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 Introduction
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the Pondicherry born Manoj,who lives in Philadelthia with his wife
Bhavana and their daughter Selitha had always had a sixth sense
about his third film. While working on Wide Awake,his second film
he told his editor that he would write a script called The sixth
Sense and get Bruce Willis to star in it.He did and it resulted in
one of the biggest hit of all the time, arning more than $300
million in the US alone.
Career :
Manoj Shyamalan and his super grosser The Sixth Sense won two
Golden Globe nominations in December and 26th annual People's
Choice Award for the favorite dramatic film 1999 a month later.
Now with 6 Oscar nominations, Shyamalan has become the most recognized
Indian name in Hollywood.
Review of life :
At the age of 16 he had made 45 short films. The spirituality of
the film like Gandhi exerted as great an influence on the boy as
ET,Jaws etc. Although he received scholarships to several mdical
schools,Shyamalan chose to attend the New York University Tisch
School of Arts to study Film-making.
Milestone:
Now with the heavy success of Sixth Sense behind him, Shyamakan,is
already on the bigger thibgs. He was wrapped up a seven-figured
deal with Disney for Unbreakable,another supernatural
thriller which has Bruce Willis in the lead once again.
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