

The film was later dubbed and released in Malayalam as Lady Bruce Lee (2011) and into Tamil as Vettai Puli (2013). Manju's 2010 Kannada film, Jayahe featured himself in the leading roles alongside actors Ayesha and Jai Akash. He has also worked as an actor in Tamil films and achieved recognition through his performance as a conman in Sathuranga Vettai (2014). Manju had one scene in the film and was shot in the Kanteerava Studios, Bangalore. Natarajan Subramanian, better known as Natty, is an Indian cinematographer who has worked on Tamil films. He played the stunt double of one of the characters in the film. Manju began his career as a stuntman with Nyayada Kannu (1985). He cited Rajkumar and Bruce Lee as his idols growing up.

With a movie theatre and a martial arts training center in close proximity to his house, he was drawn towards both of these as a kid. The family resided in the Basavanagudi, where Manju was educated, at the Kamala Nehru Education Society. Hanumappa Reddy served as the chief of the village before the family moved to Bangalore city where he began working as an electrical contractor. He had two siblings: older brother Gurumurthy and younger sister Padmavati. Manju was born in Mailasandra, a village in Bangalore, to C.

He ventured into film direction with the film, Police Story (1996). Apart from Kannada, Manju has also worked in a handful Telugu- and Tamil-language films. He has occasionally also served as screenwriter and choreographer. Mailasandra Hanumappa Manjunatha Reddy, known popularly as Thriller Manju, is an Indian stunt coordinator, filmmaker, actor known for his work in Kannada cinema.
