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Manjula Swaroop is a Actor and Producer Indian born on 23 january 1970 at Chennai (Inde)
Manjula Swaroop (Telugu: మంజుల స్వరూప్) (née Ghattamaneni; born 1970), better known as Manjula, is an Indian film producer and actress known for her work in Telugu Cinema. Born to prominent Telugu actor Krishna Ghattamaneni, she began her acting career by doing a cameo role in the 1999 film Rajasthan and went on to act as a lead actress in a Malayalam film, Summer in Bethlehem. She found fame by starring and producing in the 2002 film, Show. The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu and National Film Award for Best Screenplay for that year. She owns a film production company called Indira Productions, named after her mother.
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Manjula Swaroop
Birth name Manjula
Nationality Inde
Birth 23 january 1970 (54 years) at Chennai (Inde)
Creator of Indira Productions
Nationality Inde
Birth 23 january 1970 (54 years) at Chennai (Inde)
Creator of Indira Productions
Biography
She is the daughter and third child of veteran actor Krishna Ghattamaneni and Indira Devi. She has two brothers and two sisters. Her elder brother, Ramesh Babu is also a film producer and her younger brother, Mahesh Babu is a popular Telugu actor. Manjula is married to producer & actor Sanjay Swaroop. They have a daughter named Jhanavi. She is known to be good friends with her sister-in-law Namrata Shirodkar.Usually with
Filmography of Manjula Swaroop (8 films)
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Orange (2010)
, 2h40Directed by Baskar
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Ram Charan, Genelia D'Souza, Shazahn Padamsee, Sanchita Shetty, Prabhu, Srinivas Avasarala
Roles Ram's Sister
Rating65%
Set on the backdrop of Australia, the film opens with an angry Ram (Ram Charan), who just broke up with his girlfriend, narrating the story of his love life to a police officer, Abhishek Verma (Prakash Raj) as he defaces a graffiti of his lover while her father (Prabhu Ganesan) listens.
Kavya's Diary (2009)
Directed by V. K. Prakash
Actors Manjula Swaroop, Charmi Kaur, Indrajith Sukumaran
Roles Pooja
Rating50%
Raj (Indrajeet) and Pooja (Manjula Swaroop) are a married couple who move into a new house with their children. Desperate for a nanny to take care of their children, they hire Kavya who is unemployed, after she saves Pooja's life. Kavya grows close to the family and they come to consider her part of the family. However, as the movie progresses, it is revealed that Kavya was the wife of a gynecologist who committed suicide after Pooja accused him of sexually assaulting her. Other patients supported this claim and he eventually committed suicide. In an attempt to save him, Kavya accidentally miscarries. She eventually tries to destroy the family and kill Pooja to get revenge for her loss. The movie is a remake of the English movie, 'The Hand that Rocks the Cradle'.
Show (2002)
Directed by G Neelakanta Reddy
Actors Surya Kumar Bhagvandas, Manjula Swaroop
Roles Ridhima
Rating68%
Ridhima (Manjula), an executive from Delhi-based pharmaceutical company visits a remote village in AP to make a deal on patents with a professor who invented a new drug. The professor leaves a note that he would return late as he had to attend some urgent work and she shall wait for his arrival. At that time Madhav Rao, a junior lawyer who supervises the event of patent selling arrives at that place. Ridhima is a fun loving unmarried girl. Madhav Rao is a frustrated married guy. The events that take place for a few hours between these two makes up the story.
Rajasthan (1999)
Directed by R. K. Selvamani
Actors R. Sarathkumar, S. Manivannan, Prakash Raj, Babloo Prithiveeraj, Thalaivaasal Vijay, Babloo Prithiveeraj
Rating36%
Summer in Bethlehem (1998)
, 2h23Directed by Sibi Malayil
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Suresh Gopi, Jayaram, Mohanlal, Manju Warrier, Kalabhavan Mani, Sukumari
Roles Aparna
Rating77%
Ravishankar (Jayaram), an unsuccessful investor, stays with Dennis (Suresh Gopi), his friend who is a big success in farming business. Dennis owns a vast farmland named Bethlehem, and hundreds of cows, in a valley. Ravi is a fun-loving, jovial chap, who has fabricated stories of his success to his parents and relatives.
