MANJU WARRIER IS REGARDED AS A LADY SUPERSTAR OF MALAYALAM FILMS
MANJU WARRIER IS REGARDED AS A LADY SUPERSTAR OF MALAYALAM FILMS. SHE IS ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL FILM ACTRESS AND A GIFTED CLASSICAL DANCER.
MANJU'S DEBUT FILM WAS SAKSHYAM. SHE ACTED IN HER DEBUT FILM AT THE AGE OF SEVENTEEN. FROM HER SCHOOL LIFE SHE WAS AN EXCELLENT DANCER. SHE WAS THE KALATHILAKAM (TWICE )IN THE KERALA YOUTH FESTIVAL. WITHIN FEW YEARS OF HER EARLY ACTING CAREER SHE BECAME ONE OF THE INFLUENTIAL AND POPULAR ACTRESS IN IN MALAYALAM MOVIE. HER ACTING IN THE FILM AARAM THAMBURAN GET GOOD CRITICAL ACCLAIM. AND THROUGH THIS FILM SHE REACHED IN THE POSITION OF LADY SUPERSTAR IN MALAYALAM FILMS.
HER MARRIAGE WITH ACTOR DILEEP WAS SHORT LIVED. SHE MARRIED HIM IN 1998 AND STOPPED HER PROFESSION IN 1999. THEY DIVORCED IN 2014 AND SHE COME BACK TO HER PROFESSIONAL LIFE. SHE COME BACK TO CINEMA IN 2014 WITH THE BOX OFFICE HIT MOVIE HOW OLD ARE YOU, DIRECTED BY ROSHAN ANDREWS. IT IS A STORY OF A UD CLERK NAMED NIRUBHAMA RAJEEV. NIRUBHAMA IS BELONGS TO A MIDDLE CLASS FAMILY. THROUGH THIS CHARACTER THE FILM DISCUSS ABOUT THE ROLE OF WOMEN AND THE IMPORTANCE OF WOMEN IN OUR SOCIETY. IT IS A MOVIE DEALS WITH THE THEME OF WOMEN EMPOWERMENT. AND ALSO DISCUSS THE RELEVANT, CONTEMPORARY ISSUES. THE FILM IS A BOX OFFICE HIT AND GAIN POSITIVE CRITICAL REVIEWS.
IN THE FOLLOWING YEARS SHE PERFORMED VARIOUS TYPES OF CHARACTERS IN THE FILMS LIKE RANI PADMINI, C/O SAIRA BANU, UDAHARANAM SUJAATHA, ODIYAN, LUCIFER, ETC. THROUGH ALL THESE FILMS SHE MADE A IMMENSE CONTRIBUTION TO INDIAN FILM INDUSTRY. SHE ALSO ACTED THE ROLE OF KAMALA SURRAYYA, A FAMOUS CONFESSIONAL POET, IN HER BIOPIC AMY. THROUGH THIS CHARACTER SHE RECEIVED POSITIVE ACCLAIM FROM ALL OVER INDIA.
SHE IS ONE OF THE FOUNDING MEMBER OF WCC. MANJU IS A PROFESSIONAL DANCER, MAINLY IN KUCHIPUDI ART FORM. SHE IS A TALENTED CLASSICAL DANCER. SHE WORKED AS A GOODWILL AMBASSADOR OF GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE ORGANIZATION LIKE MANORAMA KERALA CAN, A CANCER AWARENESS PROGRAM. SHE IS ALSO A THEATRE ARTIST. SHE WON MANY AWARDS INCLUDING KERALA STATE FILM AWARDS.