Manasi Sudhir

Manasi Sudhir is an Indian film actress who is predominantly known for her work in the Kannada movie industry. Born in Udupi, a city in Karnataka, Manasi is quite fond of acting, dance, and music. Manasi’s father wanted her to take arts along with her studies, and Manasi says that acting was something that she had never thought. It happened to her by accident. One of her father’s friend suggested her to start singing, and then he encouraged her to try for movies because he felt that she had a very expressive face. Manasi has worked in several films, including Shankara Punyakoti, Ramya Chaitrakala, and Banaadi. Manasi has also won accolades for her acting in a Tulu film named Kancheelda Bale. She has even worked in the TV serials like Mahabharata, Guru Raghavendra Vaibhava Guru Raghavendra Vaibhava is a devotional series w >> Read More... , Anthapura, and Seethe. Most of these serials are based on mythologies. Her short film, Neralu, has received the award for the Best Film at the Bangalore International Short Film Festival. She has even received the State Award for the best children’s film.

Manasi is also known for her role in ‘ Ammana Mane Click to look into! >> Read More... ,’ which released in 2019. This film was directed by Nikhil Manjoo Lingaiah and had Raganna in the lead role. In this movie, Manasi played the role of the protagonist’s wife. This movie was all about a mother’s love and how affectionate and pure it is. It highlighted the importance of loving someone and reciprocating the love back. Apart from this, Manasi has also been a part of multiple songs like Commingo Commingo, Banadi Banadi, Yaallido Nammappa, Henda Hedthi Kannad Padagal, etc. 

In 2020, during the lockdown phase, Manasi grabbed the attention of social media fans with her wonderful dance and music compositions. With the music composed by her Guru, Gururaj Marpalli, Manasi sang songs penned by the famous Kannada litterateurs. She impressed music lovers with her song on Lord Ganesha in Kannada Alphabets. She is active on social media and makes all her new experiments public by posting them on her social media pages. Manasi and her husband Sudhir Rao Kodavoor, a famous Bharatnatyam artist, run a Bharatanatyam School named Nrityaniketana Kodavoor.
Manasi, whose popularity was limited only in Karnataka, spread nationwide after the release of “Kantara,” directed by Rishab Shetty Rishab Shetty is a Kannada film actor and director >> Read More... in 2022. In this action thriller film directed and performed by Rishab, she played the role of Shiva’s mother, Kamala. Rishab played her son, Kadubettu Shiva. The film, which was made on a budget of Rs 16 crores by Hombale Films, collected more than Rs 400 crores in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Hindi versions and became a pan-Indian hit. The critics and the audience much appreciated Manasi’s performance. Her dialogue delivery and body language were highly lauded and took her to the next level in her career.