Manivannan
Acting
Biography
S Manivannan Rajagopal or popularly known mononymously as Manivannan, was an Indian film actor and director. In a career spanning three decades, Manivannan went from being a story and dialogue writer for veteran director Bharathiraja from 1980–82 to a successful director who thrived in experimenting with different genres, before becoming an actor. With over 400 films to his name, Manivannan was one of the most experienced actors in the field and has directed exact 50 films.[4] Manivannan was mainly a supporting actor in films and often played the comedian or the villain's role. During his lifetime, he supported various political parties, including the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. He later became affiliated with the Naam Tamilar Katchi and had long supported its ideology of Sri Lankan Tamil nationalism.
Born: July 31, 1953
Place of Birth: Sulur, Tamil Nadu, India
Known For
Lovely
Lovely starring Karthik Muthuraman and Malavika. Mahadevan(Manivannan) is a man who hates the very mention of the word 'love' and staunchly believes that his daughter Nivedha(Malavika) could - and should - never fall in love. But Nivedha is already in love with Chandru(Karthik). With his father becoming a business partner of Mahadevan and the rest of his family becoming friends with Nivedha's family, Chandru finds it easy to infiltrate Nivedha's home. Once there, he tries to impress Mahadevan while trying to prevent Mahadevan's friend from revealing his true identity as Nivedha's lover.
Sadhu Miranda
The movie starts of with a robbery of 20 crores in Pondicherry DID Bank where a college girl is killed by one of the thieves. The same night as the robbery, the manager of the bank (Manivannan) commits suicide.After this the story opens up in Chennai where Shiva Sundaram (Prasanna) a visible foolish person comes in search of David Raj (Manoj K. Jayan) where he saves a girl from being raped by one of David Raj's men.
Piriyadha Varam Vendum
Sanjay (Prashanth) and Nithi (Shalini) are best friends right from their childhood days. They are neighbours, have grown up together, attend the same college and spend every minute of their waking hours together. Both have their admirers in college with Sneha (Jomol) wooing Sanjay and Praveen (Krishna) revealing his love for Nithi. Nithi's week-long trip to Bangalore, along with some prodding by his housemaid, makes Sanjay realise how much he misses Nithi and that he is in love with her. But respect for their friendship and her makes him hide his feelings. Meanwhile, Nithi accepts Praveen's proposal and things quickly move towards their marriage. But when things come together Nithi realises that she cannot stay without Sanjay and at that time he reveals that he too loves her.
Sangamam
Sangamam is a 1999 Tamil film directed by Suresh Krishna. The film stars Rahman, Vindhya, Manivannan and Vijayakumar in lead roles.
Kadhalar Dhinam
Two college students, the slum child Raja and the dean's daughter Roja, chat with each other over the Internet and fall in love. However, Roja is engaged and Raja cannot bear to disrespect her father, to whom he owes his livelihood.
New
An 8-year-old boy runs away from home and meets a scientist, who transforms him into a young man of 28, although mentally, he remains a child.
Rhythm
Karthikeyan, a photo editor in Mumbai, is a widower whose parents wish to see him settled and happy. Chitra, a widow with a son, gives them hope, unaware that their pasts are intertwined.
Padayappa
Padayappa, a mechanical engineer whose father gives up his property to his foster brother, and then dies of shock soon after. Neelambari initially loves Padayappa, but plans to humiliate him after his family humiliates her father. The rest of the plot deals with Padayappa overcoming all the obstacles placed by Neelambari.
Kadhal Kottai
Kamali loses her bag in the railway station. Later, her bag is sent to her home, along with a letter from Surya, who found it. Kamali and Surya send letters to each other and soon fall in love.
Thulladha Manamum Thullum
A struggling singer feels guilty about a girl losing her eyesight; to meet the cost of her eye transplant surgery, he offers his kidney to a rich man.
Filmography
as Auto Driver
as Manimaran
as Kamaraj
as Rathnavelu
as Ashram Staff
as Mayandi
as Veeramani
as Manickavel
as Village Chief
as Singamuthu
as Jeevan's grandfather
as Arumugam
as Chellappa
as Sathyamoorthy's Father
as Exhibition Grounds Owner
as Mokkayam
as Mani
as Govindan
as Kaasi
as Valli's Husband
as Kabuliwala
as Special Appearance
as Mani
as Scientist 'Science'
as Preeti's Father (Tamil version)
as Peter
as Sathya's father
as Madhavan's father
as Professor
as Ajmal
as Mani Gounder
as Sandhya's father
as Smuggling boss
as Narayanan
as Varadaraja Perumal
as Rajasekhar
as Irulaandi
as Nellai Amaran
as Mahadevan
as Sivaji
as Mannangatti
as Subramani
as Ramasamy
as Karthik's colleague
as Sivagnanam
as CD Shop Owner
as Mani
as Mayakrishnan
as Mani
as Madana Gopal
as Aavudapillai
as the man talking with Raja in railway station
as Ramalingam
as Mani
as Vishwa's father
as Gopalakrishnan Gounder
as Varadarajan
as Velayudham
as Mani
as Manian Gounder
as Ashok
as Nizam Bhai
as Chinnarasu's Friend
as Mani, Balu's father
as Tiruchitrambalam
as Mudaliyar
as Rishi's father
as Kaliyaperumal
as Viswanathan / Kasinathan
as Kumarasamy
as Minister Kuppusamy
as Periyavar
as ex-MLA Manimaran
as GD