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    K. Manikandan

    1987-09-29 (37 years old) in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

    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).

    Movies

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    Lover
    72 %|Feb 7, 2024
    Romance, Drama
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    Good Night
    75 %|May 12, 2023
    Comedy, Drama
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    Sila Nerangalil Sila Manidhargal
    72 %|Jan 28, 2022
    Drama
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    Jai Bhim
    74 %|Nov 2, 2021
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
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    Netrikann
    57 %|Aug 13, 2021
    Thriller, Mystery, Crime
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    Aelay
    62 %|Feb 28, 2021
    Comedy
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    Sillu Karuppatti
    69 %|Dec 26, 2019
    Drama, Romance
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    Kaala
    67 %|Jun 7, 2018
    Action, Crime, Drama
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    Vikram Vedha
    73.75 %|Jul 21, 2017
    Action, Thriller, Crime, Adventure
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    8 Thottakkal
    74 %|Apr 7, 2017
    Thriller, Action, Crime
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    Kadhalum Kadanthu Pogum
    72 %|Mar 11, 2016
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
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    India Pakistan
    53 %|May 8, 2015
    Comedy, Romance
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    Narai Ezhuthum Suyasaritham
    0 %|Mar 15, 2015
    Drama, Family, Comedy
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    Pizza 2: Villa
    58 %|Nov 14, 2013
    Horror, Thriller
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    Kudumbasthan
    0 %|Invalid Date
    Family, Drama, Comedy

    Series

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    Mathagam
    57 %|Aug 18, 2023
    Crime