Manjima Mohan Biography

Manjima Mohan is an Indian actress predominantly working in Malayalam and Tamil films. She made her film debut in Malayalam cinema with 'Madhuranombarakattu' in 2000.

Personal Life

Manjima Mohan is the daughter of cinematographer Vipin Mohan and dancer Kalamandalam Girija. After completing her Plus Two at Nirmala Bhavan Higher Secondary School, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, she pursued a B.Sc. degree in Mathematics from Stella Maris College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

Manjima married her long-term beau Gautham Karthik in 2022.

Career Life

In 1998, Manjima made her acting debut as a child actress in Malayalam films. Her first role was in Kaliyoonjal in which she portrayed the younger version of Shobana's character Gauri. Later, in 2000 she won won a Kerala State Film Award for Best Child Artist for her performance in Madhuranombarakattu.  After taking a break from acting to focus on her studies, she made a comeback in the 2015 film Oru Vadakkan Selfie, starting to play lead roles. Oru Vadakkan Selfie, which was directed by G. Prajith and scripted by Vineeth Sreenivasan, featured Manjima Mohan as the female lead. The film opened to positive reviews and became the first major box office hit in 2015.

Upon Oru Vadakkan Selfie's release, Manjima landed her first Tamil film, Achcham Enbadhu Madamaiyada. Its director Gautham Menon, who was impressed with her work in Oru Vadakkan Selfie, cast Manjima as the female lead, after she had gone through an audition. Besides acting, she hosted a television call-in show for children named 'Hai Kids'.