Rupa Manjari is an Indian former actress who has appeared in Tamil as well as Malayalam films. Her mother tongue is
Tamil. She made her debut in Nandhini's film ''
Thiru Thiru Thuru Thuru'' (2009), before playing the leading roles in ''
Naan
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'' (2012) and ''
Yaamirukka Bayamey'' (2014).
Career
Rupa Manjari got a chance to meet Nandhini and auditioned for ''
Thiru Thiru Thuru Thuru'' and that the movie was well received. It took four months for her to be chosen from over 30 other girls who had also auditioned. The film, a romantic comedy, pitted her opposite
Ajmal and featured the pair looking for a lost baby. Rupa was nominated for the
Vijay Award for Best Debut Actress
The Vijay for Best Debut Actress is given by STAR Vijay as part of its annual Vijay Awards ceremony for Tamil (Kollywood) films.
The list
Here is a list of the award winners and the films for which they won.
Nominations
*2007 Anjali – ''K ...
Award for her performable and a critic described her portrayal of Archana as that she "brings her character vibrantly to life with all the nuances of anger, humour, tenderness and soft romance".
She was next seen in the 2010 Malayalam film ''
Tournament
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# One or more competitions held at a single venue and concentr ...
'' directed and produced by
Lal. She played a wildlife photographer who meets a bunch of men who have been selected for a cricket tournament. The film opened to negative reviews and performed poorly at the box office. She was seen in the long-delayed
Vijay Antony starrer ''
Naan
Naan ( fa, نان, nān, ur, , ps, نان, ug, نان, hi, नान, bn, নান) is a leavened, oven-baked or tawa-fried flatbread which is found in the cuisines mainly of Western Asia, Central Asia, Indian subcontinent, Indonesia, M ...
'' having a song Nila Nila and was a part of video for the successful promotional song, "Makkayala Makkayala", which was released online. The film started production in early 2010 and released in 2012. It got positive reviews from critics. In 2012 she was also seen in two Malayalam films ''
Mallu Singh'' and she did a small guest appearance in the Malayalam film''
I Love Me''.
The first film in 2014 for her was the commercially successful comedy-thriller movie,
Yaamirukka Bayamey.
She has one film in Tamil, ''
Sivappu'' in which she played a role as a construction worker.
Filmography
References
External links
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Actresses in Tamil cinema
Living people
Actresses in Malayalam cinema
Indian film actresses
21st-century Indian actresses
Actresses from Bangalore
1990 births