Actress
Leena Manimekalai Wiki, Biography, Age, Family, Movies, Images
Leena Manimekalai is an Indian filmmaker, poet, and actor. She mostly worked on short films and documentaries. Leena is also a poet and released lots of poems in different languages. She is an LGBTQ enthusiast. Leena recently became an internet sensation after she released the poster of her latest documentary. In that poster, Maa Kaali is shown smoking a cigarette which made the social media users furious and they accused her of insulting the Hindu religious sentiment. And it also shows Kaali carrying the pride flag of the LGBTQ community in one hand.
News: Leena Manimekalai posted on social media that, she got death threats from director Susi Ganesan. Based on the investigation reports, it was found to be slander and false accusation.
Biography
Name | Leena Manimekalai |
Real Name | Leena Manimekalai |
Nickname | Leena, Karuvaachi |
Profession | Actor, Director, Poet |
Date of Birth | Yet to be updated |
Age | Yet to be updated |
Zodiac sign | Yet to be updated |
Family | Father: Yet to be updated Mother: Yet to be updated |
Marital Status | Unmarried |
Affairs/Boyfriends | Yet to be updated |
Husband | Yet to be updated |
Children | Yet to be updated |
Religion | Hindu |
Educational Qualification | B.E. Graduate in Instrumentation and Control Master of Fine Arts(Film) Visual Ethnography Media and Conflict Resolution Artist in Residence |
School | Holy Cross Convent, Tamil Nadu |
College | Madurai Kamarajar University, Maduri GFAD Fellow at York University SOAS University of London Thomson Media Foundation, Cardiff, UK at EU Fellowship The University of Chicago |
Hobbies | Listening to music, Singing, Dancing, Writing |
Birth Place | Srivilliputtur, Tamil Nadu, India |
Hometown | Srivilliputtur, Tamil Nadu, India |
Current City | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Nationality | Indian, Canadian |
Social Media Profiles
Interesting Facts
- Leena has more than 9,000 followers (as of July 2022).
- Her latest documentary Kaali was launched at the Canada film festival (Rhythms of Canada).
Filmography
Director
Year | Title | Duration | Category |
---|---|---|---|
2003 | Mathamma | 20 mins | Documentary |
2004 | Parai | 45 mins | Documentary |
2004 | Break the Shackles | 50 mins | Documentary |
2004 | Love Lost | 5 mins | Video Poem |
2005 | Connecting Lines | 35 minutes | Documentary |
2005 | Altar | 50 minutes | Documentary |
2006 | Waves After Waves | 60 minutes | Documentary |
2007 | A Hole in the Bucket | 30 minutes | Documentary |
2008 | Goddesses | 42 minutes | Documentary |
2011 | Sengadal | 100 minutes | Feature Fiction |
2012 | My Mirror is the Door | 52 minutes | Video Poem |
2012 | Ballad of Resistance | 42 Minutes | Video Portrait |
2013 | White Van Stories | 70 minutes | Documentary |
2017 | Is it too much to Ask | 28 minutes | Documentary |
2021 | Maadathy | Feature film |
Actor
Year | Title | Role | Director | Length | Category |
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2004 | Chellamma | Protagonist | Sivakumar | 90 mins | Feature fiction |
2005 | Love Lost | Protagonist | Leena Manimekalai | 5 mins | Video Poem |
2004 | The White Cat | Female Protagonist | Sivakumar | 10 mins | Short Fiction |
2011 | Sengadal the Dead Sea | Female Protagonist | Leena Manimekalai | 102 mins | Feature Fiction |
Publications
Poem Collections
Year | Original Title | English Title |
---|---|---|
2003 | Ottrailaiyena | As a Lone Leaf |
2009 | Ulakin Azhakiya Muthal Penn | The First Beautiful Woman in the World |
2011 | Parathaiyarul Raani | Queen of Sluts |
2012 | Antharakanni | – |
2016 | Chichili | – |
Awards And Achievements
- 2004 – Retro – Ethnographic Montages, Chicago Women in Director’s Chair International Film Festival
- 2004 – Silver Trophy for the Best Documentary in Europe Movies Film Festival
- 2005 – Best Actor and Best Experimental Video in Independent Art Film Festival
- 2005 – Best Documentary in Paris and Norway Independent Diaspora Festivals
- 2005 – European Union Fellowship for Conflict Resolution in Media
- 2005 – Retrospective, International Democratic Socialist Youth Film Festival, Venezuela
- 2006 – International Jury in Asian Film Festival, Malaysia
- 2007 – Jury Award for best Cinema of Resistance – John Abraham National Award
- 2008 – Golden Conch for Best international Documentary in Mumbai International Film Festival
- 2008 – Visting Scholar Fellowship, Berlinale
- 2008 – Nominations to Horizon Award, Munich International Film Festival
- 2008 – One Billion Eyes National Award – Best Documentary
- 2008 – Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan, Bird’s Eye view film Festival, London
- 2008 – Iyal Best Poetry Award from the Tamil Literary Garden for Ulkain Azhakiya Muthal Penn
- 2011 – Sirpi Literary Award for the contribution to Tamil Poetry
- 2011 – Indian Panorama Selections for Sengadal
- 2011 – NAWFF Award for Best Asian Women Cinema (Tokyo) – Sengadal
- 2012 – As Jury, International Women Film Festival, Seoul.
- 2013 – Lenin Award from Thamizh Studio (instituted in the name of film editor B. Lenin) who highlights social issues.
- 2014 – Srishti Tamil Lambda Literary Award for her book “Antharakanni” conferred by Bracha Ettinger and Anjali Gopalan Advisory Board of Srishti Madurai
- 2015 – L’Oreal Paris Femina Women Awards 2015
Images
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