R. N. R. Manohar

R. N. R. Manohar (died 17 November 2021) was an Indian actor and director. He directed films like Maasilamani (2009) and Vellore Maavattam (2011).^[1]

Career[]

RNR Manohar started his career by assisting K. S. Ravikumar in films like Band Master and Suriyan Chandran.^[2] He wrote dialogues for 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 instead gets killed by him. As an actor, he was seen playing small negative roles in films like Dhill and Sutta Pazham. He appeared as Nassar's brother in law in Veeram.

In 2002, Manohar announced that he would direct a film titled Velu featuring Prashanth and Simran in the lead role, though the film later did not materialise.^[3]

He made his directorial debut with Maasilamani.^[4][5] His second directorial was Vellore Maavattam, a police drama.^[6]

Death[]

Manohar died on 17 November 2021, in a hospital in Chennai from COVID-19 complications during the COVID-19 pandemic in India.^[7][8]

Filmography[]

As director and writer[]

Year	Film	Credited as		Notes
		Director	Writer
1994	Maindhan	N	Y	Also co-director
1995	Kolangal	N	Y	Also co-director
1998	Pudhumai Pithan	N	Y	Also co-director
2003	Thennavan	N	Y
2003	Punnagai Poove	N	Y
2009	Maasilamani	Y	Y
2010	Vandae Maatharam	N	Y
2011	Vellore Maavattam	Y	Y

As actor[]

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