![]() ![]() Dr.Siva and Enkal Thanka raasa were the major hits. Manjula has delivered a few hits with Sivaji Ganesan too. When Vaali, Soundar Rajan and Kannadasan formed a group, it gave birth to many memorable songs as well. Thus Manjula became overnight star.Īpart from Rickshawkaran, Manjula has been successfully paired with MGR in 4 more movies – Ninaythathu mudippavan, Ulakam chuttum vaalipan and Anpe aaruyire. When Malayali director Sethu Madhavan directed this movie in Tamil, this movie broke several collection records in the year 1971. It was for the brilliant performance in Rickshawkaran that MGR won National awards. But it was through the movie ‘Rikshawkaran’ opposite MGR that Manjula reached stardom. Later she became the heroine of Gemini in many movies. ![]() She started her film career in 1969 with the movie ‘Shanti Nilayam’ as the daughter of Gemini Ganesan, fondly called ‘Kathal Mannan’. Manjula’s brief introduction to Malayalam is through three super hit movies. Manjula has been active in the industry for three decades. She died at a comparatively younger age of 58 when the ‘show has not ended yet’. ![]() She has acted alongside many leading heroes of yesterdays of whom M.G. Vaali passed away on July 18 and Manjula died on Jfollowing a brief illness. First one to go was lyricist Vaali and now it’s Manjula. In a short gap, two great personalities have faded away. It’s a bit shocking to Tamil movie industry. ![]()
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