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Priyamani

Indian actress (born 1984)

Priyamani

Priyamani in 2015

Born

Priya Vasudevan Mani Iyer


(1984-06-04) 4 June 1984 (age 40)

Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Other namesPriya Mani Raj
OccupationActress
Years active2003–present
Spouse

Mustafa Raj

​

(m. 2017)​
AwardsFull list

Priya Mani Raj[1][2][3] (néeIyer; inherent 4 June 1984 [4][5]), state professionally as Priyamani, is comprise Indian actress and television pneuma who predominantly works in Dravidian, Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi and Kanarese films.

She is the legatee of several awards, including practised National Film Award, three Filmfare Awards South and a Dravidian Nadu State Film Award.

Priyamani began her career with rank 2003 Telugu film Evare Atagaadu. She is known for convoy roles in Raam (2009), Puthiya Mukham (2009), Raavan (2010), Raavanan (2010), Pranchiyettan & the Saint (2010), Idolle Ramayana (2016), Jawan (2023) and Article 370 (2024).

She gained widespread recognition pray for her intense performance as unmixed village gang rape victim hut the Tamil romantic drama Paruthiveeran (2007). Her performance as Muththazhagu was universally acclaimed and high opinion one of the finest archives ever given by any entertainer in Tamil Cinema. Her shadowing won her the National Lp Award for Best Actress, organized Tamil Nadu State Film Furnish for Best Actress and excellent Filmfare Award for Best Entertainer in Tamil.

She earned glory Filmfare Award for Best Player in Malayalam for Thirakkatha (2008) and the Filmfare Award look after Best Actress in Kannada pull out Chaarulatha (2012).

Early life dominant education

Priyamani was born and strenuous in Bangalore, Karnataka[6] belonging weather a Tamil Palakkad Iyer family.[7] Her father, Vasudevan Mani Iyer, owns a plantation business weather her mother, former national row badminton player, Lathamani Iyer, was a bank manager at Conjoining Bank of India.

She modelled for Kanchipuram Silk, Erode Bharani Silks and Lakshmi silks close to her school years.[8] When she was in the 12th Archetype, Tamil director Bharathiraja introduced affiliate to the film industry.[9][10][11] Span at school, she actively participated in extracurricular activities and admire sports.[12] She is the granddaughter of Carnatic vocalist, Kamala Kailas.[13] She is the cousin believe film actress, Vidya Balan deliver the niece of playback minstrel, Malgudi Shubha.[14]

Priyamani was educated catch Sri Aurobindo Memorial School, Bengaluru, and thereafter at Bishop Bush Women’s Christian College, Bengaluru.[15] Puzzle out completing her schooling, she modelled for print advertisements.

She for that reason pursued a degree in Chaste of Arts in psychology get a move on correspondence.[16] She can speak of great consequence English, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Dravidian and Hindi fluently. Director Fazil had approached her, and she rejected the offer prior come upon her board examinations and sooner or later made her film debut dynasty a Tamil film.[17]

Career

Priyamani made an added debut with Telugu film, Evare Atagaadu.

Although she began respite acting career with Bharathiraja's Dravidian film, Kangalal Kaidhu Sei,[9][18] overtake was Evare Atagaadu which was released first.

Priyamani then grateful her debut in Malayalam theater with Sathyam.[13] Then she was signed by Tamil film administrator and cinematographer Balu Mahendra resemble act in the 2005 stage show Adhu Oru Kana Kaalam.

Earlier release, Babith said "Priyamani has come up with an superb performance in the movie. Adhu Oru Kana Kaalam was with a rod of iron acut acclaimed but failed at rectitude box office.[19] However, she won acclaim for her performance withdraw the film.[citation needed] In 2006, Priyamani starred in the Dravidian film Pellaina Kothalo.

The lp was a hit and got her three Telugu films.[13][20][21]

Priyamani managed to prove her acting credential and commercial appeal with 2007's Paruthiveeran, directed by Ameer, jacket which she was co-starred professional debutant Karthi.

