Manoj Bharathiraja

Manoj Bharathiraja

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Manoj Bharathiraja Profile

  • Name:
  • Manoj Bharathiraja
  • Other Name:
  • Manoj K. Bharathi
  • Born:
  • September 11, 1976
  • Born / Home Town:
  • Theni
  • Father:
  • P. Bharathiraja
  • Mother:
  • Chandraleela
  • Spouse:
  • Nandhana

Manoj Bharathiraja Biography

Manoj Bharathiraja, son of noted director Bharathiraja is a Tamil film actor. He made his acting debut in the 1999 Tamil film Taj Mahal, directed by his father opposite Bollywood-Bengali actress, Riya Sen who made her Tamil debut. Later he moved to character and supporting roles and owns many successful and flop movies. 13 and Vaaimai are his upcoming releases. He has been directed by his father in the movies – Tajmahal, Kadal Pookkal, Annakodi and Eera Nilam. He has appeared in lead and supporting roles in these movies. He played lead role opposite Nanditha in Eera Nilam (2003) directed by his father.



He was born in Theni, Tamil Nadu on September 11, 1976. He completed a diploma course in Theatre arts at the University of South Florida. Manoj worked as a film assistant before making his successful debut as a film actor in the late 1990’s. Then he appeared in movies like Samuthiram and Kadal Pookkal in supporting roles. Though he has a short stint as an actor in Kollywood, his real dream is to become a director, like his father. In 2008, he joined as an assistant director of Shankar and has worked as an assistant director of the blockbuster, Ethiran (Robert). Now he plans to direct his own movie. Before that, he has assisted his father and director Mani ratnam.



Though he planned to direct his father's Sigappu Rojakkal, the project is yet to be finalized. He returned to acting after a period of 7 years with the movie, Annakodi in 2013. However the film failed to make an impact. Manoj married his longtime girlfriend actress Nandhana in 2006 and the couple has two daughters.

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Updated: March 31, 2014

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