Manoj Bharathiraja was the son of director Bharathiraja and made his acting debut with his father's Taj Mahal in 1999.
11 Facts About Manoj Bharathiraja
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Manoj Bharathiraja studied theatre arts at the University of South Florida.
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Manoj Bharathiraja made his acting debut in the 1999 Tamil film Taj Mahal, directed by his father, with himself alongside Riya Sen, who was making her debut as well.
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Subsequently in 2001, Manoj Bharathiraja appeared in films such as Samuthiram, alongside Sarathkumar and Murali and in Kadal Pookkal, directed by his father, sharing screen space with Murali .
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The latter became a box office failure, But received much critical acclaim for which Manoj Bharathiraja was awarded the National Film Award for Best Screenplay.
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Manoj Bharathiraja worked on the album Pathinaru Vayathinile as a playback singer alongside Meena.
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Manoj Bharathiraja then enacted the lead role in Saran's Alli Arjuna, alongside Richa Pallod, before starring in the low budget productions Varushamellam Vasantham and Pallavan, which failed to achieve commercial success.
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Manoj Bharathiraja worked as an assistant to his father for the Hindi-Tamil bilingual film Cinema in 2006, which had a delayed release in 2008 in Tamil as Bommalattam and in 2016 in Hindi as Final Cut of Director.
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Since 2007, it has been reported that Manoj Bharathiraja was set to remake his father's Sigappu Rojakkal, but the film still remained in pre-production.
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On 19 November 2006, Manoj Bharathiraja married his longtime friend actress Nandana, who has appeared in Malayalam and Tamil films.
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Manoj Bharathiraja died from cardiac arrest on 25 March 2025, aged 48.