Manimaran is an Indian film director, working in the Tamil film industry.

Career

He made his directorial debut in Tamil, ''

Udhayam NH4 ''Udhayam NH4'' is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by debutant Manimaran, a former associate of Vetrimaaran. The film stars Siddharth and newcomer Ashrita Shetty. Vetrimaaran wrote the script, did the screenplay, and ...

'' (2013) featuring Siddharth and a newcomer Ashrita Shetty in lead roles. It was simultaneously dubbed and released in Telugu in the same year. ''Udhayam NH4'' was produced by Meeka Entertainment & Grassroot Film Company for which director

Vetrimaaran Vetrimaaran is an Indian film director, screenwriter and film producer, who works in the Tamil film industry. As of 2021, he has won five National Film Awards, eight Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards, two Filmfare South Awards and the Amnesty Inter ...

penned the story. Manimaran was born and brought up in a town

Walajapet Walajapet is a town or municipality and a part of Ranipet district in the state of Tamil Nadu. The streets in the town form a square shape which is a unique feature of the town. It will be easy for you to reach any part of the town with this ki ...

near

Vellore Vellore (English: ), also spelt as Velur (), is a city and the administrative headquarters of Vellore district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located on the banks of the Palar River in the northeastern part of Tamil Nadu and is separa ...

. Manimaran was one of a former associate of director

and had worked in Vetrimaaran's films '' Polladhavan'' and ''

Aadukalam ''Aadukalam'' (; ) is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Vetrimaran, who also co-wrote the screenplay and dialogues with Vikram Sugumaran from his story. Produced by Five Star Kathiresan and distributed by Sun Pictures, the fi ...

''. He collaborated once again with director Vetrimaran and actor

Dhanush Venkatesh Prabhu Kasthuri Raja (born 28 July 1983), known professionally as Dhanush, is an Indian actor, producer, director, lyricist and playback singer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. Starring in 46 films over his career, among hi ...

as a second unit direct in the 2019 film, '' Asuran''. In 2021, he directed ''

Sangathalaivan ''Sangathalaivan'' () is a 2021 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by Manimaran. Based on the novel ''Thariyudan'' by Bharathinathan, the film stars Samuthirakani, Karunas and Ramya Subramanian in the lead roles. Produced by V ...

''. The

Samuthirakani Samuthirakani (born 26 April 1973) is an Indian actor and film director who predominantly works in Tamil films and Telugu films besides appearing in a number of Malayalam films. He worked as an assistant to director K Balachander. He won the N ...

-starrer wears its Communist shirt proudly but fails to sell its politics convincingly. Manimaran is far too abrasive in that he projects his protagonist as simply no more than the average Tamil film hero.

Filmography

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* Tamil film directors Living people Film directors from Tamil Nadu 1974 births Tamil screenwriters Screenwriters from Tamil Nadu {{India-film-director-stub