Pandiyan (actor)
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Pandiyan better known as Mann Vasanai Pandiyan (5 January 1960 – 10 January 2008) was an Indian actor and politician who acted in 112 films in lead roles from 1983 to 1991 and supporting roles from 1992 to 2003.


Career

Pandiyan was selling
bangle A bangle is a traditionally rigid bracelet which is usually made of metal, wood, glass or plastic. These ornaments are worn mostly by women in the Indian subcontinent, Southeastern Asia, the Arabian Peninsula, and Africa. It is common to see a ...
s in his family owned jewellery shop in
Madurai Madurai ( , , ), formerly known as Madura, is a major city in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the cultural capital of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Madurai District, which is ...
, India when he was spotted by director
Bharathiraja Bharathiraja ( born 17 July 1941) is an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor who works mainly in the Tamil film industry. Making his debut in 1977 with ''16 Vayathinile'', he is known for realistic and sensitive portrayals of ...
who offered him the lead role in the film '' Mann Vasanai'' (1983) which became a box-office hit. Following the success, Pandiyan was cast in over 75 films. Pandiyan joined the
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; AIADMK, also abbreviated as ADMK), also shortened to Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, is an Indian Regionalism (politics), regional political party with great influence in the Federated state, sta ...
(AIADMK) in 2001.


Death

Pandiyan died at age of 48 due to
liver failure Liver failure is the inability of the liver to perform its normal synthetic and metabolic functions as part of normal physiology. Two forms are recognised, acute and chronic (cirrhosis). Recently, a third form of liver failure known as acute- ...
due to viral hepatitis on 10 January 2008.


Filmography


Television


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pandiyan 1959 births 2008 deaths Male actors from Madurai Male actors in Tamil cinema Indian male film actors 20th-century Indian male actors 21st-century Indian male actors Politicians from Madurai All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politicians 21st-century Indian politicians Indian actor-politicians