Manjima Mohan is an
Indian film actress, working predominantly in
Malayalam and
Tamil films. Manjima, hailing from
Palakkad,
Kerala, started her career as a child artiste in late
1990's and early
2000's. For which, she won the
Kerala State Film Award for
Best Child Artist for her performance in
Madhuranombarakattu (2000). After taking a break from acting, she focussed on her studies, and made her comeback in
2015 as the leading lady in the film
Oru Vadakkan Selfie (2015).
Manjima Mohan was born on March 11,
1993 to parents father Vipin
Mohan (dad), he is a famous Malayalam cinematographer and mother
Girija Mohan (
Kalamandalam Girija), she is a daner. Manjima Mohan have an elder brother named
Vivek Mohan, he is married. After completing her
Plus Two at
Nirmala Bhavan Higher Secondary School,
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, she pursued a
B.Sc. degree in
Mathematics from
Stella Maris College, Chennai,
Tamil Nadu.
In
1998, Manjima made her acting debut as a child actress in
Malayalam films. Her first role was in
Kaliyoonjal in which she portrayed the younger version of
Shobana's character
Gauri. She continued to work as a child artist for three years in films including
Priyam and Madhuranombarakattu, the latter earning her the Kerala State Film Award for Best Child Artist, besides hosting
Hai Kids, a television call-in show for children. After
Thandavam, she took a break from acting to concentrate on her education.
During her final year of college, she was approached with the script of Oru Vadakkan Selfie. Although she had not planned to relaunch her acting career, she accepted the offer after she had listened to and "fell in love with" the story and her character
Daisy, who Manjima described as "poised, silent and a bookworm" and unlike her real life persona.
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". Oru Vadakkan Selfie, which was directed by G. Prajith and scripted by
Vineeth Sreenivasan, featured Manjima Mohan as the female lead. The film opened to positive reviews and became the first major box office hit in 2015.
Upon Oru Vadakkan Selfie's release, Manjima landed her first
Tamil film,
Achcham Enbadhu Madamaiyada. Its director
Gautham Menon, who was impressed with her work in Oru Vadakkan Selfie, cast Manjima as the female lead, after she had gone through an audition.
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- published: 10 Jul 2016
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