Manjari Fadnis

Manjari Fadnis is an Indian film actress, who has appeared in Marathi, Hindi, Telugu, Bengali, Malayalam, Kannada and Tamil language films. She is best known for her performance in the 2008 Hindi film Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na.

Career

Manjari Fadnis was first seen on Indian Television on the Second Season of the Indian version of the International Reality show Popstars which was aired on Channel [v] India. She was one of the participants who was one of the final 8. Only 4 made it to form the band Aasma. Manjari Fadnis started her career with Rok Sako To Rok Lo in 2004, but her big break was Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na (2008) as the lead actor's girlfriend. Earlier she was part of the National Film Award-winning Bengali feature film Faltu and also Mumbai Salsa.

In 2008, her debut in Telugu film Siddu From Srikakulam, following which her first Tamil film Muthirai got released. Notably, she had sung a song under the direction of Yuvan Shankar Raja for Muthirai.

In September 2009 she signed to appear in a series of Onida television commercials. Her 2010 releases were the Telugu films Inkosaari and Shubhapradham. She then starred in the Walt Disney-produced superhero film Zokkomon, starring Darsheel Safary in the titular role. In 2011, she also appeared in an ad film for iball brand of pen drives. Her upcoming films are Mr. Fraud, which will mark her Malayalam debut and Wah Taj. She have also acted in a Kannada movie munjaane.

Manjari

The word "manjari" (mən'jə'ri:) is of Sanskrit origin that primarily means a collection. e.g."katha manjari" (= a collection of stories like Hitopadesha). It is used in many languages of Indian subcontinent like Nepali, Hindi ("phool manjari" meaning a collection of flowers or bouquet) and Kannada ("chitra manjari" meaning a collection of pictures i.e. a movie). Manjari also refers to flowers in general, mango flowers and creepers. A similar name is "Manjiri", which is a Maharathi name."Maanjar" in marathi means cat too. Also, the hazel eyes are called "Manjari aankhe" in Hindi.

For the Indian singer see Manjari Babu

Manjari is the stage name of the Norwegian singer Trude Trefall.

Manjari is known for the song "Lys" (Lights), which she performed in the Norwegian finale for The Eurovision Song Contest in 1997.

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Manjari (singer)

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Manjari (Malayalam: മഞ്ജരി) (born 17 April 1986) is an Indian playback singer and Hindustani vocalist. She was born in 1986 in Thiruvananthapuram and grew up in Muscat and her family is originally from Kannur. Her first stage performance was with Shiva, the Kolkota-based rock band, when she was in class eight.

Manjari was introduced into the world of film music by Ilaiyaraaja in the Sathyan Anthikad movie, 'Achuvinte Amma'. She sang two songs in the movie, a duet 'Swasathin Thalam' with Dr. K.J. Yesudas and a solo 'Tamarakuruvikku' in the movie. Since her début, she has worked with the likes of Ramesh Narayan, Ilayaraaja, M. G. Radhakrishnan, Kaithapram Viswanathan, Vidyasagar, M. Jayachandran and the late Raveendran. She has also sung for albums such as Balabhaskar's Mazhayil Aaro Oral. She has over 200 Tamil and Malayalam films and several albums to her credit. Since 2004, Manjari has performed Hindustani Classical concerts in India and the world over under the prestigious banner of "Soorya". Manjari also gained popularity as a Ghazal singer. She performed an exclusive Ghazal show titled 'Khayal' in 'Media One TV' featuring popular Ghazals of yesteryears.