Manjima Mohan

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Manjima Mohan

Manjima Mohan is an Indian actress who primarily appears in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films. She started her career as a child artist in Malayalam films. she made her debut as a lead actress with Oru Vadakkan Selfie (2015) in Malayalam and Achcham Enbadhu Madamaiyada (2016) in Tamil. She won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South in 2017.[1][2]

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Manjima Mohan during an Interview
Born (1993-03-11) 11 March 1993 (age 32)
Alma materStella Maris College, Chennai
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Years active1997–2001 (child artist);
2015–present
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(m. 2022)
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Personal life

Manjima is the daughter of veteran cinematographer Vipin Mohan and dancer Kalamandalam Girija. After completing her schooling at Nirmala Bhavan Higher Secondary School, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, she pursued a B.Sc. degree in mathematics from Stella Maris College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. She married actor Gautham Karthik on 28 November 2022.[3]

Career

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Manjima was a leading child artist in Malayalam film industry in early 2000s later she also hosted a television call-in show for kids by the name ‘'Hai Kids'’ on Surya TV for three years which rose her fame among Malayali audience.

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".[4] Oru Vadakkan Selfie, which was directed by G. Prajith and scripted by Vineeth Sreenivasan, featured Manjima Mohan as the female lead.[5]

Upon the release of Oru Vadakkan Selfie, Manjima landed her first Tamil film, Achcham Enbadhu Madamaiyada.[2] Its director Gautham Vasudev Menon, who was impressed with her work in Oru Vadakkan Selfie,[6] cast Manjima as the female lead, after she had gone through an audition.[7]

In 2017 she had two Tamil films, one opposite Udhayanidhi Stalin - Ippadai Vellum[8] and the other, Sathriyan, opposite Vikram Prabhu.[9] In 2019, she made her come back to Malayalam with Mikhael opposite Nivin Pauly for the second time . She also has a few Tamil films in her career, including Tughlaq Durbar with Vijay Sethupathi, and Raashii Khanna.[10][11][12] Her first release in 2023 was a Horror Thriller film Boo directed by A. L. Vijay that directly premiered on JioCinema.[13] and in 2025, she made special appearance in Suzhal: The Vortex season 2.

Filmography

Films

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Year Title Role Language Notes Ref.
1997KaliyoonjalYounger AmmuMalayalamChild artist
1998MayilpeelikkavuGayathri's relativeMalayalam
1999SaaphalyamSreethumolMalayalam
2000PriyamAnuMalayalam
ThenkasipattanamYounger DevoottyMalayalam
MadhuranombarakattuMayaMalayalam
KabooliwalaMalayalam
2001Sundara PurushanSuryanarayanan's daughterMalayalam
2015Oru Vadakkan SelfieDaisy GeorgeMalayalamDebut as lead
2016Achcham Yenbadhu MadamaiyadaLeela RamanTamil
Sahasam Swasaga Sagipo Leela Telugu
2017SathriyanNiranjanaTamil
Ippadai VellumBhargaviTamil
2019NTR: KathanayakuduNara BhuvaneshwariTelugu
NTR: MahanayakuduTelugu
MikhaelMaryMalayalam
DevarattamMadhuTamil
2021Kalathil SandhippomKavyaTamil
Tughlaq DurbarManimegalaiTamil[14]
2022 FIRPrarthana RamanTamil
2023 Boo Neelu Tamil/Telugu released on JioCinema
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Television
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List of Manjima Mohan television credits
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2025Suzhal: The VortexNagammaSeason 2
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Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Film Result
2001Asianet Film AwardsBest child artistPriyamWon
2001Kerala State Film Award Kerala State Film Award for Best Child ArtistMadhuranombarakattuWon
2001Kerala State Television AwardKerala State Television Award for Best Child ArtistKabulivaalaWon
2016SIIMABest Debut-Female (Malayalam)Oru Vadakkan SelfieNominated
2017Filmfare AwardFilmfare Award for Best Female Debut – SouthAchcham Yenbadhu MadamaiyadaWon
20176th South Indian International Movie AwardsBest Debut-Female (Tamil)Nominated
2017Edison Awards (India)Best debut actressWon
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