Manjari Phadnis was born in Mumbai, but grew-up in Pune. She had played various types of roles in various films belonging to different dialects such as Tamil, Bengali, Hindi and Kannada. Manjari belongs to a family where no one is attached to the film industry. Her father used to work in the Indian Army and hence she had to travel a lot throughout the country because of her father’s transferable job. she has not expected to be associated with the film industry, however she debuted into Bollywood in 2004. She is best known for her performance in the 2008 Hindi film Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na.