Priya Mani Raj, professionally known as Priyamani, is loved for her works in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi and Kannada cinema. The 40-year-old actress is the recipient of several awards, including a National Film Award and three Filmfare Awards South. She is best loved for her role in the thriller series The Family Man, co-starring Manoj Bajpayee.
The actress played the character of Bajpayee’s wife, Suchritra Tiwari, in the drama that lasted two seasons. Although Priyamani enjoys a huge fandom for her versatile acting skills, she faced much social media wrath for her personal life. Ever since the reports about her dating her longtime boyfriend, Mustafa Raj, surfaced on social media, they faced significant backlash.
Post their engagement in 2016, the actress also had to face trolls who attacked the couple’s yet-to-be born children. She opened up about the ordeal in an interview with Filmfare. During her conversation, Priyamani recalled how her excitement about posting a joint message on Facebook with Mustafa Raj announcing their engagement turned into a controversy.
She said, “People were texting me, saying, ‘Jihad, Muslim, your kids are going to be terrorists’.” She confessed how the experience took a toll on her. “It’s disheartening.
Why target a single inter-caste couple? There are many top actors who have married outside their caste or religion. Not necessarily, they imbibed or adopted that religion. They just fell in love with someone irrespective of the.