Manisha Koirala, Actor in TOUGH Talk with Dil Bhusan Pathak - 142
Manisha Koirala in TOUGH
Talk with
Dil Bhusan Pathak - 142
From
Wikipedia:
Manisha Koirala (
Nepali: मनिषा कोइराला) (
Born: 16 August
1970) is an Nepalese actress,[1] as well as a
UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador and social activist.
Koirala has primarily worked in Bollywood, though she appeared in several Nepali,
Tamil,
Telugu and
Malayalam films as well. She is also a
Bharatnatyam and
Manipuri dancer. She made her acting debut in the Nepali film
Pheri Bhetaula (
1989). A year later, Koirala made her Bollywood debut with the top-grossing drama
Saudagar (
1991). She went on to establish herself as one of the leading actresses in the 90s with such mainstream films as
1942: A Love Story (
1994),
Agni Sakshi (
1996) and Gupt (
1997).[2] Recognised for her acting prowess, Koirala was noted for her performances in films such as
Bombay,
Akele Hum Akele Tum (both
1995),
Khamoshi:
The Musical (1996),
Dil Se.. (
1998), and
Company (
2002). She has won the Filmfare Critics'
Award thrice and has received four nominations for the
Filmfare Award for Best Actress so far. Although box-office collections of her films have varied considerably, critics have noted that her niche as an actor remains unharmed irrespective of her commercial potent.[2][3]
She is the daughter of politician
Prakash Koirala and Sushma Koirala in the
Koirala family of
Nepal. Off-screen she is frequented in the media as a "controversy's child" with her bohemian stance and candid comments often described as "outspoken" and "bold".Manisha Koirala was born in
Kathmandu, Nepal, Koirala family to Prakash Koirala and Sushma Koirala. Her grandfather
Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala was the
Prime Minister of Nepal during the late 1950s-early
1960s, as well as two of her late great-uncles,
Girija Prasad Koirala and [susma
Prasad Koirala]]. Her father Prakash Koirala has also been a prominent politician and a
Cabinet Minister. She studied at Vasant Kanya Mahavidhyalaya (
VKM),
Varanasi until
Class X. She stayed with her grandmother in Varanasi during her studies. After passing tenth standard she shifted to the
Army Public School, Dhaula Kuan,
New Delhi (
APS).[7] Her ambition was to be a doctor, but a modelling stint opened a career path into Bollywood.[8]
Her brother
Siddharth Koirala is also an actor, and collaborated with her once in the film
Anwar.[9]
In 2004, she returned from
New York after receiving a diploma in filmmaking. She became a member of an independent documentary filmmaker's society.[10]
Her first film was Pheri Bhetaula (We Shall
Meet Again), a Nepali movie released in early 1989.
Her first
Hindi movie was
Subhash Ghai'
s Saudagar in 1991.
She starred in a number of films during
1992–
1993 before
Vidhu Vinod Chopra's love saga 1942: A Love Story (1994) and
Mani Ratnam's
Tamil drama Bombay (1995) came out.[11][12] Her performance won her the
Filmfare Award for
Best Tamil
Actress and Filmfare Critics Award for Best
Performance.[13] She also starred in
Mansoor Khan's romantic musical Akele Hum Akele Tum (1995) as the ignored wife who leaves her husband and child in order to fulfill her singing talent and subsequently becomes a popular star.
In 1996 she received positive reviews for her performance in the drama Agni Sakshi,[14] where she played the role of a battered wife on the run from her mentally ill husband. The film became one of the biggest hits of that year at the
Indian box office.[15]
Later that year, she acted in
Sanjay Leela Bhansali's directorial debut, Khamoshi: The Musical where she played the role of
Annie, a caring daughter to deaf parents. Her performance was highly acclaimed,[vague].[16] One critic from
Channel 4 wrote, "Koirala
... demonstrates the full range of her acting ability, rather than playing against it as she has had to do in more traditional films. The scene where she shouts at her father through the door, screaming and using
sign language even though she knows he can neither see nor hear her, is extremely powerful."[17] Filmfare magazine later included her performance in the film on its "80
Iconic Performances" list.[18