Overview

• Saiee Manjrekar says Mahesh Manjrekar made clear he would not arrange meetings or make calls on her behalf when she chose acting.
• She explains that guidance pushed her to face rejection, audition with strangers, wait in lines, and value opportunities won on merit.
• She credits her father with teaching discipline, humility, and respect for both the craft and colleagues on and off set.
• Her career spans a brief 2012 Marathi debut, a lead in Dabangg 3 (2019), the 2020 song video Manjha, Telugu debut Ghani (reported as a commercial failure), and roles in Major and Kuch Khattaa Ho Jaay.
• She was most recently seen in the Telugu film Arjun S/o Vyjayanthi, which released this year, and she has not announced her next project.