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Ye Maaya Chesave (2010)
Directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Naga Chaitanya, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Krishnudu, Sapan Saran, Surekha Vani, Sudheer Babu Posani
Roles Producer
Rating76%
Karthik (Naga Chaitanya) is a mechanical engineering graduate but aspires to become a filmmaker. Through his friend, Karthik gets introduced to director Puri Jagannadh. With his support,Karthik family, who are Hindus, rents the ground floor of a two-storeyed house which belongs to the Thekekuttus. The Thekekuttu family is a conservative Malayali Syrian Catholic family from Alappuzha, Kerala, who live upstairs. The Thekekuttus have a daughter, Jessie (Samantha), who is 2 years older to Karthik. When Karthik meets Jessie for the first time, he falls in love with her. Karthik expresses his love one day to her, who is afraid of speaking to men around her strict father, and ends up angering Jessie. The two meet several times afterwards and Jessie begins to admit that she likes Karthik but wants to refrain from any problems because she knows her father won't accept a Hindu marrying their daughter. Her parents learn about their affair and arrange a marriage for her. But at the wedding, she refuses to marry the groom, displeasing everyone in her family. Karthik and Jessie continue to love each other without the knowledge of their parents. Suddenly, Jessie is forced by her father to marry and seeks Karthik's help, who was in Goa for a film shooting. Busy Karthik is unable to attend to her calls and messages; Jessie is unable to reach him. After a tense phone call from Jessie, Karthik goes back one night to check on her. An angry and hurt Jessie makes a final decision to break up with Karthik because of her father's strong disapproval of their love.
Kavya's Diary (2009)
Directed by V. K. Prakash
Actors Manjula Swaroop, Charmi Kaur, Indrajith Sukumaran
Roles Producer
Rating50%
Raj (Indrajeet) and Pooja (Manjula Swaroop) are a married couple who move into a new house with their children. Desperate for a nanny to take care of their children, they hire Kavya who is unemployed, after she saves Pooja's life. Kavya grows close to the family and they come to consider her part of the family. However, as the movie progresses, it is revealed that Kavya was the wife of a gynecologist who committed suicide after Pooja accused him of sexually assaulting her. Other patients supported this claim and he eventually committed suicide. In an attempt to save him, Kavya accidentally miscarries. She eventually tries to destroy the family and kill Pooja to get revenge for her loss. The movie is a remake of the English movie, 'The Hand that Rocks the Cradle'.
Pokiri (2006)
, 2h48Directed by Puri Jagannadh
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Gangster films
Actors Mahesh Babu, Ileana D'Cruz, Prakash Raj, Sayaji Shinde, Ashish Vidyarthi, Nassar
Roles Producer
Rating79%
In Hyderabad, two rival mafia gangs headed by Dubai-based don Ali Bhai, and Narayana resort to criminal activities such as extortion, murder, and coercion for various reasons. The new commissioner of police, Sayyad Mohammad Pasha Qadri, focuses on making the city a better place by working at arresting all of them. Pandu, a remorseless gangster living in Hyderabad along with his friends, is hired by Narayana and attacks Ali Bhai's henchmen. He later joins Ali Bhai's gang for monetary reasons. He falls in love with Shruti, an aerobics teacher, who rejects his advances.
Naani (2004)
, 2h35Directed by S. J. Surya
Genres Comedy, Fantasy
Actors Mahesh Babu, Ameesha Patel, Devayani, Raghuvaran, Ramya Krishnan, Kiran Rathod
Roles Producer
Rating52%
Naani an eight-year-old boy who is very mischievous always troubling his mother. His mother scolds him when he eats the toothpaste, urinate in bed at night. Naani falls down on a road one day and a young woman helps him. Naani's elder brother plans to watch adults movie with his friends in the absence of their parents and Naani demands him to join him to which his brother does not allow him. Angered, Naani cuts off the power which creates a short circuit at home. Naani's mother scolds for his dangerous mischief and shouts at her husband for not stopping with one child as Naani is troubling her a lot. This hurts Naani and he runs away from home to jump into a river. But he is stopped by an old man and he takes Naani to his place. The old man introduces himself as a scientist who has his own laboratory. He insists Naani to help him in his research of transforming a child to a young man. Naani agrees and the scientist transforms him to a young man. Naani starts to live as a young man physically but as a child mentally and stays away from his family. The only person other than scientist who knows the truth is his child classmate friend. Naani meets the girl at a park who helped him once he fell down on road. Innocent child Naani helps to remove dust from her eyes, smiles at her and leaves the place. The girl is very much attracted towards him and she looks for him every day.
Show (2002)
Directed by G Neelakanta Reddy
Actors Surya Kumar Bhagvandas, Manjula Swaroop
Roles Producer
Rating68%
Ridhima (Manjula), an executive from Delhi-based pharmaceutical company visits a remote village in AP to make a deal on patents with a professor who invented a new drug. The professor leaves a note that he would return late as he had to attend some urgent work and she shall wait for his arrival. At that time Madhav Rao, a junior lawyer who supervises the event of patent selling arrives at that place. Ridhima is a fun loving unmarried girl. Madhav Rao is a frustrated married guy. The events that take place for a few hours between these two makes up the story.