Manasi Joshi Roy (Actress)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Manasi Joshi Roy

• Does Manasi Joshi Roy smoke?: Not Known

• Does Manasi Joshi Roy drink alcohol?: Yes

• Manasi is the daughter of famous Gujarati theatre actor, director & producer Arvind Joshi.

• At the age of 16, she started working as a theatre artist and did many plays like ‘Eni Sugandhno Dariyo’, ‘Tamari Neha’, ‘I ought to be in pictures’, etc.

• She featured in numerous commercial advertisements for popular brands like Hair & Care, Close-Up, Ponds, Milkmaid, Surf, Kellogs, etc.

• She was the first Indian host on Star Movies who hosted the show ‘Bol Bollywood!’

• She also hosted some other shows like ‘Entertainment Now’, and ‘Tara Rum Pum Pum.’

• She got her first break as an actress with the TV serial ‘Gaatha’ that aired on Star Plus.

• She also acted in some short films like ‘Ek Din Achanak’, ‘Cute Meets Love’, and ‘Love Story.’

• In 1999, she won the Screen Best Actress Award for her role of Sudha in the TV serial Saaya.

• In 2005, she along with her husband Rohit Roy participated in the dance reality show ‘Nach Baliye’ Season 1.

• In 2007, they launched the production house ‘MAGICWORKS!’, and produced a number of fiction shows, non-fiction shows, and art house films like ‘Pankh’, starring Bipasha Basu & Lillete Dubey.

• They also worked as executive producers for 3 short films like ‘Rice Plate’, ‘Gubbare’, and ‘Puranmaashi.’

• In 2012, she started writing blogs and her blogs are named as ‘This, That & the Other.’ Her blogs mostly published on the ‘The Quint’ and some of them also published by the DNA newspaper.

• She is an avid traveller and big foodie.