Thriller Manju
DR Thriller Manju | |
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| Born | M. H. Manjunatha Kumar 1972 |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, Director, Screenwriter, Stunt coordinator, Choreographer |
| Years active | 1990–present |
Thriller Manju (born M. H. Manjunatha Kumar) is an Indian film actor,[1] martial artist, director, screenwriter, stunt coordinator,[2] and choreographer known for his works predominantly in Kannada cinema, and a few Telugu and Tamil films.[3][4] He ventured into film direction with the blockbuster Police Story trilogy in Kannada cinema.[5][6]
Career
Manju's 2010 Kannada film, Jayahe featured himself in the leading roles alongside actors Ayesha and Jai Akash. The film was later dubbed and released in Malayalam as Lady Bruce Lee (2011) and into Tamil as Vettai Puli (2013).
Filmography
- As director (Kannada)
- Police Story (1996)
- Jackie Chan (1997)
- Thriller Killer (1998)
- One Man Army (1998)
- Om Namah Shivaya (1999)
- Hunter (2003)
- Om Ganesh (2004)
- Police Story 2 (2007)
- Rajani (2009)
- Jayahe (2010)
- Police No. 1 (2011)
- Police Story 3 (2011)
- As actor
- Thriller Killer (1998)
- Naxalite (2000)
- Supari (2001)
- Mafia (2001)
- Neethone Vuntanu (2001; Telugu)
- Police Officers (2002)
- Thrisakthi (2002)
- Hunter (2003)
- Bodyguard (2003)
- Rama Krishna (2004)
- Samudra (2004)
- Bhagath (2004)
- Police No. 1 (2011)
- CBI Sathya (2016)
- Raj Bahadur (2016)
- Dandu (2016)
- As stunt coordinator
- Shhh (1993)
- Lockup Death (1994)
- Om (1995)
- Police Story (1996)
- Hunter (2003)
- Auto Shankar (2005)
- Veera Madakari (2009)
- Thittivasal (2017)
- Sarvasva (2017)
Awards and nominations
- 1994-95: Karnataka State Film Award for Best Stunt Director (Special Award) - Lockup Death
- 2010: Innovative Film Award for Best Stunt Director[7]
References
- ^ http://www.samachar.com/Thriller-manju-is-rana-pratap-lhfsL8ibaga.html
- ^ Film industry beats its own record - The Hindu
- ^ Thriller Manju does three Telugu films - The Times of India
- ^ Thriller Manju - IMDb
- ^ Oh, shoot! It’s a record - The Hindu
- ^ Thriller Manju Video | Celebrity Interview and Paparazzi
- ^ "Innovative Film Awards, star studded, star oriented". chitratara.com. 3 May 2010. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
External links
Categories:
- Living people
- Kannada film directors
- Filmfare Awards South winners
- Male actors from Bangalore
- Indian male film actors
- 20th-century Indian male actors
- 1972 births
- Indian action choreographers
- Film directors from Bangalore
- 20th-century Indian film directors
- 21st-century Indian film directors
- Martial artists from Karnataka