# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/manobala
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:22:13.403Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/manobala"
name: "Manobala"
slug: "manobala"
description: "Balachandar, known by his stage name Manobala, was an Indian actor, film producer, director, comedian, and YouTuber who predominantly played supporting roles in Tamil-language films. He worked predominantly in the film industry for nearly forty years and was notable for his unique body language and dialogue delivery and was also well known for his intonation."
tagline: "Tamil director and comedian actor (1953–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Manobala.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1953-06-04"
deathDate: "2023-05-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.33
  momentum:             7.962113454843333
  historical:           8.038649333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1007581/"
    handle:    "nm1007581"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "منوبالا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "مانوبالا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manobala"
    title: "Manobala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manobala"
    title: "Manobala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE"
    title: "मनोबाला"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "منوبالا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0"
    title: "Манобала"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8B%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BE"
    title: "மனோபாலா"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8B%E0%B0%AC%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B2"
    title: "మనోబాల"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q140642"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/478543"
    title: "Manobala"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump