Question: Who played Mani in a 2001 film directed by Christophe Gans?

Context articles: Crying Freeman (film)
Silent Hill (film)
Christophe Gans
H.P. Lovecraft's: Necronomicon
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Mark Dacascos
Varnam (2011 film)
Ok Jaanu
Narasimhudu
Beauty and the Beast (2014 film)

Crying Freeman is a 1995 Canadian action film, directed by Christophe Gans, based on the "Portrait of a Killer" arc of the best-selling manga of the same name by Kazuo Koike and Ryoichi Ikegami.
 The film was shot in British Columbia in October 1994.
Silent Hill is a 2006 horror film directed by Christophe Gans and written by Roger Avary, Gans, and Nicolas Boukhrief.
 The film is an adaptation of Konami's video game series "Silent Hill".
 It stars Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean, Laurie Holden, Deborah Kara Unger, Kim Coates, Tanya Allen, Alice Krige, and Jodelle Ferland.
Christophe Gans (born 11 March 1960) is a French film director, producer and screenwriter, who specializes in horror and fantasy movies.
H.P. Lovecraft's: Necronomicon, original title Necronomicon, also called Necronomicon: Book of the Dead or Necronomicon: To Hell and Back is an American anthology horror film released in 1993.
 It was directed by Brian Yuzna, Christophe Gans and Shusuke Kaneko and was written by Gans, Yuzna, Brent V. Friedman, and Kazunori Itō.
 The film stars Bruce Payne as Edward De Lapoer, Richard Lynch as Jethro De Lapoer, Jeffrey Combs as H. P. Lovecraft, Belinda Bauer as Nancy Gallmore, and David Warner as Dr. Madden.
Brotherhood of the Wolf (French: Le Pacte des loups ) is a 2001 French historical action horror film directed by Christophe Gans, co-written by Gans and Stéphane Cabel, and starring Samuel Le Bihan, Mark Dacascos, Émilie Dequenne, Monica Bellucci and Vincent Cassel.
Mark Alan Dacascos (born February 26, 1964) is an American actor and martial artist.
 He won numerous karate and various styles of kung fu championships between the ages of 7 and 18.
 Dacascos is perhaps best known for his roles as Mani in the French film "Brotherhood of the Wolf", Toby Wong in the 1997 film "Drive", and Ling in the 2003 film "Cradle 2 the Grave".
Varnam is a Tamil drama film directed by Raju S. M., starring Giridharan, Monica, Sampath Raj, Aathish, Aswatha and Vijay Sethupathi in the lead roles.
 Varnam is the story of seventeen-year-old Mani learning that privilege and prejudice have a price.
 Mani's uncle Durai exploits the helpless lower caste farmers.
 Mani's teacher Kavitha questions Mani's prejudices.
 His inner turmoil and violent consequences of his casual acts form rest of the story.
OK Jaanu (English: "OK Darling" ) is a 2017 Indian romantic drama film directed by Shaad Ali, story and screenplay by Mani Ratnam.
 Produced by Mani Ratnam and Karan Johar under their banners Madras Talkies and Dharma Productions respectively.
 The film stars Aditya Roy Kapur and Shraddha Kapoor in the lead roles, portraying a young couple in a live-in relationship in Mumbai with Naseeruddin Shah and Leela Samson play supporting roles as an older couple in the film, portraying the younger couple's landlords.
 Eesh Kakkkar plays Tara's ex-boyfriend.
 A. R. Rahman composed the film's score and soundtrack.
 Gulzar is the dialogue writer of this film.
 Gulzar has also written the lyrics for the songs in the film.
 It is an official remake of Mani Ratnam's Tamil film "O Kadhal Kanmani" starring Dulquer Salmaan and Nithya Menon.
Narasimhudu is a Telugu film released on 20 May 2005 and was directed by B. Gopal.
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 NTR, Amisha Patel, and Sameera Reddy starred in this movie including many more.
 The film which the production started in 2004 ended in 2005, and was kept on being postponed.
 Narasimhudu had incredible openings on the first day of release.
 The film received negative reviews and went on to be a failure for both NTR Jr and the producer.
 The release of the movie was delayed due to the over budget. '
, This film was later dubbed in Hindi as The Power Of Narasimha.
 This film marks the second collaboration of B. Gopal with Mani Sharma, after the 2001 film Narasimha Naidu.
Beauty and the Beast (French: La Belle et la Bête ) is a 2014 Franco-German romantic fantasy film based on the traditional fairy tale of the same name by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve.
 Written by Christophe Gans and Sandra Vo-Anh and directed by Gans, the film stars Léa Seydoux as Belle and Vincent Cassel as the Beast.