Manali Dey

Manali Dey (sometimes Manali De and Manali Manisha Dey^[1]) is an Indian television actress. She made her acting debut in the Bengali film Kali Aamar Maa in 1999. Later she made her television debut in the television serial Neer Bhanga Jhor and is very popular for her role as Mouri in Star Jalsha's Bou Kotha Kao.

Manali Dey
Born	Picnic Garden, Kolkata
Nationality	Indian
Other names	Manali Manisha Dey
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2007–present
Known for	Gotro, Praktan, Bou Kotha Kao, Dhulokona etc.
Spouses	Saptak Bhattacharjee ​ ​ (m. 2012; div. 2016)​ Abhimanyu Mukherjee ​ (m. 2020)​

Biography

Manali spent her childhood in Picnic Garden, Kolkata. However, later she moved from there. She is the only child of her parents Nitai Dey and Manisha Dey. She completed her Secondary exams from Oxford House, Ballygunge, Kolkata. In the meantime, she had already started her acting career and became extremely busy. This made her unable to continue her study in the regular mode and so, she was admitted to Amrit Academy, Kankurgachi, which is a private open-board school. From here, she completed her higher secondary examination. She got her dancing lessons from her mother and Madhumita Roy. At this time, she was having a very tough schedule managing her education as well as career. Later, on 29 November 2012, Manali married singer Saptak Bhattacharjee. The couple have divorced.

Career

Manali made her acting debut in the Bengali film Kali Aamar Maa in 1999 where she played the role of a child. After this, she became very interested in acting and made it her aim of life. She made her first breakthrough as a model for the Bengali magazine Unish-Kuri, while carrying on her school life. After making some few photos for the magazine, Manali got a call from Ravi Ojha's production house for working in Bengali television. Later on, she was cast in the Bengali television serial Neer Bhanga Jhor, which was aired on STAR Jalsha. Since then, she had been cast in a number of Bengali films and television serials.^[2]

Political career

In February 2021, just before the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, she joined All India Trinamool Congress in presence of Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee.^[3]

Filmography

Manali has acted in several Bengali films since 1999.^{[citation needed]}

Year	Film	Role	Director	Notes
1999	Kali Aamar Maa		Shantilal Soni	Child artist[4]
2009	Rajdrohi		Tapan Banerjee
2010	Achin Pakhi	Pakhi	Anjan Das	[5]
2010	Sthaniyo Sangbad		Arjun Gourisaria, Moinak Biswas
2016	Praktan	Ajay's wife	Nandita Roy, Shiboprosad Mukherjee	[6]
2017	Nimki Fulki	Nimki	Abhimanyu Mukherjee	[7]
2018	Adventures of Jojo	Jojo's maternal aunt	Raj Chakraborty
2018	Purnimar Chand	Purnima	Rabin Das
2018	Aalor Sathi	Aalo	Raaj Mukherjee
2019	Gotro	Jhuma	Nandita Roy, Shiboprosad Mukherjee	[4]
2020	Nimki Fulki 2	Nimki	Abhimanyu Mukherjee	[7]
2021	Lockdown	Anuradha	Abhimanyu Mukherjee	[8]

Television

Manali has also acted in a number of Bengali television serials. She has given a dance performance in Mahisasuramardini, Colors Bangla Mahalaya 2015 played the role of Devi Shakambari in 12 Mashe 12 Rupe Debibaran, Zee Bangla Mahalaya 2019 played the Role of Devi Shokrohita in Zee Bangla Mahalaya 2023

Year	Serial	Role	Channel	Notes
2008–2009	Neer Bhanga Jhor		Star Jalsha	Side role[4]
	Mohona		Zee Bangla
2009–2012	Bou Kotha Kao	Mayurakshi (Mouri)	Star Jalsha	Lead role[9]
2012	Checkmate	Gouri		Episodic Role
2013–2014	Sokhi	Ishani		Lead role[10]
2015–2016	Bhule Jeona Please	Nidhi	Colors Bangla
2016	Mahanayak	Nibedita Roy	Star Jalsha	Supporting role[11]
	Bhootu	Mouli	Zee Bangla
2017	Jai Kali Kalkattawali	Manjari	Star Jalsha	Special appearance
2018	Jamai Raja	Paromita	Zee Bangla	Episodic role
2018–2020	Nokshi Kantha	Shabnam & Aparajita		Lead role[12]
2021–2022	Dhulokona	Phuljhuri	Star Jalsha
2023–2024	Kar Kachhe Koi Moner Kotha	Shimul	Zee Bangla
2025–Present	Duggamoni o Baghmama

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Character	Film/TV show
2011	Star Jalsha Parivaar Awards 2011	Priyo Bou	Mouri	Bou Kotha Kao
		Priyo Juti (with Riju)	Mouri-Nikhil
2012	Star Jalsha Parivaar Award 2012	Priyo Bou	Mouri
2019	Telly Academy Award 2019	Priyo Nayika	Shabnam	Nokshi Kantha
2020	Zee Bangla Sonar Sansar Award 2020
2024	Zee Bangla Sonar Sansar Award 2024	Priyo Bouma	Shimul	Kar Kachhe Koi Moner Kotha
	Tolly Cine Somman 2024	Best Actor (Female)

See also

• Ritabhari Chakraborty
• Mimi Chakraborty
• Sampurna Lahiri
• Parno Mittra
• Ridhima Ghosh
• Surjit Saha
• Tina Dutta

References

1. "What prompted Chitrangada to take on her mother's name?". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021. (In More power to you, girl: Manali Manisha Dey; Manali quotes "I had made my mother’s name my middle name after her demise three years back because I wanted her to be with me as long as I live. It’s a way of carrying her memories along with me.")
2. "Manali Dey biography". Archived from the original on 20 March 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
3. "Manali Dey, Kanchan Mullick, Manoj Tiwary and other famous personalities join TMC". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 25 February 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
4. Anand, Akriti (26 August 2019). "Gotro: Actress Manali Dey Opens About Her New Friend Nigel Akkara". spotboye.com. 9X Media. SpotboyE. Archived from the original on 19 May 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
5. "Achin Pakhi Movie Review {3/5}: Critic Review of Achin Pakhi by Times of India". The Times of India. 20 May 2016.
6. "Prosenjit, Rituparna Sengupta begin shooting after 14 years". Hindustan Times. 4 November 2015. Archived from the original on 19 May 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
7. "দুই বোনের গপ্পো". anandabazar.com (in Bengali). Anandabazar Patrika. 29 March 2017. Archived from the original on 19 May 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
8. Bose, Priyanka (4 September 2021). "'লকডাউন'-এ অন্তঃসত্ত্বা মানালি! আগলে রাখছেন ওম". Hindustan Times Bangla (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
9. "Manali Manisha Dey and Riju Biswas starrer 'Bou Kotha Kao' to entertain the audience once again". The Times of India. 15 April 2020. Archived from the original on 19 May 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
10. "Bengali serial on acid attack is set to hit the TV screen - Times of India". The Times of India. 10 April 2018. Archived from the original on 19 May 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
11. "Manali has her hands full - Times of India". The Times of India. 2 June 2018. Archived from the original on 20 May 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
12. "Manali Manisha Dey is happy playing Shabnam in 'Nakshi Kantha'". The Times of India. 7 January 2019. Archived from the original on 20 May 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.