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Mannara Chopra (previously known as Barbie Handa)), is an Indian actress who is the cousin of famous actress Priyanka Chopra. She made her Bollywood debut in Anubhav Sinha's erotic thriller Zid.
Mannara was born in Bokaro, Jharkhand as Barbie Handa, named after the Barbie doll. Her cousin, who lives overseas suggested the name as a nickname but her mother liked the name so much that she kept it as her real name. Mannara's mother is a jewellery designer and her father is a lawyer. She has a younger sister Mithali, who has studied commerce. She grew up in Delhi and was educated at Summer Fields School, New Delhi. She has pursued a BBA degree. Actresses Parineeti Chopra, Meera Chopra and Priyanka Chopra are her cousins.
After completing her education, Mannara moved to Mumbai, where she started her career in modelling and moved into advertising. She made thirteen commercials, three of them alongside her cousin Priyanka Chopra, including one for Dabur Amla Hair Oil, which she said won her "instant recognition" and landed her an offer in Telugu films. She had also appeared in Amit Trivedi's song '"Bas bajna chahiye", the theme song for Gaana.com. Besides, she has worked as a fashion designer and as an assistant choreographer, being trained in dance forms like hip hop and belly dancing.
By 2013, Mannara ventured into acting, signing up films in Telugu, Hindi and Kannada. Her first release was the Telugu film Prema Geema Jantha Nai (2014), then credited under her birth name, which featured her as a "very talkative college going girl". The same year, Mannara made her Bollywood debut with Anubhav Sinha's Zid, co-starring Karanvir Sharma and Shraddha Das. Her portrayal of an obsessive lover met with mixed reviews. Mohar Basu called her "radiant" though noted that, she needed "a good deal more of experience". However, the film was a commercially profitable venture. She had also agreed to be part of a bilingual to be made simultaneously in Kannada (as Ninnalle Naanu) and in Telugu (as Nako Vasthava) in 2013, which was shelved later. She has made special appearances in two Tamil films, Sandamarutham and the upcoming Kaaval (earlier titled Neeyallam Nalla Varuvada).
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Mannara Chopra (previously known as Barbie Handa)), is an Indian actress who is the cousin of famous actress Priyanka Chopra. She made her Bollywood debut in Anubhav Sinha's erotic thriller Zid.
Mannara was born in Bokaro, Jharkhand as Barbie Handa, named after the Barbie doll. Her cousin, who lives overseas suggested the name as a nickname but her mother liked the name so much that she kept it as her real name. Mannara's mother is a jewellery designer and her father is a lawyer. She has a younger sister Mithali, who has studied commerce. She grew up in Delhi and was educated at Summer Fields School, New Delhi. She has pursued a BBA degree. Actresses Parineeti Chopra, Meera Chopra and Priyanka Chopra are her cousins.
After completing her education, Mannara moved to Mumbai, where she started her career in modelling and moved into advertising. She made thirteen commercials, three of them alongside her cousin Priyanka Chopra, including one for Dabur Amla Hair Oil, which she said won her "instant recognition" and landed her an offer in Telugu films. She had also appeared in Amit Trivedi's song '"Bas bajna chahiye", the theme song for Gaana.com. Besides, she has worked as a fashion designer and as an assistant choreographer, being trained in dance forms like hip hop and belly dancing.
By 2013, Mannara ventured into acting, signing up films in Telugu, Hindi and Kannada. Her first release was the Telugu film Prema Geema Jantha Nai (2014), then credited under her birth name, which featured her as a "very talkative college going girl". The same year, Mannara made her Bollywood debut with Anubhav Sinha's Zid, co-starring Karanvir Sharma and Shraddha Das. Her portrayal of an obsessive lover met with mixed reviews. Mohar Basu called her "radiant" though noted that, she needed "a good deal more of experience". However, the film was a commercially profitable venture. She had also agreed to be part of a bilingual to be made simultaneously in Kannada (as Ninnalle Naanu) and in Telugu (as Nako Vasthava) in 2013, which was shelved later. She has made special appearances in two Tamil films, Sandamarutham and the upcoming Kaaval (earlier titled Neeyallam Nalla Varuvada).
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Kaaval (2015)
Genres Action
Actors Vimal, Samuthirakani, Shaam, 'Punnagai Poo' Gheetha, M. S. Bhaskar, Imman Annachi.
Rating37%
Sandamarutham (2015)
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Sarayu Mohan, R. Sarathkumar, Raadhika Sarathkumar, Samuthirakani, Radha Ravi, Avinash
Rating45%
The movie begins with an investigation of a girl who has been dead along with a small vessel. That small vessel is actually a weapon as it contains explosive chemicals (a bomb named "Ophalaska") with its changing colours.
Zid (2014)
Directed by Agnihotri, Vivek
Genres Thriller, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Erotic thriller films
Actors Mannara, Shraddha Das, Seerat Kapoor, Denzil Smith, Mohan Kapoor, Sanjay Kapoor
Roles Maya
Rating45%
ZID starts off with a flashback which has the film's protagonist Rohan (Karanvir Sharma), a crime reporter with 'The Daily'(a newspaper based in Goa), narrating an incident to his newspaper's editor Karan(Mohan Kapoor) and the area's DSP (Rajeev Saxena). He says that with the help of the editor, he found a rented house at his friend's outhouse located far away from the rest of Goan civilisation. Even though the said place looks haunted, Rohan still adjusts himself to the situation despite having a paralysed owner, who is driven on a wheelchair throughout and who also happens to be the father of Maya (Mannara Chopra). For Maya, it is love at first sight when she sees Rohan, who incidentally is recovering from a break-up with Priya (Shraddha Das), his girlfriend of many years and who is now settled in London. While Maya leaves no stone unturned to get Rohan's attention, Rohan seems to be still 'lost in love' about Priya.