Well-known actor Manobala passed away! Here's a list of his memorable roles in the span of 44 years!

Manobala is a well-known supporting actor in the Tamil film industry who acted in nearly 121 films over the years. The 69-year-old actor died today due to health issues and was popular for his skinny physique and his appearance in comedy roles in combination with comedy Vivek, 'Vaigaipuyal' Vadivelu, etc. He had also directed and produced multiple projects over the year. He made his debut as an actor in the film Puthiya Vaarpuyal in 1979. He was recently seen on screen in the Tamil film Ghost, with Kajal Aggarwal as lead. Here are some of his memorable roles over the years:

Puthiya Vaarpuyal

Puthiya Vaarpugal was a film by veteran director Bharathiraja. The film marked the debut of the late actor Manobala. The film has K. Baghyaraj was the lead and he played the role of a Panchayat member.

Gopurangal Saivathillai

It was the debut film of director Mani Vannan and actor Manobala appeared in a character called Pathani Bhai.

Minsara Kanna

The film directed by K.S. Ravikumar showed the actor Manobala in a comedic role. He would have played the role of a henchman on the side of the antagonist Vedhachalam played by Mansoor Ali Khan and is remembered for that role. The film has 'Thalapathy' Vijay in the lead role.

Pithamagan

The critically acclaimed film was directed by Bala The actor Manobala played the role of the uncle Shakti played by actor Suriya.

M. Kumaran son of Mahalakshmi

In the hit film featuring Jayam Ravi, the late actress played the role of the father of comedian Vivek. Though he appeared in few scenes it was a memorable role for the actor.

Anniyan

In Shankar’s Anniyan, The actor played the role of a Ticket conductor and appeared alongside Vikram. The scene where Vikram shouts ‘TTR’ for everything wrong in the train is popular even now.

Imsai Arasan 23rd Pulikecei - he played the role of Kollan in the film alongside 'Vaigaipuyal' Vadivelu as lead.

Abhiyum Naanum - In the film with Prakash Raj as the lead, Manobala played an interesting and hilarious role

Chandramukhi - In the hit flick with 'Superstar' Rajinikanth as lead. the actor played a comedy role as the fake exorcist.

Tamizh Padam - It is a spoof film with 'Mirchi' Shiva as lead, He would have played the role of one of the four friends of the leading actor. He also appeared in the sequel.

Payanam - Manobala played the role of a priest who is stuck in a flight hijack.

Muni 2 /Kanchana - the actor played the role of Hindu priest who tries to drive away the ghost from a house that's haunted.

Thuppakki - The actor played the role of the father of the female lead of the film Kajal Aggarwal in the blockbuster hit film

Nanban - a remake of Three Idiots, Manobala played the role of a librarian who writes and tutors Sathyan (Srivatsan) about the speech that's switched by actor Vijay and becomes hilarious.

Ethir Neechal: he played the role of numerologist Gunasekara Raja whom Sivakarthikeyan consults to change his name. A scene that features him is a famous meme template that's viral online.

Raja Rani - The actor played the role of Air Voice CEO the company where Nayanthara would work in.

Aranmanai 2- the actor played the role of Komalam's brother

Theri - The hit Tamil film with 'Thalapathy' Vijay as lead the actor played the role of a school principal.

Seema Raja - The actor would have played the role of a headmaster at the school where the heroine Samantha would work.

Aranmanai 3 - the comedy film helmed by Sundar C the actor played the role of a character named Pencil.

Don - Manobala played the role of a school teacher in the flashback sequence in the film.

Walter Veerayya - he played the role of the judge in the recent Telugu film featuring Chiranjeevi as lead.

Ghosty was his recent film that was released with kajal Aggarwal as the lead.