1. Priya Mani Raj, known professionally as Priyamani, is an Indian actress who works in Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, and Hindi films.
23 Facts About Priyamani
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Priyamani is the recipient of a National Film Award, three Filmfare Awards South and a Tamil Nadu State Film Award.
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Priyamani began her career with the 2003 Telugu film Evare Atagaadu.
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Priyamani was born and raised in Bangalore, Karnataka, to a Tamil Palakkad Iyer family.
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Priyamani's father, Vasudevan Mani Iyer, owns a plantation business, and her mother, former national-level badminton player Lathamani Iyer, was a bank manager at Union Bank of India.
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Priyamani modeled for Kanchipuram Silk, Erode Bharani Silks, and Lakshmi Silks during her school years.
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Priyamani is the cousin of film actress Vidya Balan and the niece of playback singer Malgudi Shubha.
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Priyamani then completed her pre-university course and the degree from Bishop Cotton Women's Christian College, Bengaluru.
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Priyamani can speak in English, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, and Hindi fluently.
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Priyamani then made her debut in Malayalam cinema with Sathyam.
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In 2006, Priyamani starred in the Telugu film Pellaina Kothalo.
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Priyamani managed to prove her acting credentials and commercial appeal with 2007's Paruthiveeran, directed by Ameer, in which she was co-starred with debutant Karthi.
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Priyamani went on to win the National Film Award, followed by South Filmfare Award, Tamil Nadu State Film Award and an award at the Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema.
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Priyamani had another commercially successful film in Telugu, in the 2007 film Yamadonga and in the Tamil film Malaikottai.
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Priyamani again received critical acclaim in 2008 for her role in the Malayalam film Thirakkatha, in which she played a role based on the turbulent real-life story of late film actress Srividya.
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Priyamani won a Filmfare nomination for her role as a Mumbai-based interior decorator in the film.
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Priyamani was signed by director Mani Ratnam for his bilingual film, titled Raavanan and Raavan in Tamil and Hindi respectively.
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Priyamani appeared in an item number in the Bollywood film Chennai Express.
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Priyamani has completed shooting for a Malayalam film, The True Story and the Telugu film, Chandee, in which she plays Ganga the granddaughter of a freedom fighter, who seeks revenge for the problems her family had to face.
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Priyamani was cast opposite Darshan in the Kannada film Ambareesha in.
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Besides The Family Man, Priyamani was in ZEE5's His Storyy, Narappa, and Virata Parvam.
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Priyamani announced her engagement to Mustafa Raj, an event organiser, in 2016, and the couple married in Bengaluru in 2017.
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Priyamani is Hindu, while her husband is a Muslim; she has spoken about receiving negative text messages and online comments due to their interfaith marriage.