Born and brought up in Mumbai, Manasi finished her Bachelors in Mass Media from Wilson College, and decided to further her acting skills. Manasi has been creatively inclined since she was a young child, and got her break in Manav Kaul’s musical play, Aise Kehte Hain. She played the role of a young Sardar boy in this play and was noted for her performance. Her next performance was again in Manav Kaul’s, Bali aur Shambu, where she played the role of Titli. Though she has starred in several famous commercials, Manasi always wanted to return to proper acting roles and even starred in plays such as Rabindranath Tagore’s, Walking to the Sun, for which she earned a lot of critical acclaim.