Born as Priya Vasudev Mani Iyer in Bengaluru, Karnataka, on June 4, 1984, Priyamani has made a special place in the Indian cinema sphere due to her natural charm and acting versatility. Standing about 5 feet 6 inches tall, she mesmerizes people across Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, and Hindi movies for more than two decades.
At an age of forty-one years as of 2025, Priyamani still stands bright in the spotlight, both on and off the screen. With 2003 marking the beginning of her film journey in a Telugu film, it was really the dead-on performance of Priyamani in Paruthiveeran (2007) that caught everyone’s attention and ever since she has taken up a broad range of roles with quite some intense and quite a few light-hearted ones just to show how deftly she could do different roles. Movies which followed like Raavanan and Chaarulatha, all the way to much later on with Jawan and Article 370, have only added to her impressive portfolio.
She found husband Mustafa Raj, whom she married in 2017 and has given some glimpses of life off-camera to her fans while keeping the rest in private. Nonetheless, she maintains quite strict privacy about her own life outside the glitz of the movies.
For the most part, Priyamani has had a great career when it comes to how good she has capitalized on it. She is believed to pull in anywhere from ₹50-₹1 crore for any film she does. Smarts in picking roles of high publicity and endorsements and her ventures into production complete the full circle to get the bulk of her riches in 2025, roughly ₹60 crore.
Her single-minded dedication to the art of acting is also reflective of her simplicity. She is unfazed by the success and fame she has had so far and is very rooted with an ability to inspire many through her life history. Acting is hence not an on-and-off profession for this actress but rather an outflowing vibe of realness and warmth that only makes her loved and cherished by the masses.
