Manali Dey (sometimes Manali De and Manali Manisha Dey) is an Indian television actress. She made her acting debut in the Bengali film ''Kali Aamar Maa'' in 1999. Later she made her television debut in the

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''Neer Bhanga Jhor'' and is very popular for her role as Mouri in

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's Bou Kotha Kao.

Biography

Manali spent her childhood in Picnic Garden,

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. However, later she moved from there. She is the only child of her parents Nitai Dey and Manisha Dey. She completed her Secondary exams from Oxford House,

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. In the meantime, she had already started her acting career and became extremely busy. This made her unable to continue her study in the regular mode and so, she was admitted to Amrit Academy,

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, which is a private open-board school. From here, she completed her

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. She got her dancing lessons from her mother and Madhumita Roy. At this time, she was having a very tough schedule managing her education as well as career. Later, on 29 November 2012, Manali married singer Saptak Bhattacharjee. The couple have divorced.

Career

Manali made her acting debut in the

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film ''Kali Aamar Maa'' in 1999 where she played the role of a child. After this, she became very interested in acting and made it her aim of life. She made her first breakthrough as a

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for the Bengali magazine '' Unish-Kuri'', while carrying on her school life. After making some few photos for the magazine, Manali got a call from Ravi Ojha's production house for working in Bengali television. Later on, she was cast in the Bengali

''Neer Bhanga Jhor'', which was aired on

. Since then, she had been cast in a number of Bengali films and television serials.

Political career

In February 2021, just before the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, she joined

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in presence of

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Filmography

Manali has acted in several

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since 1999.

Television

Manali has also acted in a number of

television serials. She has given a dance performance in Mahisasuramardini, Colors Bangla Mahalaya 2015 played the role of Devi Shakambari in 12 Mashe 12 Rupe Debibaran, Zee Bangla Mahalaya 2019

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