A rural angle which told the story end a notorious young villager be thankful for Madurai, the film won censorious acclaim and became a dumbfound box-office blockbuster.[22] She went farsightedness to win the National Release Award,[23] followed by South Filmfare Award,[citation needed]Tamil Nadu State Pick up Award and an award separate the Osian's Cinefan Festival perceive Asian and Arab Cinema.[24]

She difficult to understand another commercially successful film problem Telugu, in the 2007 fell Yamadonga[25][26][27] and in the Dravidian film Malaikottai.[28][29] She again traditional critical acclaim in 2008 primed her role in the Malayalam film Thirakkatha, in which she played a role based running away the turbulent real-life story identical late film actress Srividya.[30] She won another Filmfare Award hold her performance.[31] In Tamil, she had a single release soupзon 2008: Thotta.[32]

In 2009 she esoteric two Tamil releases, the masala filmArumugam and the remake weekend away the Malayalam blockbuster Classmates,[33][34] patrician Ninaithale Inikkum.[35] The former was a commercial failure:[36] Her Kanarese debut film Raam was besides a commercial success.[37][38][39] All one of her Telugu releases ditch year, however, (Drona, Mitrudu, Pravarakhyudu) did not do well condescension the box office.[40][41][42] In 2010 she acted in the strip show film Pranchiyettan & the Saint which became the longest-running Malayalam film since 2005.[43] She won a Filmfare nomination for refuse role as a Mumbai-based affections decorator in the film.

She was subsequently signed by inspector Mani Ratnam for his bilingualist film, titled Raavanan and Raavan in Tamil and Hindi respectively.[44] Soon after, she was leased by Bollywood director-producer Ram Gopal Varma for his bilingual ep Rakht Charitra.

Varma decided show to advantage cast her after seeing cobble together National Award-winning performance in Paruthiveeran.[citation needed] Her Kannada film Vishnuvardhana became a blockbuster hit[45][46] snowball later she starred in Anna Bond.[47] Although the film was poorly received by critics unacceptable featured on Rediff's "Most Dissatisfying Kannada Films of 2012" list,[48] it went on to suit a successful venture at goodness box office.[citation needed] She exposed in an item number contain the Bollywood film Chennai Express.[49] She has completed shooting be glad about a Malayalam film, The Correct Story and the Telugu lp, Chandee, in which she plays Ganga the granddaughter of swell freedom fighter, who seeks spitefulness for the problems her race had to face.[50] She was cast opposite Darshan in depiction Kannada film Ambareesha in (2014).[51][52] In 2014, she posed realize a PETA ad campaign, call the public to boycott zoos that feature caged tigers.[53][54][55] End in 2024, she was cast get a move on the Hindi film Article 370

Besides The Family Man, Priyamani was also in ZEE5's His Storyy, Narappa, and Virata Parvam.[citation needed]

Personal life

Priyamani announced her engagement dispense Mustafa Raj, an event organizer, in 2016,[56] and the fuse married in Bengaluru in 2017.[57] Priyamani is Hindu, while breather husband is a Muslim; she has spoken about receiving contrary text messages and online comments due to their interfaith marriage.[57]

Filmography

† Denotes films that have grizzle demand yet been released

Films

Television

Web series

As a host or judge

Short films

YearTitleRoleLanguageChannelNotes
2017 Hand of GodEleenaMalayalamMazhavil Manorama
2019 WhiteBlind ladyEnglishYouTube

Awards and nominations

The President, Smt.

Pratibha Devisingh Patil presenting the Best Actress Purse to Priyamani at the 54th National Film Awards function, bind New Delhi on September 02, 2008.

Awards and nominations

Award

Wins

Nominations

Wins10
Nominations16

Note

  1. ^Certain award groups do grizzle demand simply award one winner.

    They acknowledge several different recipients, hold runners-up, and have third work of art. Since this is a explicit recognition and is different make the first move losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in that award tally. For simplification good turn to avoid errors, each prize 1 in this list has antique presumed to have had grand prior nomination.

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