Manikka Vinayakam is a Tamil

Tamil people

Tamil people , also called Tamils or Tamilians, are an ethnic group native to Tamil Nadu, India and the north-eastern region of Sri Lanka. Historic and post 15th century emigrant communities are also found across the world, notably Malaysia, Singapore, Mauritius, South Africa, Australia, Canada,...

 playback singer

Playback singer

A playback singer is a singer whose singing is prerecorded for use in movies. Playback singers record songs for soundtracks, and actors or actresses lip-sync the songs for cameras, while the actual singer does not appear on screen.-South Asia:...

 and actor

Actor

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. He has sung for all the south Indian language films and acted in several Tamil

Tamil language

Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...

 feature films as a character artist.

Career

Vinayakam debuted as a playback singer in the Tamil film

Tamil cinema

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 Dhill

Dhill

Dhill is a Tamil film directed by Dharani. The film stars Vikram, Laila Mehdin, Nassar and Vivek in critical roles. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Vidyasagar. The film was a super hit in 2001....

, with the song "Kannukkulla Gelathi" composed by Vidyasagar

Vidyasagar (music director)

Vidyasagar is an Award-Winning Indian film music director and music composer in the Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Hindi film industry. He is very popular in South Indian music industry and best known for his soulful melodies. His fast numbers to many films have earned him much fame too. He has...

. His debut in acting was for Thiruda Thirudi

Thiruda Thirudi

Thiruda Thirudi is a Tamil film directed by debutant Subramaniam Siva. The film stars Dhanush and Chaya Singh. This film was a low-budget production and the soundtrack was composed by Dhina. This comedic love story is set in the clashing enemies starring Manikka Vinayagam, Ginja and Illavarasu...

playing the father character to Dhanush

Dhanush

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. Since then, he has sung close to 800 songs in various languages. Apart from these, he has sung close to 15,000 Devotional and folk

Folk music

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 songs.

Selected Singing Filmography

• "Kannukkulle" - Dhill
  Dhill
  Dhill is a Tamil film directed by Dharani. The film stars Vikram, Laila Mehdin, Nassar and Vivek in critical roles. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Vidyasagar. The film was a super hit in 2001....
  
  (2001)
• "Yelai Imayamalai" - Thavasi
  Thavasi
  Thavasi is a 2001 Tamil action film directed by Udaya Shankar and produced by Jayaprakash. The film features Vijayakanth in dual lead roles as father and son, with Soundarya, Jayasudha and Pratyksha in other pivotal roles...
  
  (2001)
• "Vidai Kodu" - Kannathil Muthamittal
  Kannathil Muthamittal
  Kannathil Muthamittal is a 2002 Tamil drama film directed by Mani Ratnam. It stars P. S. Keerthana, R. Madhavan, Simran, Nandita Das, Pasupathy, J. D. Chakravarthy and Prakash Raj. The film's score and soundtrack were composed by A. R. Rahman. The film's title is a famous phrase from a poem...
  
  (2002)
• "Theradi Veethiyil" - Run
  Run (2002 film)
  Run is a 2002 Tamil film directed by top director N. Linguswamy. The film stars R. Madhavan, Meera Jasmine, Vivek, Atul Kulkarni, Raghuvaran and Anuradha Hassan-Plot:...
  
  (2002)
• "Subbamma Subbamma" - Roja Koottam (2002)
• "Vandi Vandi" - Jayam
  Jayam (2002 film)
  Jayam is a 2002 Telugu film directed and produced by Teja. It stars Nitin, Sadha, and Gopichand in the lead roles. The film was a huge box office hit. It was remade by M. Raja in Tamil with the same title.-Plot:...
  
  (2002)
• "Kadhal Vandhal" - Iyarkai
  Iyarkai
  Iyarkai is an award-winning debut film in Tamil directed by S. P. Jananathan. N. K. Ekambaram, also a relatively newcomer in the field of cinematography, served as the film's cinematographer. The film stars Shaam, Arun Vijay, Kutti Radhika and Seema Biswas. This film was a low-budget production...
  
  (2003)
• "Aruvaa Meesa" - Dhool
  Dhool
  Dhool is a Blockbuster Tamil film directed by Dharani. As like other Dharani films it is a masala based entertainer. The movie stars Vikram, Jyothika, Reema Sen, Vivek, Sayaji Shinde, Telangana, Pasupathy, Paravai Muniyamma, Mayilsamy, Chitti Babu, Shakeela and Manoj K Jayan. The film's music...
  
  (2003)
• "Chinnaveeda" - Ottran
  Ottran
  Ottran is a 2003 Tamil film starring Arjun Sarja, Simran, Manorama, Vadivelu, Tejashree, Sarath Babu and directed by Ilankannan. The score and soundtrack was composed by Pravin Mani.-Cast:*Arjun Sarja as Karthik*Simran Bagga as Sudha...
  
  (2003)
• "Theeratha Dum" - Parthiban Kanavu
  Parthiban Kanavu (film)
  Parthiban Kanavu [English: Parthiban's Dream] is a Tamil film directed by Karu Pazhaniappan. The film stars Srikanth and Sneha in lead roles. It had Manivannan and Vivek in supporting roles. Sneha featured in Dual Role for the first time. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Vidyasagar. ...
  
  (2003)
• "Kumbakonam" - New
  New (film)
  The soundtrack composed by A. R. Rahman and with lyrics by Vaali, was critically well received. In an interview in 2001, Surya earlier stated that Deva had composed ten songs for the film, but he was later replaced by Rahman. Rahman remixed the 1964 hit Tamil song "Thottal Poo Malarum" from the...
  
