Sharmiela Mandre is a film actress and producer who predominantly works in Kannada cinema and she has also worked in a few films in Tamil & Telugu. Her aunt Sunanda Murali Manohar was a very well known producer who made films like Indian Summer, Jeans (film), Provoked, Jodi (1999 film), Dhaam Dhoom, Minnale - amongst others.
Sharmiela turned producer with the 2018 Tamil film Evanukku Engeyo Matcham Irukku. The actress gave quite a shocker earlier this year as she got injured in a car accident in April 2020. Now, Sharmiela shares an unfortunate news that she and family have contracted Novel coronavirus.
Sharing the news on her social media handles, the actress wrote, "Hi everybody , Me and a few of my family members have been tested positive for COVID-19 with mild symptoms and hence chosen to be in home isolation . I have quarantined myself and going through the prescribed treatment as per my doctor’s advice."
She also noted - "Never expected this, But ready to fight it! #killcoronatogether!"