Battling Mani

Battling Mani is an Indian cinema artiste who worked mainly in Tamil films.[1]

Battling Mani in Madras Mail

Career

Silent films

During the period of silent films, most of the films were made with stories already known to the people. But they introduced attractive dances and stunt scenes to capture the audience's enthusiasm. There were two stunt artistes working at that time. One was Battling Mani and the other was Stunt Raju.[2]

Tamil talkies

Even after the advent of talkies, most of the Tamil films were made based on historical or mythological stories.

In 1936, the very first action film in Tamil was produced and released. Battling Mani was the obvious choice for the main role that was a daring young man with full of stunt works. He also wrote the story of this film, Madras Mail[3] was a huge success.

Miss Sundari was his next film released in 1937. P. S. Sivapackiam paired with him in this film.[4]

After a few years he featured in the lead role of Thaai Nadu that was released on the day India became an independent nation, 15 August 1947.[5]

As Director

In 1938 he directed the one and only film Harijana Singam or Madras CID, a film that had two alternate titles as per the norms of the day. He also featured in the lead role.[6]

Filmography
Year Film Language Director Writer Actor Notes
1936Madras MailTamilNYY
1937Miss SundariNNY
1938Harijana Singam or Madras CIDYNY
1947Thaai NaduNNY
1951Marudhanaattu IlavarasiNNY

References
  1. Ram, Mohan V (8 November 2014). "What's in a name?". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 16 May 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  2. "Who is Loose Mohan's Father". makkaldesam.com (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 21 June 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  3. Film News Anandan (23 October 2004). Sadhanaigal Padaitha Thamizh Thiraipada Varalaru [History of Landmark Tamil Films] (in Tamil). Chennai: Sivakami Publishers. Archived from the original on 28 October 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  4. Film News Anandan (23 October 2004). Sadhanaigal Padaitha Thamizh Thiraipada Varalaru [History of Landmark Tamil Films] (in Tamil). Chennai: Sivakami Publishers. Archived from the original on 21 June 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  5. Film News Anandan (23 October 2004). Sadhanaigal Padaitha Thamizh Thiraipada Varalaru [History of Landmark Tamil Films] (in Tamil). Chennai: Sivakami Publishers. Archived from the original on 20 June 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  6. Film News Anandan (23 October 2004). Sadhanaigal Padaitha Thamizh Thiraipada Varalaru [History of Landmark Tamil Films] (in Tamil). Chennai: Sivakami Publishers. Archived from the original on 21 June 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
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