Director

Manivannan

Acting

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Directed movies: 20Directed series: 0All crew credits: 27

TMDB ID: 237603

IMDb ID: nm0542478

Known for: Acting

Born: July 31, 1953

Died: June 15, 2013

Age: 59

Place of birth: Sulur, Tamil Nadu, India

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1981 - 2025

Years active: 45

Average TMDB rating: 6.46

Wikidata: Q6750277

Also known as

Manivannan Rajagopal S • മണിവണ്ണൻ • మణివన్నన్

Frequent jobs

Director (20)Story (3)Dialogue (1)Original Story (1)Screenplay (1)Writer (1)

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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.