Manish Borundia is an Indian actor and model who has appeared in lead and supporting roles in

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and

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films. He has done around 95 ad films and been a brand ambassador for Sprite. He has done few music albums and gained popularity for a

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of ...

music album.

Career

Born and brought up in

Chennai Chennai, also known as Madras (List of renamed places in India#Tamil Nadu, its official name until 1996), is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Tamil Nadu by population, largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost states and ...

, Manish began a modelling career while managing his father's business and regularly appeared in commercials and music videos. He became acquainted with

Ajith Kumar Ajith Kumar Subramaniam (born 1 May 1971) is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Tamil cinema. To date, he has starred in over 63 films, and won four Vijay Awards, three Cinema Express Awards, three Filmfare Awards South and three Ta ...

during their time as models, and often visited the actor during his film shoots. Ajith requested Manish to play a minor acting role in '' Amarkalam'' (1999) after the original actor did not turn up, and thus Manish made his first on-screen appearance. In the early 2000s, Manish continued to portray supporting roles in Tamil films, often as the lead actor's friends, and notably appeared in S. J. Surya's '' Kushi'' (2000), Saran's ''

Parthen Rasithen ''Parthen Rasithen'' () is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language romantic thriller film written and directed by Saran. The film stars Prashanth, Simran and Laila, while Raghuvaran, Jai Ganesh, Vinu Chakravarthy, Vaiyapuri, Charle, Dhamu, Lawrence Ragha ...

'' (2000),

Gautham Vasudev Menon Gautham Vasudev Menon (born 25 February 1973) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, film producer and actor who predominantly works in Tamil cinema, Tamil film industry. He has also directed Telugu cinema, Telugu, Hindi cinema, Hindi and Ma ...

's ''

Minnale ''Minnale'' () is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language musical romance film directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon in his directoral debut. The story was written by Menon and Vipul D. Shah. The film, starring Madhavan, Abbas and Reema Sen, tells the story ...

'' (2001) and Jeeva's ''

12B ''12B'' is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy drama film written, cinematographed and directed by Jeeva, with dialogues by Sujatha; it is his directorial debut. The film stars Shaam in his debut with Simran and Jyothika in lead rol ...

'' (2001). Manish then signed on to appear in the lead role of

P. C. Sreeram P. C. Sreeram (born 26 January 1956) is an Indian cinematographer and film director who works in Indian films. He is also the president of Qube Cinemas, a digital cinema technology company. He is an alumnus of the Madras Film Institute. Apart ...

's '' Vaanam Vasappadum'' (2004) and was attached to the project for six months, before being dropped due to his strong Hindi accent. The role was eventually taken by

Karthik Kumar Karthik Kumar (born 21 November 1977) is an Indian Stand-up comedy, stand-up comedian and actor in the Tamil cinema, Tamil film and television industries. Early life and education He studied chemical engineering in Sri Venkateswara College ...

. Manish starred in his first lead role through the Kannada film '' Jootata'' (2005), appearing alongside Dhyan and

Richa Pallod Richa Pallod(born August 30,1980) is an Indian model and actress who appears in films of 5 languages. Predominantly in Hindi and Telugu language, Telugu, she has also been featured in Tamil language, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam language films ...

. For the project, he took up the stage name of Akash, though the film did not perform well commercially and received negative reviews from critics. His second Kannada film, '' Nannusire'', also under performed commercially but Manish's role was described as "short, sweet and attractive." He also portrayed a character in Arjun's Tamil film, '' Madrasi'' (2006). As his acting career failed to take off, Manish took up a job in

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before moving to

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to continue looking after his family's jewellery business. In 2019, he made a comeback through Jagan Shakti's Hindi drama film ''

Mission Mangal ''Mission Mangal'' () is a 2019 Indian drama film directed by Jagan Shakti and produced by Cape of Good Films, Hope Productions, Fox Star Studios, Aruna Bhatia and Anil Naidu. Loosely based on the life of scientists at the Indian Space Research ...

'', based on the life of scientists at the

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(ISRO) who contributed to the

Mars Orbiter Mission Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), unofficially known as ''Mangalyaan'' (Sanskrit: 'Mars', 'Craft, Vehicle'), is a space probe orbiting Mars since 24 September 2014. It was launched on 5 November 2013 by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO ...

. Featuring among an ensemble cast including

Akshay Kumar Akshay Hari Om Bhatia (born Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia; 9 September 1967), known professionally as Akshay Kumar (), is an Indian actor and film producer working in Hindi cinema. Referred to in the media as "Khiladi Kumar", through his career span ...

and

Vidya Balan Vidya Balan (pronounced ; born 1 January 1979) is an Indian actress. Known for pioneering a change in the portrayal of women in Hindi cinema with her roles in female-led films, she is the recipient of several awards, including a National Fil ...

, Manish appeared in a supporting role of an ISRO employee.

Filmography

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Borundia, Manish Living people Male actors in Tamil cinema Male actors in Kannada cinema Male actors in Hindi cinema Indian male film actors 21st-century Indian male actors Male actors from Chennai Year of birth missing (living people)