Manochitra

Manochitra, also known as Nandhagi, is an actress known for her roles in Tamil cinema. As a young girl, Manochitra, then known as Nandhagi, was a bright student who did well in studies as well as other school activities. She was well known for her acting skills from her school days itself. She was into mono-acting and drama and used to spend her time honing her skills. She got her big break when Meera Kadhiravan, a renowned director in the South Indian cinema industry met her in a temple (Kancheepuram Kamakshi Temple).

She was asked to debut in Meera’s next alongside South Indian movie star, Jai. While the production of the film was underway, Manochitra was asked to keep her identity hidden and to stay away from the media so as to create suspense among the viewers. The movie titled ‘Aval Peyar Thamizharasi’ came out in the year 2010 and had received average responses from the viewers.

Although the film didn’t manage to create the wave that it was expected to produce, Manochitra was nominated for her role as ‘Thamizharasi’ in it by Vijay awards for The Best Debut Actress. Later on, she signed for three more films with other directors in the Tamil cinema industry but. Unfortunately, all of them failed to release due to production issues. Two years later, Manochitra made a comeback by starring in Ajith Kumar’s action flick ‘ Netru Indru Click to look into! >> Read More... ’ which was released in 2014. According to Manochitra, she claimed that her role in ‘Aval Peyar Thamizharasi’ as a village girl had affected her career as she had been restricted to only such roles. It is then that she decided to get a makeover to look like a modern day diva. After losing almost 13 kilos in nearly two years, she managed to get the role of a city girl playing alongside stars like Vimal and Prasanna. Manochitra also made appearances in Telugu and Malayalam films ‘Malligadu Marriage Bureau’ in 2013 and ‘ Pianist Click to look into! >> Read More... ’ in 2014 respectively.

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Manochitra made her debut movie “Aval Peyar Thamizharasi” in 2010. During the time, she was introduced to the industry by the name of ‘Nandhagi’. Her debut film was an average grosser in the industry, but she had been nominated for the ‘Vijay Award for Best Debut Actress’. After that, she was signed for two other projects ‘Thaandavakone’ with debut director Ganesh and ‘Ithanai Naalai Engirundai’ with R. Balu. But unfortunately, none of the two movies were released as it got stuck in its production phase itself. Her career has been through many ups and down. She then re-christened herself to her birth name ‘Manochitra’ for the movie “Kalingathubarani”, which only made halfway through production as the producer eventually ran out of money.  Here is the list of movies that she has signed and has been successful in the box office: 2010- Aval Peyar Thamizharasi- Tamil, 2011- Neerparavai- Tamil, 2013- Malligadu Marriage Bureau- Telugu, 2014- Veeram- Tamil, 2014- Pianist- Malayalam and 2014- Netru Indru- Tamil

Her career is not much highlighted as many others, but surely enough her talent will get her through all that phase, and she will meet her success soon.

Manochitra is a South Indian Actress from Kanchipuram who has acted in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films. She was earlier known as Nandhagi and Manumika. She was spotted at Kamakshi Amman Temple by the producers of Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu who asked her if she would be interested to act in a movie and she happily agreed. She also visited the producer’s office the next day for a screen test.. She made her debut with the tamil movie Aval Peyar Thamizharasi  where she played the title role i.e, Thamizharasi. The film was an average grosser at the box office but won critical acclaim and Manochitra was nominated for the Vijay Award for Best Debut Actress.

Initially, her mother was against her decision to enter movies and was not willing to let her try her luck. She had even switched off Mano chitra’s mobile phone for a month as she was receiving a lot of calls from producers. After a month and a half, Manochitra threatened her mother saying that she would run away from home and stay in a hostel to persue her dream. Her mother finally gave her consent to work in movies and is now supportive of her decisions.

After her debut, she was offered a few more movies which did not release as they were stuck in the production phase. However, she made a comeback in 2014 in a multi-starrer movie ‘Netru Indru’. She also signed another movie with Actor Ajith. She was extremely nervous while shooting with Ajith, however she said that Ajith’s polite, humble and down to earth nature helped her overcome her nervousness and she was comfortable shooting for the movie.

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Manochitra also known as Nandhagi is an actress known for her roles in Tamil cinema. As a young girl, Manochitra, then known as Nandhagi, was a bright student who did well in studies as well as other school activities. She was well known for her acting skills from her school days itself. She was into mono-acting and drama and used to spend her time honing her skills. She got her big break when Meera Kadhiravan, a renowned director in the South Indian cinema industry met her in a temple (Kancheepuram Kamakshi Temple). She was asked to debut in Meera’s next alongside South Indian movie star, Jai. 

While the production of the movie was underway, Manochitra was asked to keep her identity hidden and to stay away from the media so as to create suspense among the viewers. The movie titled ‘Aval Peyar Thamizharasi’ came out in the year 2010 and had received average responses from the viewers. Although the movie didn’t manage to create the wave that it was expected to create, Manochitra was nominated for her role as ‘Thamizharasi’ in it by Vijay awards for The Best Debut Actress. Later on, she signed for three more films with other directors in the Tamil cinema industry but, unfortunately, all of them failed to release due to production issues. 

Two years later, Manochitra made a comeback by starring in Ajith Kumar’s action flick ‘Netru Indru’ which was released in 2014. According to Manochitra, she claimed that her role in ‘Aval Peyar Thamizharasi’ as a village girl had affected her career as she had been restricted to only such roles. It is then that she decided to get a makeover to look like a modern day diva. After losing almost 13 kilos in nearly two years, she managed to get the role of a city girl playing alongside stars like Vimal and Prasanna. Manochitra also made appearances in Telugu and Malayalam films ‘Malligadu Marriage Bureau’ in 2013 and ‘Pianist’ in 2014 respectively.