Manochitra Biography
Manochitra is a Tamil film actress. She was earlier credited with the names, Nandhagi and Manumika. She belongs to Kanchivaram, Tamil Nadu. She debut big screen with 2010 movie, Aval Peyar Thamizharasi in which she played lead role Thamizharasi opposite Jai. Her performance earned her a nomination at Vijay Awards for Best Debut Actress. Her second release was Neerparavai in 2011 which received positive reviews from critics. In this movie, she played supporting role. She is to debut Malayalam screen with Pianist. Malligadu Marriage Bureau and the delayed project, Netru Indru are her upcoming Tamil movies. Most recently she appeared in 2014 release, Veeram where she played the role of Anita.
She met the film director Meera Kadhiravan at the Kancheepuram Kamakshi temple and that’s how she got into films. When she was offered the lead role of Thamizharasi in Aval Peyar Thamizharasi by the director she was bit surprised. It was director’s debut movie too. She convinced her parents and thus she did her first film. She was studying at school when she got her first break. She was kept under wraps till the audio release of the movie. She made her first ever public appearance as the heroine during this function. The movie was screened at various international film festivals and was given positive response by the critics.
But later her movies got stuck or delayed. Thaandavakone with debutant director Ganesh, Netru Indru with director Padmamagan, Kalingathubarani opposite Vimal and Ithanai Naalai Engirundai with director R. Balu are still to get released. She changed her name to Manochitra with the movie, Kalingathubarani. But the movie got shelved. She was most recently seen in Veeram, in supporting role.
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Filmography:
Year | Film | Cast | Role | Language |
2010 |
Aval Peyar Thamizharasi |
Jai, Nandhagi, S. Theodore Baskaran, Veerasanthanam, Ganja Karuppu, Dhiyana, Rama, S. S. Kumaran | Thamizharasi | Tamil |
2011 | Neerparavai | Vishnu, Sunaina, Nandita Das, Samuthirakani, Saranya Ponvannan, Varsha Ashwathi, Manochitra, "Poo" Ram, Yogi Devaraj, Azhagam Perumal, Thambi Ramaiah, Vadivukkarasi, Anupama Kumar, Pandi, Imman Annachi | Tamil | |
2013 | Netru Indru | Prasanna, Vimal, Richard Rishi, Bharani, Arundhati, Manochitra, Harish, Nithish, Gemini Balaji | Tamil | |
2013 | Pianist | Malayalam | ||
2013 | Malligadu Marriage Bureau | Telugu | ||
2014 |
Veeram |
Ajith Kumar, Tamannaah, Vidharth, Bala, Santhanam, Manochitra, Abhinaya, Suza Kumar, Vidyullekha Raman, Rohini Hattangadi, Devadarshini, Nassar, Ramesh Khanna, Atul Kulkarni, Pradeep Rawat | Anita | Tamil |
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Updated: June 13, 2018