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, which means, "melodious".

Notable people named Manjula

Manjula (Kannada actress) Honnenhalli Shivanna Manjula (8 November 1954 – 12 September 1986) was an Indian actress who acted in predominantly Kannada language films in addition to Tamil (credited as ''Kumari Manjula'') and Telugu films (credited as ''Kannada Manjula'' ...

(1954–1986), Indian actress *

Manjula Chellur Manjula Chellur (born 5 December 1955) is a former Chief Justice of Bombay High Court. She was the first woman Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court, was the Chief Justice of Kerala High Court and the first female judge of the Karnataka High ...

(born 1955), Indian doctor and judge *

Manjula Dayal Manjula Dayal is a businesswoman from Fiji Fiji, officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists of an archipelago ...

, Fijian businesswoman * Manjula Dissanayake (born 1967), Sri Lankan politician *

Manjula Ghattamaneni Manjula Swarup (née Ghattamaneni; born 8 November 1970) is an Indian film producer, director and actress known for her work in Telugu Cinema. Born to prominent Telugu actor Krishna, she began her acting career by doing a cameo role in the 1999 ...

(born 1970), Indian actress and producer *

Manjula Guruge Manjula Guruge (born 14 February 1981) is a Sri Lankan-born cricket Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a crick ...

(born 1981), Emirati cricketer * Manjula Munasinghe (born 1971), Sri Lankan cricketer * Manjula Padmanabhan (born 1953), Indian playwright, artist and writer. *

Manjula Vijayakumar Manjula Vijayakumar (4 July 195423 July 2013) was an Indian actress. She acted in more than 100 films in South Indian languages like Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam. Personal life She and actor Vijayakumar got married in 1976. The coupl ...

(1953– 2013), Indian actress * Manjula Kumara Wijesekara (born 1984), Sri Lankan high jumper *

Mañjula (astronomer) Mañjula (floruit, fl. 932), also known as Muñjāla, was an Indian astronomer, whose only surviving work is ''Laghumānasa, Laghu-mānasa'', an ephemeris and calculation text in Sanskrit language. He may have also authored another text, the ''Bṛ ...

/Muñjāla (fl. 932), Indian astronomer * Sudath Manjula (born 1972), Sri Lankan politician

Fictional characters

* Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon, from animated TV series ''

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Song

There was also a song by the name of Manjula. It was created by Indian singer

Baba Sehgal Harjeet Singh "Baba" Sehgal, is an Indian rapper. He is widely acclaimed to be the first Indian rapper. He is also involved in various other areas of the entertainment industry and works across media in several different languages. He was a cont ...

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