Mansoor Ali Khan

Mansoor Ali Khan was born in Dindigul, Tamil Nadu. His parents are Meesaikaara Abdul Salam Rowther and Sagorammal.Khan has often played antagonist roles and a few lead roles. He got a breakthrough role as an antagonist in Tamil cinema industry with the R.K. Selvamani directorial Captain Prabhakaran (1991) which became a blockbuster, fetching him a lot of acting opportunities. He did an acting course in Anupam Kher's acting school in Mumbai.

In his early career, Mansoor Ali Khan tried his hand at politics by supporting the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK). At the 1999 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, he contested from Periyakulam as a candidate of the Puthiya Tamilagam (PT), he secured about one lakh votes and finished at the third position. At the 2009 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, he stood as an independent candidate and the opposition pressed criminal charges against him for moving around in a vehicle with a propaganda banner breaching the moral conduct code. At the 2019 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, he contested from Dindigul as a candidate of the Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK). He quit the party later and formed his own political party 'Tamil Desiya Puligal'.