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K. Manikandan (b. 1987)

Birthplace:
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Born:
September 29, 1987

Biography from TheMovieDB

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

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Film Performances

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Film Production

Dialogue:
2013  Pizza 2: Villa
2017  Vikram Vedha
2019  Thambi
2019  Viswasam
2022  Sila Nerangalil Sila Manidhargal

Director:
2013  Pizza 2: Villa
2015  Narai Ezhuthum Suyasaritham
2017  Vikram Vedha
2019  Thambi
2019  Viswasam
2022  Sila Nerangalil Sila Manidhargal

Screenplay:
2013  Pizza 2: Villa
2015  Narai Ezhuthum Suyasaritham
2017  Vikram Vedha
2019  Thambi
2019  Viswasam
2022  Sila Nerangalil Sila Manidhargal

Writer:
2013  Pizza 2: Villa
2015  Narai Ezhuthum Suyasaritham
2017  Vikram Vedha
2019  Thambi
2019  Viswasam
2022  Sila Nerangalil Sila Manidhargal

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TV Performances

  • 2023  Mathagam
    Padalam Sekhar AKA Thimingalam

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