Multi Talented Manivannan No More
Tamil industry’s multi talented personality Manivannan (59) passed away today (June 15, 2013) at his residence in Nesapakkam due to cardiac arrest. He is survived by wife, son (Raghu) and a daughter (Jyothi). Manivannan was actor, writer and director who worked for over 400 films. Manivannan’s 50th directorial venture was a political-satire Nagaraja Cholan MA MLA, a sequel to highly successful Tamil film Amaidhi Padai (In Telugu, Yamadharma Raju MA).
Manivannan started his film career as a writer. He penned dialogues for films like Tick Tick Tick and Kathal Ovium. So far, he directed fifty films including a few ventures in Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi. Celebrities are expressing their condolences through social networking sites for this rare personality.
Siddharth says; the great Manivannan sir is no more. Many lives in cinema are what they are today because of him. Writer, director, actor…gone too soon. RIP. Sundar C assisted Manivannan sir on almost 10 films including ‘Amaidhi padai’…many things I have learnt from Sundar, he learnt from his guru.