Manisha Koirala born 16 August 1971) is a Nepalese actress who works in Indian movies, predominantly in Hindi and Tamil. Known for her work in both commercial and free cinema, she is the recipient of several awards, including three Filmfare Awards and one Filmfare Awards South. In 2001, the Government of Nepal awarded her with the Order of Gorkha Dakshina Bahu.
Born |
16 August 1971 (age 53) |
Place of Birth |
Biratnagar, Nepal |
Years Active |
1989–present |
Spouse |
Samrat Dahal (m. 2010; div. 2012) |
Relatives |
See Koirala family |
Born to the politically noticeable Koirala family, she is the girl of Prakash Koirala and granddaughter of Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala, previous Prime Serve of Nepal. Koirala made her acting debut with the Nepali film Pheri Bhetaula (1989), and went on to include in the Hindi drama Saudagar (1991). Taking after a setback, she built up herself as a driving actress with the Tamil-language romantic drama Bombay (1995). She had assist commercial victories in Agni Sakshi (1996), Indian (1996), Gupt: The Covered up Truth (1997), Kachche Dhaage (1999), Mudhalvan (1999), Company (2002) and Ek Chhotisi Adore Story (2002).
Koirala too gotten basic acknowledgment for playing a credulous young lady in 1942: A Cherish Story (1994), an yearning spouse in Akele Murmur Akele Tum (1995), the girl of deaf-mute guardians in Khamoshi: The Melodic (1996), a psychological militant in Dil Se.. (1998), a abused lady in Lajja (2001), and creator Sushmita Banerjee in Elude From Taliban (2003). Post-2003, Koirala started to work with autonomous film producers in art-house ventures and in territorial dialect movies. Her exhibitions in the show Tulsi (2008), the Malayalam mental dramatization Elektra (2010), the compilation I Am (2010) and the Tamil sentimental comedy Mappillai (2011), were lauded. She took a break from acting after being analyzed with ovarian cancer in 2012 and returned five a long time afterward with the coming-of-age show Expensive Maya (2017). The taking after year, she included in the Netflix generation Desire Stories and depicted Nargis in Sanju. She has since featured in the period dramatization arrangement Heeramandi (2024).
In expansion to acting in movies, Koirala was named as the Goodwill Envoy for the Joined together Countries Populace Finance in 1999 for India and 2015 for Nepal, and was included in the help works after the April 2015 Nepal seismic tremor. She advances causes such as women's rights, anticipation of viciousness against ladies, avoidance of human trafficking and cancer mindfulness, contributing as an creator to the novel Recuperated: an account of her battle with ovarian cancer.
Life and career
Manisha Koirala was born on 16 Eminent 1971 into the politically noticeable Koirala family, in Biratnagar, Nepal. Her father, Prakash Koirala, is a lawmaker, previous Cabinet serve and a previous part of Nepal’s House of Agents, whereas her mother, Sushma Koirala, is a homemaker. She has one brother, Siddharth Koirala, who is a previous Bollywood actor. A few individuals of her family went on to gotten to be lawmakers; her granddad, Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala, was the Prime Serve of Nepal amid the late 1950s to the early 1960s, as were two of her great-uncles, Girija Prasad Koirala and Matrika Prasad Koirala. Koirala went through her early life in India, and she remained in Varanasi at her maternal grandmother's domestic for a few a long time and afterward in Delhi and Mumbai.
While at domestic in Varanasi, she gone to the Vasant Kanya Mahavidyalaya until Lesson X. Amid a break after her board exams, Koirala made her acting make a big appearance in 1989 with the Nepali film Pheri Bhetaula as an experiment. Trying to ended up a specialist, she moved to Delhi and examined at the Armed force Open School (APS) of the Dhaula Kuan, Unused Delhi campus. In an meet, she said that living on her possess in Delhi made a difference her gotten to be "solid and independent. In Delhi, Koirala took on a few modeling assignments, but afterward moved her center toward acting. One of these was for a fleece company. Decided to seek after a career in acting, Koirala moved to Mumbai for film roles.
She taken after this with her Hindi film make a big appearance in Subhash Ghai's directorial Saudagar two a long time afterward, which developed as a commercial success. Agreeing to Sukanya Verma of Rediff.com, "Critics saw sparkles in Manisha, indeed as she was always alluded to as Madhuri Dixit's lookalike". Yalgaar (1992), did well at the box-office and was classified as a hit. Be that as it may, this was trailed by a arrangement of movies that performed ineffectively at the box office, counting To begin with Cherish Letter (1991), Anmol and Dhanwan (both 1993), which driven to Koirala being labeled "a curse" by producers. Koirala is as often as possible cited as one of the most wonderful on-screen character of Bollywood. She is credited for such parts as 1942 A Adore Story, Akele Murmur Akele Tum, Bombay, Agnisakshi, Khamoshi, Gupt, Dil Se and Company.