaster	Deepthi	Malayalam
	Chaarulatha	Chaaru/Latha	Tamil
			Kannada	Bilingual
2013	Lakshmi	Priya
	Chennai Express	Dancer	Hindi	Special appearance in the song "1 2 3 4 Get on the Dance Floor"
	Chandee	Ganga/Chandee	Telugu
2014	Alice: A True Story	Alice/Uma	Malayalam
	Njangalude Veettile Athidhikal	Bhavana
	Ambareesha	Smitha	Kannada
2015	Ranna	Herself		Special Appearance in the song "What to do"
2016	Kathe Chitrakathe Nirdeshana Puttanna	Geethanjali
	Kalpana 2	Kalpana
	Dana Kayonu	Jhummi
	Idolle Ramayana	Susheela
	Mana Oori Ramayanam		Telugu
2017	Chowka	Mariea D Souza	Kannada
2018	Dhwaja	Ramya
	Ashiq Vanna Divasam	Shyni	Malayalam
2019	Pathinettam Padi	Gowri Vasudev		Cameo appearance
	Nanna Prakara	Dr. Amrutha	Kannada
2020	Ateet	Janvi	Hindi	Zee5 Original Film
	Virata Parvam 1992	Comrade Bharatakka	Telugu	Filming[62][63][64][65]
	Naarappa	Sundaramma		Filming[66][67][68][69]
	Sirivenella	TBA		Post production[70][71][72][73]
	Dr.56	TBA	Kannada	Filming[74][75]
2021	Maidaan	TBA	Hindi	Filming[76]

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