She is the daughter and third child of veteran actor Krishna Ghattamaneni and Indira Devi. She has two brothers and two sisters. Her elder brother Ramesh Babu is also a film producer and her younger brother Mahesh Babu is a popular Telugu actor. Manjula is married to producer and actor Sanjay Swaroop. They have a daughter named Jhanavi. She is known to be good friends with her sister-in-law Namrata Shirodkar.
She began her career by doing a cameo as a terrorist in R. K. Selvamani's Rajasthan. She also acted as one of the female leads in the 1998 Malayalam film Summer in Bethlehem, starring Suresh Gopi and Jayaram. When Manjula began her career, she faced an unfavorable response from her father's fans as they did not want her to act.
In 2002, she produced and starred in the film Show. Directed by Neelakanta, the film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu.
Her second production venture was Naani (2004), directed by S.J. Suryaah. The movie starred her brother and actor Mahesh Babu. The movie failed to do well at the box office.[9][10] In 2006, she co-produced her third movie Pokiri, an action blockbuster with Puri Jagannath. The movie was a blockbuster hit and was the highest grossing movie in the Telugu film industry of the time.[11]
In 2009, she returned to acting with her next production venture Kavya's Diary.[1] In 2010, she along with her husband produced Ye Maaya Chesave, a romantic love story with Naga Chaitanya under Gautham Menon's direction.[12] The movie got critical acclaim and was declared a hit at the box office.[13] The same year, she also appeared in the movie Orange, alongside her husband Sanjay Swaroop.[14]
Year | Film | Director | Language | Notes |
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2002 | Show | Neelakanta | Telugu | National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu |
2004 | Naani | S.J. Suryaah | Telugu | |
2006 | Pokiri | Puri Jagannadh | Telugu | Nandi Award for Best Popular Feature Film |
2009 | Kavya's Diary | V. Karuna Prakash | Telugu | |
2010 | Ye Maaya Chesave | Gautham Menon | Telugu |
Year | Film | Role | Co-Starring | Notes |
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1998 | Summer in Bethlehem | Aparna | Suresh Gopi, Jayaram, Manju Warrier | Malayalam |
1999 | Rajasthan | Sarath Kumar, Vijayashanti | Tamil | |
2002 | Show | Ridhima | Surya | |
2009 | Kavya's Diary | Pooja | Charmy Kaur, Indrajith | |
2010 | Orange | Ram's Sister | Ram Charan Teja, Genelia D'Souza | |
2013 | Sevakudu | Krishna, Srikanth | [15] |
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