Nithya Menen's role in Mission Mangal was initially offered to Manju Warrier?

Nithya Menen is an Indian actor who predominantly appears in South Indian cinema. She has done movies in various langus including Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Hindi. Nithya Menen made her Hindi film debut with blockbuster film Mission Mangal alongside Akshay Kumar in 2019. Nitya essayed role of Varsha Pillai, a satellite engineer in film. However, many people do t kw that role was initially supposed to be played by Manju Warrier. Read more on Nitya Menen's trivia.

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Nithya Menen's role was supposed to be played by Manju Warrier?

According to Onlookers Media, Mission Mangal’s director Jagan Shakti wanted to cast female actors from all around country when he wrote script. He had Mohanlal and Sridevi in mind for lead roles which eventually went to Akshay Kumar and Vidya Balan. Similarly, Manju Warrier was first choice for character played by Nitya Menan. According to Kerala Kaumudi, he wanted best actors from around country and he initially planned to rope in Manju Warrier from Malayalam cinema for particular role. Shakti said he had witnessed Nithya Menen's performances over time in South Indian films and was impressed by her work in several langus. When his plans to cast  Manju Warrier did t materialize, he went on to offer  role to Nithya Menen.

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Kw about Nithya Menen's Movies

Nithya Menen started her acting career by playing a supporting role in Kannada film 7 O'Clock in 2006. She n made her debut in a leading role in Malayalam film Akasha Gopuram in 2008. She started to gain recognition for her role in Telugu romance film Ishq with Nitin Reddy. She received CineMAA Awards for Best Actress(jury) and Best Actress mination at same event for this film. Menen is a recipient of three Filmfare Awards for Telugu films Gunde Jaati Gallanthayyinde, Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju, and Tamil film Mersal. She was last seen in web series Brea: Into Shadows alongside Amitabh Bachchan. On work front, she will be next seen in film eni helmed by Ani Sani and cast includes Ashok Selvan and Ritu Kumar.

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