Career
RNR Manohar started his career as a child artist, having played roles in films such as ''Rathinirvedam (1978 film), Rathinirvedam'' (as Krishnachandran's brother), ''Nidra (1981 film), Nidra'', and as the hero's friend in ''Kuyiline Thedi''. Later, he assisted K. S. Ravikumar in films like ''Band Master (film), Band Master'' and ''Suriyan Chandran''. He wrote dialogues for ''Kolangal (1995 film), Kolangal'' and also worked as assistant and appeared in a small role as reporter in that film. He wrote dialogues for ''Thennavan'' and ''Punnagai Poove''. Manohar played a small role in ''Thennavan'' appearing as a gangster who tries to kill Vivek (actor), Vivek instead gets killed by him. As an actor, he was seen playing small negative roles in films like ''Dhill'' ,''Sutta Pazham'' very recently, "Salim (film), Salim". He also He appeared as Nassar (actor), Nassar's brother in law in ''Veeram (2014 film), Veeram'' and as Ajith's uncle in "Ennai Arinthaal". In 2002, Manohar announced that he would direct a film titled ''Velu'' featuring Prashanth and Simran (actress), Simran in the lead role, though the film later did not materialise. He made his directorial debut with ''Maasilamani''. His second directorial was ''Vellore Maavattam'', a police drama.Death
Manohar died on 17 November 2021, at a hospital in Chennai from COVID-19 complications during the COVID-19 pandemic in India.Filmography
As director and writer
As actor
Television
References
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