Manoj Kumar (film director)


Manoj Kumar is an Indian film director, producer and television actor who has directed Tamil, Telugu and Kannada language films and Tamil serials. He is the brother-in-law of Bharathiraja.

Personal life

Manoj Kumar as Manokaran was born on September 23, 1955, in Allinagaram, Theni district to Mr. Veerana Thevar and Ms. Veeramal. He is married to Ms. Selvi. They have two children. He completed D.M.E in Nachimuthu polytechnic, Pollachi. Then he started life as QC Instector in Mechanical company in Coimbatore.

Career

After assisting Bharathiraja in various films, he made his directorial debut with Mannukkul Vairam. He directed several films in 1990s such as, Guru Paarvai starring Prakash Raj, won positive reviews. He then went on to make medium budget action films including Vaanavil and Jaisurya featuring Arjun, as well as Raajjiyam which had Vijayakanth and Dileep in the lead cast.
He ventured into production in the mid 2000s and made the Madhavan-starrer Arya, before launching a directorial project titled Utharavu with Seeman, which eventually did not progress. Manoj Kumar resurfaced in 2013, when it was revealed that he was working with producer Kovai Thambi on a venture titled Uyirukku Uyiraga. The script of the film was reported to be about the relationship between parents and their grown-up children, while the cast was composed of newcomers.
He is also into acting both in Tamil cinema and Tamil serials as character artist most notably in Thirumanam from Colours tamil. He also appears in a negative role in Rasathi serial from Sun TV.

Filmography

As director

;Television Serials
YearTitleChannelNotes
Ration CardJaya TVScript and Direction

As producer

;Films
;Serials
YearTitleRoleChannelNotes
201410 Mani KathaigalSun TVMain Character
2018–PresentThirumanamLakshmananColors Tamil
2019RasaathiChintamani's brotherSun TV