Manju Pillai

Manju Pillai
Born Manju Pillai
(1975-11-17) 17 November 1975
Trivandrum
Residence Kochi, Kerala, India
Occupation Cine-Serial actress
Spouse(s) Sujith Vaassudev (2000–present)
Children Daya Sujith

Manju Pillai is an actress in Malayalam films and television serials. She is reputed for handling comedy and negative roles with ease. She was one of the heroines of Adoor Gopalakrishnan's award winning film Naalu Pennungal.[1] She is the granddaughter of Malayalam film comedian S. P. Pillai.

Early life and career

Manju first acted in the television serial Sathyavum Mithyayum. Manju won the 2000-2001 State Award for the best television actress for V. N. Mohandas's serial Devaranjini and Venu Nair's Sethuvinte Kathakal. She won the Film Critics' Award the same year. In 2002-2003, she again won the State Award for the best television actress for Ali Akbar's Sundaranmarum Sundarikalum.

Personal life

Manju Pillai is the grand daughter of Veteran Malayalam actor S. P. Pillai.She did her undergraduate studies from Mar Ivanious College Trivandrum.She was married to Malayalam cine-serial artist Mukundan Menon & was later divorced.Later she married cinematographer Sujith Vasudev on 23 December 2000. They have a daughter Daya Sujith.[2]

Filmography

TV-Series

Reality Shows -As Judge

TV Programme -As Presenter

See also

References

  1. ↑ Archived 18 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ http://www.mangalam.com/mangalam-varika/67601

External links

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