K. Manikandan | actor & writter | Tamil film industry | prs tamizha

 

              Manikandan 

K. Manikandan is an Indian film writer, actor and director who works in the Tamil film industry.

Contents

1 Career

2 Filmography

Career

Manikandan participated in a popular reality comedy show and finished as the runner-up of the season. Subsequently, he joined an FM channel as a Radio Jockey while also dubbing/voice acting for several films and TV shows.

He debuted as a writer with Pizza II: Villa (2013).He made his acting debut with India Pakistan (2015) and played a minor role in the Kadhalum Kadanthu Pogum (2016) directed by Nalan Kumarasamy. Manikandan then played an antagonist in Sri Ganesh's debut directorial venture 8 Thottakkal (2017) alongside M. S. Bhaskar and Lallu.He penned the dialogues for Pushar-Gayathri's third directorial venture Vikram Vedha (2017) and also played a role of a police constable in the film. In 2018, Pa. Ranjith picked Manikandan for a role in Kaala (2018). Manikandan was involved in Viswasam (2019) Thambi (2019), directed by Siva and Jeethu Joseph respectively, as a dialogue writer. He paired with Nivedithaa Sathish in the romantic anthology film Sillu Karupatti (2019), directed by Halitha Shameem. Manikandan received critical acclaim for his role in the film, Aelay (2021).

Manikandan directed an independent film ‘Narai Ezhuthum Suyasaritham’ (English Title: Endless) starring Delhi Ganesh and himself in lead roles. The film was selected to participate in Bengaluru International Film Festival (2016) under ‘Indian Cinema Competition’. Endless was one of the four films to be selected for screening at 16th New York Indian Film Festival (2016).

Filmography

Year	Film	Credited as				Notes
		Actor	Writer	Director	Role
2013	Pizza II: Villa					Uncredited appearance
2015	India Pakistan				Mani
2016	Narai Ezhudhum Suyasaridham				Manikandan
2016	Kadhalum Kadandhu Pogum				Murali
2017	8 Thottakkal				Jai
2017	Vikram Vedha				Santhanam	Behindwoods Gold Medal - Best Dialogue Writer
2018	Kaala				Lenin
2019	Viswasam
2019	Thambi
2019	Sillu Karuppatti				Mukhilan
2020	Paava Kadhaigal				Driver
2021	Aelay				Paarthi
2021	Netrikann				S.I.Manikandan
	Jai Bhim				Raja Kannu