Manimegalai is an Indian
television presenter
A television presenter (or television host, some become a "television personality") is a person who introduces or hosts television show, television programs, often serving as a mediator for the program and the audience. It is common for people ...
and
video jockey
A video jockey (abbreviated VJ or sometimes veejay) is an announcer or host who introduces music videos and live performances on commercial music television channels such as MTV, VH1, Much (TV channel), MuchMusic and Channel V.
Origins
The term " ...
who is working in Tamil television industry. Since 2010, she has regularly been a host for shows on
Sun Network before joining
Star Vijay
Star Vijay is an Indian Tamil language general entertainment pay television channel owned by JioStar, a joint venture between Viacom18 and Disney India. The channel telecasts programmes such as serials, reality shows & Tamil films.
History
T ...
in 2019.
She became widely recognised for her participation as a comali in ''
Cooku with Comali'' along with hosting programs on
Vijay TV.
Personal life
Manimegalai was born in
Tiruppur district
Tiruppur District is one of the 38 districts of the Indian States and territories of India, state of Tamil Nadu, formed in 22 February 2009. Dharapuram was the largest taluk by area in the district. The district is well-developed and industria ...
,
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is the southernmost States and union territories of India, state of India. The List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of Indi ...
to businessman Ramaayyappan and Jothimani. She has a younger sibling, Gunamani, who is a Visual Communications graduate. Until class 3, Manimegalai studied in Coimbatore, and then moved to
Chennai
Chennai, also known as Madras (List of renamed places in India#Tamil Nadu, its official name until 1996), is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Tamil Nadu by population, largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost states and ...
with her family and continued her schooling at Shanthosh Vidyala Matriculation School. She completed her MBA(dual) in HR & Finance from
SRM university (Vadapalani Campus).
While at college she started performing as a
video jockey
A video jockey (abbreviated VJ or sometimes veejay) is an announcer or host who introduces music videos and live performances on commercial music television channels such as MTV, VH1, Much (TV channel), MuchMusic and Channel V.
Origins
The term " ...
on
Sun Music. She met assistant choreographer Hussain Shaik Kadhar in 2017, and the couple married the same year.
Career
Television
Manimegalai debuted as a Video Jockey on 30 December 2009 at the age of 17 and hosted her first program called Super Hits on
Sun Music. She then hosted live shows and reality shows on Sun Music, namely Franka Sollata, Black, Kollywood Diaries, etc.

She rose to fame as a television anchor after hosting several live shows and celebrity interviews.
In 2016, Manimegalai was awarded the Best Anchor by the World Human Integration Council. She received the award from the then governor of Tamil Nadu
Dr.K.Rosaiah. She was nicknamed Anchor Superstar by her fans.
She left
Sun Network in January 2019 after working there for 9 years to participate in a reality show named
''Mr. And Mrs. Chinnathirai'' along with her husband on Vijay Television.
Manimegalai and Hussain were awarded the 2nd runner up and were appreciated for their finale performance in ''Mr. and Mrs. Chinnathirai''. After which, she hosted some special shows and a reality show on
Vijay Television. She also participated in the cooking reality show ''
Cooku with Comali'' as a Comali for three seasons. Later, in
season 5, she co-hosted the program alongside
Rakshan.
Manimegalai quit as the host of ''Cooku with Comali'' following a disagreement with a,
Priyanka Deshpande.
In 2025, Manimegalai began her journey with
Zee Tamil
Zee Tamil is an Indian Tamil language pay television general entertainment channel owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises. The channel started broadcasting on 2008 and is available internationally. The channel broadcasts from Guindy, Chennai, ...
and became a co-host for
Dance Jodi Dance Reloaded season 3.
Public shows/events
Manimegalai also host other events like college cultural, audio launches and award functions. She hosted her first audio launch of the movie
Tik Tik Tik in Jan 2018, and continued hosting numerous other audio launches and success meets of Kollywood movies, including
'96 success meet.
She also participates in comedy debate talk shows. Her first debate talk show was on 31 May 2019.
Acting
Manimegalai was initially chosen for the serial
Bharathi Kannamma
''Bharathi Kannamma'' () is a 1997 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by Cheran (director), Cheran in his directorial debut , starring R. Parthiban and Meena (actress), Meena. The film marks Cheran's ...
by director Praveen Bennet for the role of Venba (now played by Farina) which she turned down. On request by the director, she accepted to make a single shot appearance confronting the male lead's mother character.
YouTube
Manimegalai and Hussain started the YouTube channel Hussain Manimegalai on 4 June 2020. A short clip from one of the videos of Hussain Manimegalai channel was posted on YouTube India's social media handles.
Hussain Manimegalai YouTube channel had gained over a million subscribers and over 100 million views in total within a year of its start.
Shows
Selected television
Manimegalai has also hosted many special shows on festivals and movie promotion shows for
Sun TV,
Sun News,
K TV and
Sun Music.
She has also participated in various reality shows as guest in
Sun Network as well as
Vijay Television.
YouTube
Manimegalai has also hosted interviews and fans festivals of movie actors for Behindwoods TV YouTube channel.
Award shows
Album songs
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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Living people
Television personalities from Tamil Nadu
Year of birth missing (living people)
Indian women television presenters
Indian television talk show hosts
Indian television actresses
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