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Manoj Bharathiraja
Indian actor
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Born | Manoj Kumar () 11 September (age48) Kambam, Tamil Nadu, India |
Othernames | Manoj Bharathiraja |
Occupation(s) | Film actor, Film director |
Yearsactive | – –present |
Spouse | Nandana (m.) |
Children | 2 |
Parent(s) | Bharathiraja Chandraleela |
Manoj K.
Bharathi (born 11 September as Manoj Bharathiraja) is an Indian actor and film director who works in Tamil cinema. He is most noted as the son of director Bharathiraja. Manoj made his acting debut with Taj Mahal in He has been part of films like Samudhiram (), Kadal Pookkal (), Alli Arjuna (), Varushamellam Vasantham (), Eera Nilam (), Annakodi () and Baby ().
Before becoming an actor in the Tamil film industry, Manoj worked as an assistant director. He worked as an assistant to his father in films such as Final Cut of Director ().
Dilip kumar biography Manoj Kumar was born in Brahmin family. When he was 10 years old, his family left Abbottabad, Pakistan and migrated to Delhi. When he came to India due to the partition, his family lived as refugees in Vijay Nagar, Kingsway Camp and later moved to Old Rajendra Nagar area of New Delhi.Career
Before becoming an actor in the Tamil film industry, Manoj worked as an assistant actor. He studied theatre arts at the University of South Florida.[1]
He made his acting debut in the Tamil film Taj Mahal, directed by his father, with himself alongside Riya Sen, who was making her debut as well.
The film became a box office failure, although the soundtrack and background score of the film composed by A. R. Rahman was well received by critics as well as audience. Subsequently, Manoj appeared in films such as Samuthiram, alongside Sarath Kumar and Murali and in Kadal Pookkal, directed by his father, sharing screen space with Murali once again.
The latter became a box office failure, But received much critical acclaim for which Bharathiraja was awarded the National Film Award for Best Screenplay. He then enacted the lead role in Saran's Alli Arjuna, alongside Richa Pallod, before starring in the low budget productions Varushamellam Vasantham and Pallavan, which failed to achieve commercial success.
Later, he starred in Sathyaraj'sMaha Nadigan in a cameo role and did a negative role in the unreleased Telugu film Lemon.[2]
He worked as an assistant to his father in films such as Final Cut of Director and noted filmmaker Mani Ratnam in Bombay. From til , he worked as an assistant to director S.
Shankar in his magnum opusEnthiran.[3] Since , it has been reported that Manoj was set to remake his father's Sigappu Rojakkal, but the film still remains in pre-production.
Tamil actor manoj kumar biography Manoj Kumar is an Indian film director, producer and actor who has directed Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films and Tamil serials. [2] He is the brother-in-law of Bharathiraja. [3].In , his father signed him up to replace Ameer in his production Annakodiyum Kodiveeranum, as an antagonist, thus marking a return to films after a seven-year sabbatical.
Personal life
On 19 November , Manoj married his longtime friend actress Nandana, who has appeared in Tamil films such as ABCD and Success.[4] Nandana was his co-star in the film Saadhuriyan.
The marriage was held at Ashirwad Marriage Hall at Kozhikode, Kerala, homeplace of Nandana, whilst a grand reception took place on 1 December at Mayor Ramanathan Chettiar Hall in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.[5] The couple has 2 daughters, Arthika and Mathivadani.
Filmography
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Year | Title | Song | Notes |
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Tajmahal | Eechi elumichi |