R. N. R. Manohar

R. N. R. Manohar
Born	(1967-05-17) 17 May 1967 Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation	Film director
Years active	1993–present

R. N. R. Manohar is a Tamil film actor and director. He directed films like Maasilamani (2009) and Vellore Maavattam (2011).

Career

RNR Manohar started his career by assisting K. S. Ravikumar in films like Band Master and Suriyan Chandran. 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.

He made his directorial debut with Maasilamani. His second directorial was Vellore Maavattam, a police drama.

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

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Kolangal	Madhavan	Also co-director
1999	Kallazhagar		Also co-director
2001	Dhill
2003	Thennavan	Nagappa
2006	Don Chera	"Royapuram" Bava
2007	Sabari	Manohar
2008	Sutta Pazham	Church father
2013	Ya Ya	Seetha's father
2014	Veeram	Maanikkam
2014	Salim	Thavapooniam
2014	Kaadu
2015	Yennai Arindhaal	Sathyadev's uncle
2015	Naanum Rowdy Dhaan	Thalaivar
2015	Vedalam	Corrupt Police Officer
2015	Eetti	Sampath
2016	Miruthan	Minister
2016	Aarathu Sinam	Minister
2016	Aandavan Kattalai	Minister
2016	Achcham Enbadhu Madamaiyada	Mahesh's father
2016	Sahasam Swasaga Sagipo	Mahesh's father	Telugu film
2017	Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru	Minister
2017	Enakku Vaaitha Adimaigal	Krishna's father
2017	Kavan	Thilak's father
2017	Rubaai
2017	Puyala Kelambi Varom
2017	Pichuva Kaththi
2018	Veera	Maavattam Thamizhazhagan
2018	Kaala Koothu	Gayathri's father
2018	Enna Thavam Seitheno	Village gangster
2019	Viswasam	Thookudurai's uncle
2019	Aghavan
2019	Kanchana 3	Shankar's friend
2019	Ayogya	Advocate
2019	Kuppathu Raja	Kai Saamman's father
2019	Kaappaan	Member of Parliament
2019	Sixer	Politician
2019	Kaithi	Senior Police Officer
2020	Adavi	Estate owner
2020	Seeru	MLA
2020	Nungambakkam	Director General of Police
2020	Naanga Romba Busy
2021	V
2021	Bhoomi	Judge
2021	Teddy	Purushottaman
2021	4 Sorry