She was one of the leading ladies of MGR after Rickshawkaran and together they have delivered hits like Ulakam chuttum vaaliban (1974). Ramachandran, Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Krishna, Shobhan Babu, Kamal Hassan, Vishnuvardhan and Rajinikanth. She has worked with almost all leading stars of 70’s - Sivaji Ganesan, Gemini Ganesan, M. Her first lead role was in Rickshawkaran (1971) and it gave her big break to Tamil movies. She first appeared in the film Shanthi Nilayam (1969) in a supporting role where Gemini Ganeshan was the leading actor. She died on 23 July 2013 in SRMC at Chennai after falling down from bed and the whole industry still mourns over the unexpected death of this actress who was at her late 50’s. She was married to actor Vijayakumar and their daughters Sridevi Vijayakumar and Preetha are actresses of south India. Apart from Tamil, she has also acted in other south Indian languages and during 90’s she concentrated most on supporting and negative roles in film industry. She starred opposite MGR in the super hit movie ‘Rickshawkaaran’ which gave National award for best actor for M. She was one among those lucky stars who got opportunity to work opposite MGR and Sivaji Ganesan as leading actress in the super hit movies of 70’s. Manjula Vijayakumar was a south Indian actress who concentrated most on Tamil movies. Her death was caused by renal failure and a blood clot in the stomach. She died on 23 July 2013 in SRMC at Chennai after falling down from bed and being admitted to hospital. Manjula has performed alongside Sivaji Ganesan, Gemini Ganesan, M. Since the late 80s, she has appeared in supporting roles.

She acted in lead roles in many films till the late seventies. Her first lead role was in Rickshawkaran (1971). She first appeared in the film Shanthi Nilayam (1969) in a supporting role (as the teenaged daughter of Gemini Ganesan‘s character). She died in Chennai on 23 July 2013 due to a stomach injury.

Arun Vijay, Anitha, and Kavitha are her husband’s children from a previous marriage. The couple have three daughters, Vanitha, Preetha and Sridevi Vijaykumar. She and actor Vijayakumar married shortly after meeting on the sets of Unnidam Mayanguhiren.

Manjula vijayakumar actress caste