  (2004)
• "Kattu Kattu Keppa Kattu" - Thirupachi (2004)
• "Kokku Para Para" - Chandramukhi
  Chandramukhi
  Chandramukhi is a 2005 Indian horror, comedy and drama film directed by P. Vasu and produced by Ramkumar Ganesan. With a few deviations, it is a remake of Vasu's 2004 Kannada film Apthamitra, which was in-turn a remake of the 1993 Malayalam film Manichithrathazhu...
  
  (2005)
• "Kattu Kattu" - Thirupaachi
  Thirupaachi
  Thirupaachi is a 2005 Tamil action film written and directed by Perarasu. The film stars Vijay and Trisha Krishnan in the lead roles, with Mallika, Livingston, Pasupathy, Benjamin, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Vaiyapuri and Manoj K. Jayan in other roles. Chaya Singh made a guest appearance in a song...
  
  (2005)
• "Thaai Sollum" - Kana Kandaen
  Kana Kandaen
  Kana Kandaen is a 2005 Tamil film directed by K. V. Anand, and starring Srikanth, Gopika, and Prithviraj.-Plot:Friends since their childhood days, the couple begins to live in a small house owned by Vivek in Chennai...
  
  (2005)
• "Ennamma Devi" - Thambi
  Thambi
  Thambi is Tamil film released in 2006. The Madhavan, Pooja starrer is directed by Seeman. It carries the message that violence doesn't pay, and is not the answer to the problems of today.-Plot:...
  
  (2006)
• "Chethavadam" - Veyil
  Veyil
  Veyil is a 2006 Tamil-language film directed by Vasanthabalan. Bharath and Pasupathy are the heroes where Bhavana, Priyanka and Sriya Reddy plays the female leads.-Plot:...
  
  (2006)
• "Aiyyyayyyo" - Paruthiveeran
  Paruthiveeran
  Paruthiveeran is a 2007 Indian Tamil film written and directed by Ameer Sultan. The film stars Karthi in his feature film debut as the titular character, with Priyamani as the female lead and Ponvannan, Saravanan and Ganja Karuppu and Sujatha essaying supporting roles...
  
  (2007)
• "Hey Pangaali" - Majaa
  Majaa
  Majaa is a 2005 Tamil film directed by Shafi, starring Vikram, Asin, Vadivelu, Pasupathy, Vijayakumar, Manivannan, Sindhu Tolani, Murali and Biju Menon. The music is composed by Vidyasagar. It tells the story of two adopted children changing from their old, mischievous ways of life...
  
  (2007)
• "Jigu Jickan" - Oram Po (2007)
• "Namma Ooru Nallarukku" - Seval
  Seval
  Seval is a Tamil language action drama film released in 2008. It stars Bharath, Vadivelu, Simran Bagga and Poonam Bajwa in the lead roles.-Plot:...
  
  (2008)
• "Theakku Maramaattam" - Magizhchi
  Magizhchi
  Magizhchi , is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by V. Gowthaman, who earlier directed several TV series like Santhana Kaadu and Auto Shankar. It stars Gowthaman himself in the lead role with Anjali, Karthika, director Seeman and Prakash Raj essaying important supporting roles...
  
  (2010)
• "Naane Inthiran" - Singham (2010)

Acting Filmography

• Thiruda Thirudi
  Thiruda Thirudi
  Thiruda Thirudi is a Tamil film directed by debutant Subramaniam Siva. The film stars Dhanush and Chaya Singh. This film was a low-budget production and the soundtrack was composed by Dhina. This comedic love story is set in the clashing enemies starring Manikka Vinayagam, Ginja and Illavarasu...
  
  
• Yuddham Sei
  Yuddham Sei
  Yuddham Sei is a 2011 Indian Tamil crime thriller film written and directed by Myshkin. It stars director Cheran in the lead role along with debutant Dipa Shah, Y. Gee. Mahendra, Lakshmi Ramakrishnan and Jayaprakash. The film was released on 4 February 2011.-Plot:J.K. , a brooding CB-CID officer,...
  
  
• Perazhagan
  Perazhagan
  Perazhagan is a 2004 Indian Tamil film directed by Sasi Shanker, starring Surya and Jyothika in lead roles with both essaying dual roles, whilst the supporting cast comprises Vivek, Manorama and Manobala among others. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja...
  
  
• Kalvanin Kadhali
  Kalvanin Kadhali
  Kalvanin Kaadhali is a 2006 Indian Tamil film written and directed by newcomer Thamilvaanan, who had worked as assistant to director Ezhil. The film stars S. J. Suryaah and Nayanthara in lead roles with Pyramid Natarajan, Vivek and Ganja Karuppu essaying supporting roles. It is notably, Suryah's...
  
  
• Bose
  Bose (film)
  Bose is a 2004 Indian Tamil action film written and directed by Senthil Kumar. It stars Srikanth and Sneha in lead and Kalabhavan Mani, Nagesh, 'Thalaivaasal' Vijay and Manicka Vinayagam in supporting roles. It did reasonable business at the box-office. Upon release, the film was dubbed into Telugu...
  
  
• Thimiru
  Thimiru
  Thimiru is a 2006 Indian Tamil action film written and directed by debutant Tarun Gopi. The film stars Vishal Krishna, Reema Sen and Sriya Reddy in lead and former football player I. M. Vijayan, Manoj K. Jayan and Vadivelu in supporting roles, whilst Kiran Rathod appears in an item number. The...
  
  
• Giri
  Giri (film)
  Giri is a 2004 Indian Tamil action comedy film written and directed by Sundar C, starring Arjun in the lead role, with Reema Sen, Ramya, Vadivelu, Devayani and Prakash Raj among others enacting supporting roles...
  
  
• Bale Pandiya
• Va Quarter Cutting
• Vettaikkaran