# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mannu-bhandari
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:40:59.384Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mannu-bhandari"
name: "Mannu Bhandari"
slug: "mannu-bhandari"
description: "Mannu Bhandari was an Indian author, screenplay writer, teacher, and playwright. Primarily known for her two Hindi novels, Aap Ka Bunty and Mahabhoj (Feast), Bhandari also wrote over 150 short stories, several other novels, screenplays for television and film, and adaptations for theatre. She was a pioneer of the Nayi Kahani movement in Hindi literature, which focused on the aspirations of the emerging Indian middle class, and her work is notable for its depiction of the inner lives of middle-class working and educated women. Her work tackles themes of family, relationships, gender equality, and caste discrimination in India."
tagline: "Indian writer (1931–2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Manu_Bhandari_bharat-s-tiwari-photography-IMG_7163_December_27%2C_2015.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1931-04-03"
deathDate: "2021-11-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump