Crane Manohar (born 4 October 1965) is an Indian actor who appears in

Tamil films Tamil cinema, also known as Kollywood is a part of Indian Cinema; primarily engaged in production of motion pictures in the Tamil language. Based out of the Kodambakkam neighbourhood in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, it is popularly called ''Kollywo ...

, mostly in comedy roles. He appeared in many

Vadivelu Kumaravadivel Natarajan (born 12 September 1960), known professionally as Vadivelu, is an Indian actor, comedian and playback singer, having acted in supporting and lead roles in Tamil cinema. He gained widespread acclaim in Kollywood in the 2 ...

and

Vivek Vivek (or Bibek/Bivek in some regions) (विवेक in Devanagari script) is a masculine given name that is popular in South Asia, particularly in India and Nepal. It is of Sanskrit origin and means "wisdom" and/or "conscience". Vivek may refe ...

comedy tracks.

Career

Manohar initially worked as a crane technician for films and when he started acting he kept the name 'Crane' Manohar. He started his career by acting in several

K. S. Ravikumar K. S. Ravikumar (born 30 May 1958) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, primarily working in Tamil films. Career 1990–1997 Ravikumar worked as co-director on R. B. Choudary's production ''Pudhu Vasantham'' direct ...

films before playing supporting comedic roles in many films, often with

. He garnered praise from critics for his roles in films including ''

Kannukku Kannaga ''Kannukku Kannaga'' () is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language film directed by S. Dhayalan. It stars Murali, Devayani, Vindhya and Raja. Plot Dharma ( Murali) and Devi ( Devayani) are siblings. Although Devi is in love with Arun (Raja), she canno ...

'' (2000) and ''

Thenali ''Thenali'' is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language comedy film co-written and directed by K. S. Ravikumar. The film stars Kamal Haasan, Jayaram, Devayani and Jyothika, with Delhi Ganesh, Charle, Ramesh Khanna and Madhan Bob in supporting roles. It ...

'' (2000). Crane had roles in ''

Udhaya ''Udhaya'' is a 2004 Indian Tamil-language action drama film which was directed by Azhagam Perumal which released on 26 March 2004. The film stars Vijay and Simran, while Vivek, Nassar and Rajesh play supporting roles. The soundtrack for the ...

'' (2004), '' Veeranna'' (2005), ''

Satham Podathey ''Satham Podathey'' () is a 2007 Tamil-language psychological thriller film written and directed by Vasanth and produced by Shankar and Senthilnathan. It stars Prithviraj, Padmapriya and Nithin Sathya whilst Nassar, Suhasini, Premji and R ...

'' (2007), '' Padikkadavan'' (2009), ''

Velayudham ''Velayudham'' is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language superhero film written and directed by Mohan Raja. It stars Vijay in titular role with Genelia in the lead, while Hansika, Santhanam, Saranya Mohan, Soori, Abhimanyu Singh, and Vineet Kuma ...

'' (2011), ''

Neram ''Neram'' () is a 2013 Indian black comedy thriller film written, directed, and edited by Alphonse Puthren in his directorial debut. Simultaneously made in Malayalam and Tamil languages, the film is an extended version of the short film of the ...

'' (2013), '' Bramman'' (2014), ''

Katham Katham ''Katham Katham'' () is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by newcomer Babu Thooyavan, son of veteran writer Thooyavan. The film stars Nandha, Natarajan Subramaniam, Sanam Shetty and Sharika, and was produced by Appu Movies. The su ...

'' (2015) and ''

Kamara Kattu ''Kamara Kattu'' is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language romantic horror film directed by Ramki Ramakrishnan and starring Yuvan, Sree Raam, Raksha Raj and Manishajith. Cast Production The director also worked as an art director and lyricist f ...

'' (2015). He debuted as a character artiste in ''Irandu Manam Vendum'' (2016). He is also acted in sequel movies like ''

Ko 2 ''Ko 2'' ( ''King 2'') is a 2016 Indian political thriller film co-written and directed by Sarath, who earlier worked as associate director/screenplay writer for films like '' Unnaipol Oruvan'' and '' Billa II''. The film is produced by Elred Ku ...

'' (2016), '' Singam 3'' (2017), '' Saamy 2'' (2018), ''

Charlie Chaplin 2 ''Charlie Chaplin 2'' is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language action comedy film directed by Shakthi Chidambaram. The film stars Prabhu Deva, Nikki Galrani and Prabhu. The film is a sequel to 2002 film '' Charlie Chaplin''. The music for the film is s ...

'' (2019) and '' Kazhugu 2'' (2019).

Selected filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Manohar, Crane Living people 21st-century Indian male actors Male actors in Tamil cinema Place of birth missing (living people) Tamil comedians 1965 births Male actors from Chennai