Manasy Veetinal is an Indian actress who works in

Malayalam films Malayalam cinema is an Indian film industry of Malayalam-language motion pictures. It is based in Kochi, Kerala, India. The films produced in Malayalam cinema are known for their cinematography and story-driven plots. In 1982, ''Elippathayam ...

. She has won the

P. A. Backer P. A. Backer ( ml, പി.എ. ബക്കർ; 1940 – 22 November 1993) was one of the new-wave Malayalam film directors of the 1970s and 1980s. Life sketch Backer was born in 1940 to Ahamed Musliar and Fathima of Kanippayyoor near Kunnamkul ...

Foundation Award for Best Debutant Actress for her role in the 2012 Malayalam language film Pratheekshayode that deals with the challenges of child labour.

Biography

Manasy was born and brought up in

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to a Christian

Malayali The Malayali people () (also spelt Malayalee and also known by the demonym Keralite) are a Dravidian ethnolinguistic group originating from the present-day state of Kerala in India, occupying its southwestern Malabar coast. They are predomina ...

family that originally hails from

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, Kerala. She attended the

Indian School, Bahrain The Indian School ( ar, المدرسة الهندية) is a CBSE–affiliated community school in Bahrain. Founded by three Indian women as an elementary school for the children of Indian nationals in Bahrain, it is currently one of the largest ...

and pursued a

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in Videography and Mass Communication at Mar Ivanios College, Thriuvananthpuram under the

University of Kerala University of Kerala, formerly the University of Travancore, is a state-run public university located in Thiruvananthapuram, the state capital of Kerala, India. It was established in 1937 by a promulgation of the Maharajah of Travancore, Chi ...

. During her school years, she won accolades in acting, dancing and other performance arts including award for Best Actress at the age of fourteen in the BKS Drama Festival 2004-05, in which she played the female lead in a drama based on

Vaikom Muhammad Basheer Vaikom Muhammad Basheer (21 January 1908 – 5 July 1994), popularly referred to as Beypore Sulthan, was a writer of Malayalam literature. He was a writer, humanist, freedom fighter, novelist and short story writer, noted for his path-breaking ...

Poovan Pazham "Poovan Pazham" ( ml, പൂവൻപഴം ; en, italic=yes, Poovan Banana) is a short story written by Vaikom Muhammad Basheer and published in 1948 in the collection '' Viddikalude Swargam'' (Fool's Paradise). It is one of the most popular ...

. She also had a stint as an anchor on a

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Sponsored Program produced and recorded from Bahrain.

Filmography

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* Living people Indian Christians Indian film actresses People from Manama Indian expatriates in Bahrain Actresses in Malayalam cinema Actresses from Thiruvananthapuram 21st-century Indian actresses Year of birth missing (living people) {{India-actor-stub