Ugramm Manju (Manjunath Gowda) is a famous Actor who primarily works in the Kannada film Industry. The audience loved his performance in the Dooradarshana film as Kitty in 2023. He got his major breakthrough in Bigg Boss Kannada season 11, a reality show which aired on Colors Kannada. He was born on 10 October 1985 in Chalaganahalli, Malur, Karnataka, India.
Real Name- Manjunath Gowda
Nickname- Manju
Profession- Actor
Why famous- for being the contestant in BB Kannada 11
As of early 2025, Ugramm Manju is 39 years old. He will turn 40 this October.
Early Life & Educational Qualifications
He was born and raised in Karnataka, India. When he was a child, he was fond of watching his father’s movies. From his childhood, he has been keen to learn and explore filmmaking. Later, it helped him to make his career in the film industry.
He completed his schooling at Vijaya High School located in Bengaluru. Then, at JSS Pre- Pre-University College Malur, he did his pre-university education. After that, he pursued his graduation from National College Jayanagar in Bengaluru.
Physical Appearance
Height – 5 feet 10 inches
Weight – 75 KG approx
Hair colour – Black
Ugramm Manju Height
Eye colour – Black
Skin Colour- Dusky
Body Type- Bulky & Healthy
Family & Marriage
His father, Ramegowda, was a theatre artist and acted in several mythological plays. His mother, Lalithamma, is a housewife. He has three sisters; the elder one lives in Australia, the older one is a sub-inspector, and the youngest one has a job.
Ugramm Manju Family
As of 2025, he is not married to anyone.
Career
He started his acting career with a breakthrough role in Ugramm, an action-packed Kannada film. His performance in this movie led to the adoption of “Ugramm” as a prefix to his name. After this movie, he featured in several roles across different genres such as Ricky (2016), Avadhi (2016), Kirik Party (2016), Bharate (2019), Dooradarshana (2023), Ronny: The Ruler Kannada (2024), Thalakona (2024) and many more.
Television Shows
Ugramm Manju became famous when he appeared as a contestant on Bigg Boss Kannada season 11 in 2024. This show was hosted by Kichcha Sudeep and featured 17 contestants from various fields. He was one of the popular personalities and, due to his fearless approach towards dealing with fights, gave himself lots of attention from housemates and viewers. During this show, he was evicted in the grand finale, finishing as the fourth runner-up. He promised to donate his prize money of ₹2,00,000 to needy people. But the show host, Sudeep gave him advice that you should give the money first to his father and mother.
Ugramm Manju in Bigg Boss Kannada 11
Ugramm Manju Movies
Ugramm (2014) – Kannada
Dheere (2015) – Kannada
Raaga (2017) – Kannada
Panchatantra (2018) – Kannada
Love in a Taxi (2019) – Kannada
Operation Alamelamma (2020) – Kannada
Jai Bhim (2021) – Kannada
Ninnindale (2022) – Kannada
Tootu Modike (2022) – Kannada
Drona (2023) – Kannada
Aggrasena (2023) – Kannada
Doordarshan (2023) – Kannada
Kabzaa (2023) – Kannada
Kalva (2024) – Kannada
Krishnappa (2024) – Kannada
Ronny: The Ruler (2024) – Kannada
Thalakona (2024) – Kannada
Rangasamudra (2024) – Kannada
Moorane Krishnappa (2024) – Kannada
Tenant (2024) – Kannada
Max (2024) – Kannada
Buddhivantha 2 (2025) – Kannada (Will be Released on 2 May 2025)
He won award at the Cultural phenomenon VEMANA IT’s inter-college fest VEMANOTSAV.
Ugramm Manju Award
Net worth
Unigram Manju Net Worth is believed to be between ₹10 to ₹15crores. He earned this fortune from his extensive career as an actor and as an action choreographer.
Controversies
Verbal argument with Rajath
In December 2024, he came into a heated argument with his fellow contestant Rajath. The argument got so intense that they almost fought physically. The show host Kiccha had warned to maintain peace in the house.
Disagreement with Shobha Shetty
He got into a disagreement with Shobha over her ability to be the captain of the house.He called her “ineligible,” which led to a big verbal fight in the house between them.
Trivia
He smokes cigarettes and consumes alcohol.
Unigram Manju Smoking Cigarette
He is fond of travelling and often shares his travel experience on social media.
His debut role in the movie “Ugramm” in 2014, gave him a widely success.
He loves to play action roles primarily in films, where he plays tough and intense characters.
Before entering into acting, he was a stunt coordinator.
As of 2025, his Instagram account is not available and may seem to be deactivated by him.
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