Manjari Fadnis (born on 10 July 1984) is an Indian film actress, who has appeared in Hindi, Telugu, Bengali and Tamil language films. She is best known for her performance in the 2008 Hindi film Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na.

Career

She 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

Faltu

Faltu is a Bengali movie based on Syed Mustafa Siraj's story Ranir Ghater Brittanto, and was released in 2006. It won the 2007 National Award. Produced by Arindam Chaudhuri and directed by Anjan Das, the movie featured Soumitra Chatterjee, Indrani Halder, Yash Pandit and Manjari Fadnis, Nirmal...

and the highly unsuccessful Mumbai Salsa

Mumbai Salsa (film)

Mumbai Salsa is an 2007 Bollywood film directed by Manoj Tyagi.-Plot:This movie is about four pairs who meet accidentally in a Mumbai bar called Mumbai Salsa and get hooked on each other for life.It captures the urban qualities of life and love....

. In 2008, her Telugu debut film Siddu From Srikakulam released, following which her first Tamil

Tamil language

Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...

 film Muthirai

Muthirai

Muthirai is a 2009 Indian Tamil thriller film written by Aneez Tanveer Jeeva, wife of late director Jeeva, who also produces this film, and directed by actor Srinath,starring Daniel Balaji, Nithin Sathya, Lakshmi Rai and newcomer Manjari Phadnis in the lead roles, whilst Kishore of Polladhavan and...

got released. Both performed poorly at the box office. Notably, she had sung a song under the direction of Yuvan Shankar Raja

Yuvan Shankar Raja

Yuvan Shankar Raja is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer, singer and occasional lyricist. He has predominantly scored music for Tamil as well as several Telugu films. His musical career began in 1996, at age 16, as he composed the film score for Aravindhan...

 for Muthirai.

In September 2009 she signed to appear in a series of Onida television commercials. In 2011, she also appeared in an ad film for iBall brand of pen drvies. Her 2010 releases were the Telugu films Inkosaari

Inkosaari

Inkosaari is a 2010 Telugu film, directed by Suman Pathuri & produced by Kalyan Palla starring Raja, Manjari Phadnis and Richa Pallod.-Cast:*Raja*Manjari Phadnis*Richa Pallod*Saandip*Ravi Varma*Vennela Kishore-Plot:...

and Shubhapradham

Shubhapradham

Shubhapradham is a film directed by veteran director K. Vishwanath, starring Allari Naresh and Manjari Phadnis.-Cast:* Allari Naresh* Manjari Phadnis* Sharath Babu* Vizag Prasad* Giribabu* Raghubabu* Rallapalli* Jayalakshmi* Dubbing Janaki...

. Her upcoming movies include the long-pending I Am 24 and the Walt Disney

Walt Disney Pictures

Walt Disney Pictures is an American film studio owned by The Walt Disney Company. Walt Disney Pictures and Television, a subsidiary of the Walt Disney Studios and the main production company for live-action feature films within the Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, based at the Walt Disney...

-produced superhero film Zokkomon

Zokkomon

Zokkomon is 2011 Bollywood action film, co-produced by Walt Disney Pictures, written and directed by Satyajit Bhatkal. Starring Darsheel Safary from Taare Zameen Par in the leading role, Zokkomon is Disney's fourth involvment in a production for the Indian market Zokkomon is 2011 Bollywood action...

, starring Darsheel Safar in the titular role.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2004	Rok Sako To Rok Lo	Suhana	Hindi Hindi Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...
2006	Faltu Faltu Faltu is a Bengali movie based on Syed Mustafa Siraj's story Ranir Ghater Brittanto, and was released in 2006. It won the 2007 National Award. Produced by Arindam Chaudhuri and directed by Anjan Das, the movie featured Soumitra Chatterjee, Indrani Halder, Yash Pandit and Manjari Fadnis, Nirmal...	Tuktuki	Bengali Bengali language Bengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script...
2007	Mumbai Salsa Mumbai Salsa (film) Mumbai Salsa is an 2007 Bollywood film directed by Manoj Tyagi.-Plot:This movie is about four pairs who meet accidentally in a Mumbai bar called Mumbai Salsa and get hooked on each other for life.It captures the urban qualities of life and love....	Maya Chandhok	Hindi	credited as Manjari
2008	Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na	Meghna	Hindi	credited as Manjari Winner, Stardust Award for Breakthrough Performance – Female
	Siddu From Sikakulam	Sailaja Reddy	Telugu Telugu language Telugu is a Central Dravidian language primarily spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, where it is an official language. It is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu...	credited as Manjari
2009	Muthirai Muthirai Muthirai is a 2009 Indian Tamil thriller film written by Aneez Tanveer Jeeva, wife of late director Jeeva, who also produces this film, and directed by actor Srinath,starring Daniel Balaji, Nithin Sathya, Lakshmi Rai and newcomer Manjari Phadnis in the lead roles, whilst Kishore of Polladhavan and...	Aarthi	Tamil Tamil language Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...
	Love Kal Parso	Anjana Sharma	Hindi
2010	Inkosaari Inkosaari Inkosaari is a 2010 Telugu film, directed by Suman Pathuri & produced by Kalyan Palla starring Raja, Manjari Phadnis and Richa Pallod.-Cast:*Raja*Manjari Phadnis*Richa Pallod*Saandip*Ravi Varma*Vennela Kishore-Plot:...	Shruthi	Telugu	credited as Manjari
	Shubhapradham Shubhapradham Shubhapradham is a film directed by veteran director K. Vishwanath, starring Allari Naresh and Manjari Phadnis.-Cast:* Allari Naresh* Manjari Phadnis* Sharath Babu* Vizag Prasad* Giribabu* Raghubabu* Rallapalli* Jayalakshmi* Dubbing Janaki...	Indu	Telugu
	I Am 24	Anjali Kakkad	Hindi
2011	Shakti Shakti (2011 film) Shakti is a 2011 Telugu fantasy film directed by Meher Ramesh starring Jr. NTR and Ileana D'Cruz. The film, produced by C. Ashwini Dutt under the Vyjayanthi Movies banner, features an extensive supporting cast including Sonu Sood, Manjari Phadnis, S. P. Balasubramanyam, Jackie Shroff, Pooja Bedi ...		Telugu
	Zokkomon Zokkomon Zokkomon is 2011 Bollywood action film, co-produced by Walt Disney Pictures, written and directed by Satyajit Bhatkal. Starring Darsheel Safary from Taare Zameen Par in the leading role, Zokkomon is Disney's fourth involvment in a production for the Indian market Zokkomon is 2011 Bollywood action...	Kittu	Hindi
	Dilkhush		Kannada Kannada language Kannada or , is a language spoken in India predominantly in the state of Karnataka. Kannada, whose native speakers are called Kannadigas and number roughly 50 million, is one of the 30 most spoken languages in the world...	Filming

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