Priyamani

Some Lesser Known Facts About Priyamani

• Priyamani was born into a modest family in Bengaluru.

  

• She is the granddaughter of the famous Carnatic Vocalist, Kamala Kailas.

• Priya grew up playing Cricket and Hide & Seek with boys as there were no girls of her age in her society.

• Along with sports, she was also good at dance in her school days and actively took part in the extracurricular activities.

• Mani started modelling for brands like Kancheepuram silks, Erode silks and Lakshmi silks when she was in school.

• Initially, she took up modelling only to earn a little pocket money for herself and never thought of becoming an actress.

• After she passed her 12th standard, the Tamil Film Director, Bharathiraja, introduced her to the Tamil film industry. She played a small role in the Tamil Film “Ullam.”

• She started her acting career in 2003 with the Telugu film “Evare Atagaadu.”

• In 2006, Priya featured in the Telugu Film “Pellaina Kothalo,” which was a super hit and bagged her 3 films.

• Her breakthrough in the Tamil Film Industry was with the film “Paruthiveeran” in which she played the role of ‘Muthazhagu.’

• Some of her popular films include “Yamadonga,” “Malaikottai,” “Thirakkatha,” and “Arumugam.”

• In 2013, Priya made a special appearance in the song ‘1 2 3 4 Get on the Dance Floor’ from the Bollywood film “Chennai Express.”

  

• Apart from acting, Priya has appeared as a judge on many dance reality shows like “D 4 Dance” (2014), “D2 – D 4 Dance” (2015), “Dancing Star 2” (2015), “Kings of Dance” (2016), “D3 – D 4 Dance” (2016), and “Dancing Star 3” (2016).

  

• In 2019, she starred in Amazon Prime’s web series “The Family Man.”

  

• Priya has featured on the covers of many magazines like “Wedding Life Magazine,” “Just For Women Magazine, “FWD Magazine,” and “Grihalakshmi Magazine.”

  

• She has even walked the ramps for various fashion designers.

  

• She has worked in different languages like Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada.

• She is passionate about animals and often shares her pictures with them on her social media accounts.

  

• She is fluent in Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, English, Telugu, and Kannada.

• Priya is the second cousin of the Bollywood actress, Vidya Balan.

  

• Initially, her parents reluctant about letting her daughter become an actress, but it was her grandmother who supported her and pushed her to pursue acting as her career.

• She met her husband, Mustafa Raj, for the first time during the cricket tournament, CCL (Celebrity Cricket League). At that time, she was the brand ambassador of CCL and Mustafa was taking care of the logistics.

• Priyamani is a fitness enthusiast. She includes various forms of workouts in her routine which includes yoga. Her mornings begin with a glass of kadha, followed by three dried amlas and a mix of dry fruits. Thrice a week, she enjoys muesli for breakfast, and before going to bed, she consumes cinnamon water.