in meters– 1.68 square meters
in feet and inches– 5′ 5″
in pounds– 121 lbs

Film (Tamil; as an Actor): Chellamma (2004) as a hero

• 2004: Silver Trophy for Best Documentary at the Europe Movie Film Festival
• 2005: Best Actor and Best Experimental Video at the Independent Arts Film Festival
• 2005: Best Documentary Independent Diaspora Festival in Paris and Norway
• 2005: European Union Fellowship for Conflict Resolution in Media
• 2005: Retrospective, International Democratic Socialist Youth Film Festival, Venezuela
• 2006: International Jury at Asian Film Festival, Malaysia
• 2007: Jury Award for Best Cinema of the Resistance
• 2008: Golden Conch for Best International Documentary at Mumbai International Film Festival
• 2008: Visiting Scholar Fellowship, Berlinale
• 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 Tamil Literary Garden for Ulakin Azakia Muthal Pen
• 2011: Sirpi Literary Award for Contribution to Tamil Poetry
• 2011: Indian Panorama selection for Sengadal
• 2011: NAWFF Award for Best Asian Female Cinema (Tokyo) for the film Sengadali
• 2013: Lenin Award from Themis Studio
• 2014: Srishti Tamil Lambda Literary Award for his book Antarakanni
• 2015: L’Oreal Paris Femina Women’s Award
• University of York, Canada
• Master of Fine Arts in Filmmaking
I tremble at your baseless allegations. I have evidence to prove that your character is flawed. Because I didn’t give you a chance to work with me, that’s why you made these allegations.
• In 2022, Leena attracted controversy when the Delhi Police filed a case against her on a lawyer’s complaint regarding the controversial poster of her documentary film ‘Kaali’, which showed Devi smoking a cigarette. In an interview, the police officer said,
The complainant has attached an purported picture of Goddess Kali smoking a cigarette, posted by a verified Twitter handle of Leena Manimekalai. Prima facie, the material appears to be promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion and race and acting prejudicially to maintain harmony, which is likely to cause breach of public peace.

Mother– Ram A
