Manjula was initially set to make her acting debut in a film co-starring actor M. Manjula is a meditator and has been pursuing meditation for 20 years. She is known to be good friends with her sister-in-law Namrata Shirodkar. Manjula is married to producer and actor Sanjay Swarup. Her elder brother Ramesh Babu was also a film producer and her younger brother Mahesh Babu is a popular Telugu actor. She is the second daughter and third child of veteran actor Krishna and his first wife Indira Devi.
She owns a film production company called Indira Productions, named after her mother. The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu and National Film Award for Best Screenplay for that year. She found fame by starring and producing in the 2002 film Show. Born to prominent Telugu actor Krishna, she began her acting career by doing a cameo role in the 1999 film Rajasthan and went on to act as a supporting actor in the Malayalam film Summer in Bethlehem.
Manjula Swarup ( née Ghattamaneni born 8 November 1970 ) is an Indian film producer and actress known for her work in Telugu Cinema.
